Marian McAlpin
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Marian McAlpin is the conflicted young protagonist of Margaret Atwood’s novel "The Edible Woman," whose growing aversion to food mirrors her anxiety about identity, gender roles, and societal expectations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Marian McAlpin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T928572 — 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: Marian McAlpin Context triple: [The Edible Woman, mainCharacter, Marian McAlpin]
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Maud Humphrey
Maud Humphrey was an American illustrator and commercial artist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for her popular depictions of children and as the mother of actor Humphrey Bogart.
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B.
Martha Vickers
Martha Vickers was an American film and television actress best known for her role as Carmen Sternwood in the classic noir film "The Big Sleep" (1946).
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C.
Helen Hyslop
Helen Hyslop was the wife of British scientist and environmentalist James Lovelock, known for supporting him during the development of his influential scientific work.
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D.
Mary Easty
Mary Easty was a respected Salem, Massachusetts woman who was falsely accused of witchcraft and executed during the 1692 Salem witch trials, later remembered for her dignified plea for justice.
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E.
Margaret Guilfoyle
Margaret Guilfoyle was an Australian politician who served as a pioneering female cabinet minister and influential member of the Liberal Party in the late 20th century.
- 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: Marian McAlpin Target entity description: Marian McAlpin is the conflicted young protagonist of Margaret Atwood’s novel "The Edible Woman," whose growing aversion to food mirrors her anxiety about identity, gender roles, and societal expectations.
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A.
Maud Humphrey
Maud Humphrey was an American illustrator and commercial artist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for her popular depictions of children and as the mother of actor Humphrey Bogart.
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B.
Martha Vickers
Martha Vickers was an American film and television actress best known for her role as Carmen Sternwood in the classic noir film "The Big Sleep" (1946).
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C.
Helen Hyslop
Helen Hyslop was the wife of British scientist and environmentalist James Lovelock, known for supporting him during the development of his influential scientific work.
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D.
Mary Easty
Mary Easty was a respected Salem, Massachusetts woman who was falsely accused of witchcraft and executed during the 1692 Salem witch trials, later remembered for her dignified plea for justice.
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E.
Margaret Guilfoyle
Margaret Guilfoyle was an Australian politician who served as a pioneering female cabinet minister and influential member of the Liberal Party in the late 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
feminist fiction
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novel ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | The Edible Woman ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
alienation
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body autonomy ⓘ consumption and consumerism ⓘ marriage ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
consumer culture
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female identity ⓘ gender roles ⓘ societal expectations ⓘ |
| createdBy | Margaret Atwood ⓘ |
| experiences |
engagement anxiety
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growing aversion to food ⓘ identity crisis ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| friend |
Ainsley
ⓘ
Duncan ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasCharacterTrait |
anxious
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compliant ⓘ conflicted ⓘ self-conscious ⓘ |
| hasInternalConflict | desire for independence vs. pressure to conform ⓘ |
| hasSymbolicAct |
baking a woman-shaped cake
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refusal to eat ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | second-wave feminist literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | unreliable focalizer ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective |
first-person
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third-person limited ⓘ |
| nationality | Canadian ⓘ |
| occupation | market researcher ⓘ |
| relationshipTypeWithPeter | fiancée ⓘ |
| relationshipWith | Peter ⓘ |
| represents | a young urban working woman in 1960s Canada ⓘ |
| residence | Toronto ⓘ |
| symbolicMotif |
eating
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food ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
female objectification
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resistance to patriarchal norms ⓘ |
| undergoes | psychological transformation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Marian McAlpin Description of subject: Marian McAlpin is the conflicted young protagonist of Margaret Atwood’s novel "The Edible Woman," whose growing aversion to food mirrors her anxiety about identity, gender roles, and societal expectations.
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