Clarissa Vaughan
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Clarissa Vaughan is a New York editor in Michael Cunningham’s novel "The Hours," whose day mirrors that of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway as she prepares for a party while reflecting on love, mortality, and past relationships.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clarissa Vaughan canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3051160 — 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: Clarissa Vaughan Context triple: [The Hours, followsCharacter, Clarissa Vaughan]
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A.
Claire Brialey
Claire Brialey is a prominent British science fiction fan writer and fanzine editor recognized for her influential contributions to fandom and multiple Hugo Award wins.
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B.
Catherine Owen
Catherine Owen is a Canadian poet and writer known for her innovative, genre-blending poetry and contributions to contemporary Canadian literature.
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C.
Katherine Clifton
Katherine Clifton is a central character in Michael Ondaatje's novel "The English Patient," known for her tragic love affair and its far-reaching consequences during World War II.
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D.
Clarissa Luard
Clarissa Luard was a British literary editor and arts administrator known for her work supporting contemporary writers and for her marriage to novelist Salman Rushdie.
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E.
Rebecca Rolfe
Rebecca Rolfe is the English name taken by Pocahontas, the Native American woman known for her association with the Jamestown colony and her marriage to John Rolfe.
- 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: Clarissa Vaughan Target entity description: Clarissa Vaughan is a New York editor in Michael Cunningham’s novel "The Hours," whose day mirrors that of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway as she prepares for a party while reflecting on love, mortality, and past relationships.
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A.
Claire Brialey
Claire Brialey is a prominent British science fiction fan writer and fanzine editor recognized for her influential contributions to fandom and multiple Hugo Award wins.
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B.
Catherine Owen
Catherine Owen is a Canadian poet and writer known for her innovative, genre-blending poetry and contributions to contemporary Canadian literature.
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C.
Katherine Clifton
Katherine Clifton is a central character in Michael Ondaatje's novel "The English Patient," known for her tragic love affair and its far-reaching consequences during World War II.
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D.
Clarissa Luard
Clarissa Luard was a British literary editor and arts administrator known for her work supporting contemporary writers and for her marriage to novelist Salman Rushdie.
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E.
Rebecca Rolfe
Rebecca Rolfe is the English name taken by Pocahontas, the Native American woman known for her association with the Jamestown colony and her marriage to John Rolfe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Hours
ⓘ
novel The Hours ⓘ |
| basedOnWork | Mrs. Dalloway ⓘ |
| caresFor | Richard Brown ⓘ |
| closeFriend | Richard Brown ⓘ |
| concern | Richard Brown’s AIDS-related illness ⓘ |
| creator | Michael Cunningham ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Hours (1998 novel)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Hours
|
| formerLover | Richard Brown ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasDaughter | Julia Vaughan ⓘ |
| hasInternalConflict |
fear of death
ⓘ
regret over past choices ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Clarissa Dalloway ⓘ |
| literaryThemeAssociated |
memory and regret
ⓘ
the meaning of an ordinary day ⓘ the passage of time ⓘ the persistence of love ⓘ |
| livesIn | Manhattan ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist of New York storyline in The Hours ⓘ |
| occupation |
New York editor
ⓘ
book editor ⓘ |
| parallelTo |
Virginia Woolf’s character Clarissa Dalloway
ⓘ
linked to:
Clarissa Dalloway
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| partner | Sally ⓘ |
| prepares | party ⓘ |
| reflectsOn |
love
ⓘ
mortality ⓘ past relationships ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| settingOfStoryline | New York City in the 1990s ⓘ |
| sexualOrientation | bisexual ⓘ |
| throwsPartyFor | Richard Brown ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
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: Clarissa Vaughan Description of subject: Clarissa Vaughan is a New York editor in Michael Cunningham’s novel "The Hours," whose day mirrors that of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway as she prepares for a party while reflecting on love, mortality, and past relationships.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.