Caroline Bingley
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Caroline Bingley is a wealthy, snobbish socialite in Jane Austen's novel "Pride and Prejudice," known for her disdain of the Bennet family and her attempts to attract Mr. Darcy.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Caroline Bingley canonical | 15 |
| Caroline Bingley and Mrs. Hurst look down on the Bennet family | 1 |
| Caroline Bingley in Pride and Prejudice (1940 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2215580 — 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: Caroline Bingley Context triple: [Mr. Bingley – Crispin Bonham-Carter, siblingOf, Caroline Bingley]
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Elizabeth Bennet
Elizabeth Bennet is the intelligent, witty, and strong-minded heroine of Jane Austen's novel "Pride and Prejudice," known for her independent spirit and sharp social insight.
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Lydia Bennet
Lydia Bennet is the impulsive, flirtatious youngest Bennet sister in Jane Austen’s novel "Pride and Prejudice," whose elopement scandal threatens her family’s reputation.
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C.
Bingley
Bingley is a historic market town in West Yorkshire, England, known for its industrial heritage and scenic waterways.
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D.
Jane Bennet – Susannah Harker
Jane Bennet – Susannah Harker is the portrayal of the eldest Bennet sister, known for her beauty, kindness, and gentle disposition, in the 1995 BBC adaptation of Jane Austen’s "Pride and Prejudice."
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Mrs. Bennet – Alison Steadman
Mrs. Bennet – Alison Steadman is the actress’s celebrated portrayal of the excitable, marriage-obsessed Bennet matriarch in the 1995 BBC adaptation of Jane Austen’s "Pride and Prejudice."
- 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: Caroline Bingley Target entity description: Caroline Bingley is a wealthy, snobbish socialite in Jane Austen's novel "Pride and Prejudice," known for her disdain of the Bennet family and her attempts to attract Mr. Darcy.
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A.
Elizabeth Bennet
Elizabeth Bennet is the intelligent, witty, and strong-minded heroine of Jane Austen's novel "Pride and Prejudice," known for her independent spirit and sharp social insight.
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B.
Lydia Bennet
Lydia Bennet is the impulsive, flirtatious youngest Bennet sister in Jane Austen’s novel "Pride and Prejudice," whose elopement scandal threatens her family’s reputation.
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C.
Bingley
Bingley is a historic market town in West Yorkshire, England, known for its industrial heritage and scenic waterways.
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D.
Jane Bennet – Susannah Harker
Jane Bennet – Susannah Harker is the portrayal of the eldest Bennet sister, known for her beauty, kindness, and gentle disposition, in the 1995 BBC adaptation of Jane Austen’s "Pride and Prejudice."
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E.
Mrs. Bennet – Alison Steadman
Mrs. Bennet – Alison Steadman is the actress’s celebrated portrayal of the excitable, marriage-obsessed Bennet matriarch in the 1995 BBC adaptation of Jane Austen’s "Pride and Prejudice."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antagonist
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ socialite ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
film adaptations of Pride and Prejudice
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television adaptations of Pride and Prejudice ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Pride and Prejudice ⓘ |
| associatedWithLocation |
London
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linked to:
London, England
Netherfield Park ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
appearance versus reality
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class prejudice ⓘ marriage and social ambition ⓘ |
| attitudeToward | Elizabeth Bennet ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
ambitious
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class-conscious ⓘ manipulative ⓘ proud ⓘ snobbish ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Elizabeth Bennet
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Jane Bennet ⓘ |
| creator | Jane Austen ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Elizabeth Bennet’s appearance
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Elizabeth Bennet’s family connections ⓘ Elizabeth Bennet’s manners ⓘ |
| demeanorToward |
condescending toward Elizabeth Bennet
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flattering toward Mr. Darcy ⓘ |
| familyName |
Bingley
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linked to:
Mr. Bingley
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| feelsDisdainFor |
Bennet family
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Meryton society ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Pride and Prejudice ⓘ |
| friendOf | Fitzwilliam Darcy ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| literaryFunction | embodies Regency social snobbery ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | Regency novel ⓘ |
| literaryWorkPublicationYear | 1813 ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | English ⓘ |
| notableScene |
conversation about accomplished women with Darcy and Elizabeth
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letter-writing scene at Netherfield with Darcy ⓘ walk at Netherfield where she criticizes Elizabeth’s muddy petticoat ⓘ |
| residesAt | Netherfield Park ⓘ |
| roleInPlot |
attempts to attract Mr. Darcy
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mocks Elizabeth Bennet ⓘ tries to separate Charles Bingley and Jane Bennet ⓘ |
| romanticallyInterestedIn | Fitzwilliam Darcy ⓘ |
| sibling |
Charles Bingley
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linked to:
Mr. Bingley
Louisa Hurst ⓘ |
| socialClass | upper class ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Caroline Bingley Description of subject: Caroline Bingley is a wealthy, snobbish socialite in Jane Austen's novel "Pride and Prejudice," known for her disdain of the Bennet family and her attempts to attract Mr. Darcy.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Netherfield ball
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Caroline Bingley and Mrs. Hurst look down on the Bennet family
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linked to: Caroline Bingley
linked to: Caroline Bingley