Jenny Diver
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Jenny Diver is a central character in Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s satirical musical drama "The Threepenny Opera," often depicted as a resourceful and morally ambiguous woman entangled in the criminal underworld.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jenny Diver canonical | 1 |
| Jenny Diver (historical pickpocket) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1564478 — 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: Jenny Diver Context triple: [The Threepenny Opera, mainCharacter, Jenny Diver]
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A.
Sarah Jane Emery
Sarah Jane Emery was the wife of Hannibal Hamlin, who served as vice president of the United States under Abraham Lincoln.
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B.
Mary Thorne
Mary Thorne is the gentle, principled heroine of Anthony Trollope’s novel "Doctor Thorne," whose uncertain social status and romantic struggles drive much of the story’s drama.
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C.
Addie
Addie is the given name of Addie Mae Collins, one of the four African-American girls killed in the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, a pivotal event in the U.S. civil rights movement.
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D.
Annie D'Angelo
Annie D'Angelo is an American makeup artist best known as the longtime wife of country music legend Willie Nelson.
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E.
Imma Sumack
Imma Sumack is an alternative name for Yma Sumac, the renowned Peruvian soprano celebrated for her extraordinary vocal range and exoticized 1950s exotica recordings.
- 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: Jenny Diver Target entity description: Jenny Diver is a central character in Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s satirical musical drama "The Threepenny Opera," often depicted as a resourceful and morally ambiguous woman entangled in the criminal underworld.
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A.
Sarah Jane Emery
Sarah Jane Emery was the wife of Hannibal Hamlin, who served as vice president of the United States under Abraham Lincoln.
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B.
Mary Thorne
Mary Thorne is the gentle, principled heroine of Anthony Trollope’s novel "Doctor Thorne," whose uncertain social status and romantic struggles drive much of the story’s drama.
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C.
Addie
Addie is the given name of Addie Mae Collins, one of the four African-American girls killed in the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, a pivotal event in the U.S. civil rights movement.
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D.
Annie D'Angelo
Annie D'Angelo is an American makeup artist best known as the longtime wife of country music legend Willie Nelson.
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E.
Imma Sumack
Imma Sumack is an alternative name for Yma Sumac, the renowned Peruvian soprano celebrated for her extraordinary vocal range and exoticized 1950s exotica recordings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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theatrical character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Threepenny Opera ⓘ |
| appearsInAct |
The Threepenny Opera
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surface form:
Act II of The Threepenny Opera
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| appearsInAdaptation |
Die Dreigroschenoper
ⓘ
surface form:
Die Dreigroschenoper (German stage version)
The Threepenny Opera ⓘ
surface form:
The Threepenny Opera (1931 film)
The Threepenny Opera ⓘ
surface form:
The Threepenny Opera (1954 Off-Broadway production)
The Threepenny Opera ⓘ
surface form:
The Threepenny Opera (various stage revivals)
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| associatedWith | criminal underworld ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Jenny Diver
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Jenny Diver (historical pickpocket)
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| betrays | Macheath ⓘ |
| creator |
Bertolt Brecht
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Kurt Weill ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 1928 ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn | satirical musical drama ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
morally ambiguous
ⓘ
resourceful ⓘ |
| languageOfOriginalWork | German ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | exposes hypocrisy and corruption of society ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | English ⓘ |
| occupation | prostitute ⓘ |
| partOf | ensemble of marginalized characters in The Threepenny Opera ⓘ |
| roleInWork | supporting character in The Threepenny Opera ⓘ |
| romanticallyInvolvedWith | Macheath ⓘ |
| setInTimePeriod |
Victorian London
ⓘ
surface form:
Victorian-era London (in most productions)
|
| singsSong |
Solomon Song
ⓘ
Tango-Ballade ⓘ |
| workBy | Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill ⓘ |
| workLocationInFiction | London underworld ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jenny Diver Description of subject: Jenny Diver is a central character in Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s satirical musical drama "The Threepenny Opera," often depicted as a resourceful and morally ambiguous woman entangled in the criminal underworld.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Jenny Diver (historical pickpocket)