Stepmother
E208317
The Stepmother in Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1997) is the vain, domineering matriarch who mistreats Cinderella while scheming to elevate her own daughters’ social standing.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stepmother canonical | 1 |
| Wicked Stepmother (Cinderella fairy tale) | 1 |
| the Wicked Stepmother | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1864949 — 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: Stepmother Context triple: [Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1997), character, Stepmother]
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A.
Malle Babbe
Malle Babbe is a famous 17th-century Dutch genre painting by Frans Hals, depicting a laughing woman with a tankard of beer and an owl, celebrated for its lively brushwork and expressive character.
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B.
Madam
"Madam" is a formal term of address for a woman, often used to show respect or politeness in social, professional, or official contexts.
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C.
Blanche de Mille (stepmother)
Blanche de Mille was the stepmother of American screenwriter and film director William C. deMille, connected to the prominent deMille family of early Hollywood.
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D.
Annette
Annette is a feminine given name of French origin, commonly used in various European and English-speaking countries.
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E.
Maid
Maid is a 2021 American drama miniseries that follows a young mother who escapes an abusive relationship and struggles to rebuild her life while working as a housecleaner.
- 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: Stepmother Target entity description: The Stepmother in Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1997) is the vain, domineering matriarch who mistreats Cinderella while scheming to elevate her own daughters’ social standing.
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A.
Malle Babbe
Malle Babbe is a famous 17th-century Dutch genre painting by Frans Hals, depicting a laughing woman with a tankard of beer and an owl, celebrated for its lively brushwork and expressive character.
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B.
Madam
"Madam" is a formal term of address for a woman, often used to show respect or politeness in social, professional, or official contexts.
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C.
Blanche de Mille (stepmother)
Blanche de Mille was the stepmother of American screenwriter and film director William C. deMille, connected to the prominent deMille family of early Hollywood.
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D.
Annette
Annette is a feminine given name of French origin, commonly used in various European and English-speaking countries.
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E.
Maid
Maid is a 2021 American drama miniseries that follows a young mother who escapes an abusive relationship and struggles to rebuild her life while working as a housecleaner.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antagonist
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fictional character ⓘ |
| alignment | villainous ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1997)
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surface form:
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1997 film)
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| basedOn |
Stepmother
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Wicked Stepmother (Cinderella fairy tale)
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| characterTrait |
cruel
ⓘ
domineering ⓘ manipulative ⓘ socially ambitious ⓘ vain ⓘ |
| controls | household affairs ⓘ |
| costumeStyle | elaborate gowns ⓘ |
| createdFor |
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1997)
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surface form:
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1997) adaptation
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| familyRole |
mother of Calliope
ⓘ
mother of Minerva ⓘ stepmother of Cinderella ⓘ |
| franchise |
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1997)
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surface form:
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| goal |
elevate her daughters' social standing
ⓘ
marry her daughters advantageously ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | television film ⓘ |
| networkOfWork | ABC ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
schemes to secure royal attention for her daughters
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uses Cinderella as a servant ⓘ |
| notableInteraction | prevents Cinderella from attending the royal ball ⓘ |
| partOf | Cinderella story tradition ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Bernadette Peters ⓘ |
| productionCompanyOfWork |
Disney Television Studios
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surface form:
Walt Disney Television
|
| relationshipToCinderella | stepmother ⓘ |
| residence | Cinderella's household ⓘ |
| setting | a fictional European kingdom ⓘ |
| socialStatus | noblewoman ⓘ |
| treatmentOfCinderella | mistreats Cinderella ⓘ |
| treats |
Cinderella (fairy tale)
ⓘ
surface form:
Cinderella
|
| yearOfAppearance | 1997 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Stepmother Description of subject: The Stepmother in Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1997) is the vain, domineering matriarch who mistreats Cinderella while scheming to elevate her own daughters’ social standing.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
the Wicked Stepmother
subject surface form:
Stepmother (Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella, 1997)
this entity surface form:
Wicked Stepmother (Cinderella fairy tale)