Clara Copperfield
E378557
Clara Copperfield is the gentle, naive, and tragically fated mother of the protagonist in Charles Dickens’s novel "David Copperfield."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clara Copperfield canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3675825 — 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: Clara Copperfield Context triple: [David Copperfield, featuresCharacter, Clara Copperfield]
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A.
Matilda Shapiro
Matilda Shapiro was the wife of Polish-Jewish novelist and playwright Sholem Asch, a prominent figure in Yiddish literature.
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B.
Sara Crewe
Sara Crewe is the imaginative, kind-hearted young heroine who remains resilient and generous despite hardship in the story "A Little Princess."
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C.
Alice Chambers
Alice Chambers is the protagonist of the psychological thriller film "Don't Worry Darling," a 1950s housewife who begins to uncover disturbing truths about her seemingly idyllic community.
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D.
Dora Sophie Pollak
Dora Sophie Pollak was the wife of German Jewish philosopher and cultural critic Walter Benjamin, associated with his early adult life and intellectual milieu.
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E.
Dora Annie Dickens
Dora Annie Dickens was the short-lived infant daughter of Victorian novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine.
- 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: Clara Copperfield Target entity description: Clara Copperfield is the gentle, naive, and tragically fated mother of the protagonist in Charles Dickens’s novel "David Copperfield."
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A.
Matilda Shapiro
Matilda Shapiro was the wife of Polish-Jewish novelist and playwright Sholem Asch, a prominent figure in Yiddish literature.
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B.
Sara Crewe
Sara Crewe is the imaginative, kind-hearted young heroine who remains resilient and generous despite hardship in the story "A Little Princess."
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C.
Alice Chambers
Alice Chambers is the protagonist of the psychological thriller film "Don't Worry Darling," a 1950s housewife who begins to uncover disturbing truths about her seemingly idyllic community.
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D.
Dora Sophie Pollak
Dora Sophie Pollak was the wife of German Jewish philosopher and cultural critic Walter Benjamin, associated with his early adult life and intellectual milieu.
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E.
Dora Annie Dickens
Dora Annie Dickens was the short-lived infant daughter of Victorian novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| appearsAs | David Copperfield’s mother ⓘ |
| appearsIn | David Copperfield ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium | novel ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath |
complications of childbirth
ⓘ
illness ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
affectionate
ⓘ
gentle ⓘ naive ⓘ submissive ⓘ youthful ⓘ |
| child | David Copperfield ⓘ |
| creator | Charles Dickens ⓘ |
| diesIn | David Copperfield ⓘ |
| familyName | Copperfield ⓘ |
| firstPublicationOfWork | 1849–1850 ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Clara ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipWith |
Peggotty
ⓘ
linked to:
Clara Peggotty
|
| influences | David Copperfield’s early emotional development ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryWorkGenre | Bildungsroman ⓘ |
| marries |
Edward Murdstone
ⓘ
linked to:
Mr. Murdstone
|
| motherOf | an unnamed infant son ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
symbol of vulnerability
ⓘ
tragic figure ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| occupation | housewife ⓘ |
| partOf |
the Copperfield family
ⓘ
linked to:
the Copperfield household
|
| portrayedAs |
physically delicate
ⓘ
socially inexperienced ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Betsey Trotwood ⓘ |
| residesIn | Blunderstone Rookery ⓘ |
| setInWork |
Victorian England
ⓘ
linked to:
Victorian era
|
| spouse | David Copperfield Sr. ⓘ |
| stepfatherOf | David Copperfield ⓘ |
| suffersFrom | emotional abuse ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
domestic oppression
ⓘ
innocence ⓘ maternal love ⓘ patriarchal control ⓘ |
| treatedHarshlyBy |
Edward Murdstone
ⓘ
linked to:
Mr. Murdstone
Jane Murdstone ⓘ
linked to:
Mr. Murdstone
|
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: Clara Copperfield Description of subject: Clara Copperfield is the gentle, naive, and tragically fated mother of the protagonist in Charles Dickens’s novel "David Copperfield."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.