Susan
E1045444
Susan is the Nurse’s deceased infant daughter mentioned in Shakespeare’s *Romeo and Juliet*, whose memory the Nurse recalls while caring for Juliet.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Susan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13519524 — 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: Susan Context triple: [Nurse (Rome and Juliet), lostChild, Susan]
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A.
Susan
Susan is the birth name of American actress Sigourney Weaver, renowned for her iconic roles in science fiction and horror films such as the Alien franchise.
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B.
Susan
Susan is one of the central child protagonists in Alan Garner’s fantasy novel "The Weirdstone of Brisingamen," who becomes embroiled in a magical struggle in rural Cheshire.
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C.
Susan
Susan is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "lily" that has been widely used in English-speaking countries.
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D.
Susan
Susan is an early, satirical Gothic novel by Jane Austen, better known under its published title Northanger Abbey.
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E.
Susan
Susan is the full given name of English actress Sue Johnston, known for her roles in British television dramas and comedies.
- 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: Susan Target entity description: Susan is the Nurse’s deceased infant daughter mentioned in Shakespeare’s *Romeo and Juliet*, whose memory the Nurse recalls while caring for Juliet.
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Susan
Susan is the given name of Susan B. Anthony, a leading American social reformer and key figure in the women’s suffrage movement.
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B.
Susan
Susan is the middle name of Olivia Susan Clemens.
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C.
Susan
Susan is a supporting character in the "Nosedive" episode of the anthology television series Black Mirror.
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D.
Susan
Susan is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "lily" that has been widely used in English-speaking countries.
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E.
Susan
Susan is the birth name of American actress Sigourney Weaver, renowned for her iconic roles in science fiction and horror films such as the Alien franchise.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
female
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ infant ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| ageAtDeath | infancy ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Romeo and Juliet ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter | Juliet ⓘ |
| childOf |
the Nurse
ⓘ
linked to:
The Nurse
|
| createdBy | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| firstMentionedIn | Act 1, Scene 3 of Romeo and Juliet ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | tragedy ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Susan ⓘ |
| hasRelative | the Nurse ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| mentionedByCharacter |
the Nurse
ⓘ
linked to:
The Nurse
|
| narrativeRole |
background character
ⓘ
offstage character ⓘ |
| rememberedBy |
the Nurse
ⓘ
linked to:
The Nurse
|
| setting | Verona ⓘ |
| status | deceased ⓘ |
| symbolicFunction |
maternal loss
ⓘ
replacement by Juliet as surrogate daughter ⓘ |
| timeOfDeathRelativeToPlot | before main events of Romeo and Juliet ⓘ |
| usedAsDevice |
characterization of the Nurse
ⓘ
contrast with Juliet ⓘ |
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: Susan Description of subject: Susan is the Nurse’s deceased infant daughter mentioned in Shakespeare’s *Romeo and Juliet*, whose memory the Nurse recalls while caring for Juliet.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.