Hester Worsley
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Hester Worsley is a central, morally upright American Puritan character in Oscar Wilde’s play "A Woman of No Importance," whose strict principles and eventual compassion drive much of the drama’s ethical conflict.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hester Worsley canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7596073 — 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: Hester Worsley Context triple: [A Woman of No Importance, hasCharacter, Hester Worsley]
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A.
Mary Beaumont
Mary Beaumont was an English noblewoman of the early 17th century best known as the mother of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, a powerful favorite of King James I.
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B.
Hester Collyer
Hester Collyer is the emotionally tormented protagonist of Terence Rattigan’s play "The Deep Blue Sea," whose passionate but destructive love affair drives the story’s exploration of desire, despair, and postwar British society.
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C.
Mrs. Wallington
Mrs. Wallington is the namesake of Mrs. Wallington's School, likely an influential educator or benefactor associated with its founding or legacy.
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D.
Harriet Devereux
Harriet Devereux was a colonial-era woman known primarily as the wife of William Shirley, a British colonial administrator and governor of Massachusetts Bay.
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E.
Grace Allerton
Grace Allerton was a member of the early 17th-century Allerton family associated with the Pilgrim settlers of Plymouth Colony.
- 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: Hester Worsley Target entity description: Hester Worsley is a central, morally upright American Puritan character in Oscar Wilde’s play "A Woman of No Importance," whose strict principles and eventual compassion drive much of the drama’s ethical conflict.
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A.
Mary Beaumont
Mary Beaumont was an English noblewoman of the early 17th century best known as the mother of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, a powerful favorite of King James I.
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B.
Hester Collyer
Hester Collyer is the emotionally tormented protagonist of Terence Rattigan’s play "The Deep Blue Sea," whose passionate but destructive love affair drives the story’s exploration of desire, despair, and postwar British society.
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C.
Mrs. Wallington
Mrs. Wallington is the namesake of Mrs. Wallington's School, likely an influential educator or benefactor associated with its founding or legacy.
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D.
Harriet Devereux
Harriet Devereux was a colonial-era woman known primarily as the wife of William Shirley, a British colonial administrator and governor of Massachusetts Bay.
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E.
Grace Allerton
Grace Allerton was a member of the early 17th-century Allerton family associated with the Pilgrim settlers of Plymouth Colony.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ theatrical character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | A Woman of No Importance ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
forgiveness
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hypocrisy ⓘ morality ⓘ redemption ⓘ social judgment ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Irish ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| createdBy | Oscar Wilde ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | A Woman of No Importance universe ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceOfWork | 1893 ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| moralCharacteristic |
compassionate
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morally upright ⓘ strict principles ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
agent of forgiveness
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drives ethical conflict ⓘ embodies moral rigor ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | American ⓘ |
| religionInFiction | Protestantism ⓘ |
| religiousBackground |
Puritan
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linked to:
Puritanism
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| roleInWork |
central character
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protagonist ⓘ |
| settingOfWork |
Victorian England
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linked to:
Victorian era
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| workOfFictionGenre | stage play ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hester Worsley Description of subject: Hester Worsley is a central, morally upright American Puritan character in Oscar Wilde’s play "A Woman of No Importance," whose strict principles and eventual compassion drive much of the drama’s ethical conflict.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.