Roberta Sue Ficker
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Roberta Sue Ficker is the birth name of Suzanne Farrell, the renowned American ballerina and longtime muse of choreographer George Balanchine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Roberta Sue Ficker canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T390056 — 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: Roberta Sue Ficker Context triple: [Suzanne Farrell, birthName, Roberta Sue Ficker]
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A.
Ann Fleischer
Ann Fleischer is best known as the first wife of former U.S. Secretary of State and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Henry Kissinger.
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B.
April H. Foley
April H. Foley is an American diplomat and public servant best known for serving as the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary.
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C.
Shelby Moore Cullom
Shelby Moore Cullom was an American politician who served as governor of Illinois and later as a long-serving U.S. senator in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Shannon Rubicam
Shannon Rubicam is an American singer-songwriter best known as one half of the pop duo Boy Meets Girl and for co-writing major hits for Whitney Houston, including "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)."
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E.
Ann Schmeltz Bowers
Ann Schmeltz Bowers is an American technology executive and philanthropist known for her early leadership roles at Intel and Apple and for her significant charitable contributions, particularly in education and technology.
- 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: Roberta Sue Ficker Target entity description: Roberta Sue Ficker is the birth name of Suzanne Farrell, the renowned American ballerina and longtime muse of choreographer George Balanchine.
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A.
Ann Fleischer
Ann Fleischer is best known as the first wife of former U.S. Secretary of State and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Henry Kissinger.
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B.
April H. Foley
April H. Foley is an American diplomat and public servant best known for serving as the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary.
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C.
Shelby Moore Cullom
Shelby Moore Cullom was an American politician who served as governor of Illinois and later as a long-serving U.S. senator in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Shannon Rubicam
Shannon Rubicam is an American singer-songwriter best known as one half of the pop duo Boy Meets Girl and for co-writing major hits for Whitney Houston, including "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)."
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E.
Ann Schmeltz Bowers
Ann Schmeltz Bowers is an American technology executive and philanthropist known for her early leadership roles at Intel and Apple and for her significant charitable contributions, particularly in education and technology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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ballerina ⓘ ballet dancer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Suzanne Farrell ⓘ |
| birthNameOf | Suzanne Farrell ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | George Balanchine ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| genre | classical ballet ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Ficker ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Roberta ⓘ |
| hasMiddleName | Sue ⓘ |
| influencedBy | George Balanchine ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | New York City Ballet ⓘ |
| movementSpecialty | neoclassical ballet ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a leading ballerina of the 20th century
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being a muse of George Balanchine ⓘ her interpretations of Balanchine ballets ⓘ her work with New York City Ballet ⓘ |
| notableWork | performances in Balanchine’s ballets ⓘ |
| occupation |
ballerina
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ballet teacher ⓘ |
| residence |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| stageName | Suzanne Farrell ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Roberta Sue Ficker Description of subject: Roberta Sue Ficker is the birth name of Suzanne Farrell, the renowned American ballerina and longtime muse of choreographer George Balanchine.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.