Adeline
E252557
Adeline is the virtuous and persecuted heroine of Ann Radcliffe’s Gothic novel "The Romance of the Forest."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Adeline canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2270315 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Adeline Context triple: [The Romance of the Forest, hasMainCharacter, Adeline]
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A.
Adeline Fisher
Adeline Fisher was the first wife of English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams and a supportive figure in his early personal and artistic life.
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B.
Alix
Alix is the given name of Alix of Hesse and by Rhine, who became Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia as the wife of Tsar Nicholas II.
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C.
Estelle
Estelle is a British singer, rapper, and songwriter best known for her hit single "American Boy" featuring Kanye West.
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D.
Therese
Therese is a feminine given name of French origin, commonly associated with Christian saints and used in various European cultures.
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E.
Louise
Louise is a feminine given name of French origin, traditionally associated with nobility and widely used in many European and English-speaking countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Adeline Target entity description: Adeline is the virtuous and persecuted heroine of Ann Radcliffe’s Gothic novel "The Romance of the Forest."
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A.
Adeline Fisher
Adeline Fisher was the first wife of English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams and a supportive figure in his early personal and artistic life.
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B.
Alix
Alix is the given name of Alix of Hesse and by Rhine, who became Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia as the wife of Tsar Nicholas II.
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C.
Estelle
Estelle is a British singer, rapper, and songwriter best known for her hit single "American Boy" featuring Kanye West.
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D.
Therese
Therese is a feminine given name of French origin, commonly associated with Christian saints and used in various European cultures.
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E.
Louise
Louise is a feminine given name of French origin, traditionally associated with nobility and widely used in many European and English-speaking countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gothic heroine
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Romance of the Forest ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | Gothic fiction ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthor |
Ann Radcliffe, a leading Gothic novelist
ⓘ
linked to:
Ann Radcliffe
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| associatedWithCriticalReception | often cited as a key example of Radcliffe’s virtuous heroine type ⓘ |
| associatedWithMotif |
imprisonment and confinement
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secret manuscripts ⓘ threatened virtue ⓘ |
| associatedWithSetting |
French countryside
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ruined abbey ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
Gothic mystery
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persecution of innocence ⓘ sensibility ⓘ virtue under trial ⓘ |
| centralConflict |
attempts to preserve virtue amid danger
ⓘ
struggle against the schemes of the Marquis de Montalt ⓘ |
| characterArc | from endangered orphan to socially recognized and protected woman ⓘ |
| characterType | orphaned heroine ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Ann Radcliffe
ⓘ
English novelist Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
linked to:
Ann Radcliffe
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| describedAs |
persecuted
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virtuous ⓘ |
| familyName | de Montalt (in some editions and analyses) ⓘ |
| firstPublishedInWorkByPublisher |
The Romance of the Forest, published by T. Hookham (London)
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linked to:
The Romance of the Forest
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasLoveInterest | Theodore ⓘ |
| influenced | later Gothic heroines in English literature ⓘ |
| influencedByTradition |
early Gothic romance
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sentimental novel ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 18th century ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | one of the early models of the persecuted Gothic heroine ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | good ⓘ |
| name | Adeline ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
embodiment of sensibility and virtue
ⓘ
victim of persecution ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Marquis de Montalt
ⓘ
linked to:
the Marquis de Montalt
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| publicationYearOfFirstAppearance | 1791 ⓘ |
| roleInWork | protagonist ⓘ |
| setInHistoricalPeriod | 18th-century France ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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