Sabina
E270210
Sabina is a central character in Thornton Wilder’s play "The Skin of Our Teeth," serving as both a maid and a self-aware, often comedic commentator who breaks the fourth wall to reflect on the absurdities of human existence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sabina canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2479657 — 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: Sabina Context triple: [The Skin of Our Teeth, mainCharacter, Sabina]
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A.
Sabina
Sabina is a historical region of central Italy, traditionally inhabited by the Sabines and known for its rugged landscape and proximity to ancient Rome.
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B.
Romina
Romina is an Italian-American actress and singer best known as half of the pop duo Al Bano & Romina Power.
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C.
Luciana
Luciana is a feminine given name of Latin origin, commonly used in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries.
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D.
Sabine
Sabine is a surname most notably associated with Wallace Clement Sabine, the American physicist who founded the field of architectural acoustics.
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E.
Marida
Marida was the mother of the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim, placing her within the influential familial circle of the Abbasid dynasty.
- 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: Sabina Target entity description: Sabina is a central character in Thornton Wilder’s play "The Skin of Our Teeth," serving as both a maid and a self-aware, often comedic commentator who breaks the fourth wall to reflect on the absurdities of human existence.
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A.
Sabina
Sabina is a historical region of central Italy, traditionally inhabited by the Sabines and known for its rugged landscape and proximity to ancient Rome.
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B.
Romina
Romina is an Italian-American actress and singer best known as half of the pop duo Al Bano & Romina Power.
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C.
Luciana
Luciana is a feminine given name of Latin origin, commonly used in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries.
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D.
Sabine
Sabine is a surname most notably associated with Wallace Clement Sabine, the American physicist who founded the field of architectural acoustics.
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E.
Marida
Marida was the mother of the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim, placing her within the influential familial circle of the Abbasid dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
theatrical character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Skin of Our Teeth ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
absurdist drama
ⓘ
metatheatre ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
cyclical nature of history
ⓘ
survival of humanity ⓘ theatrical illusion vs. reality ⓘ |
| breaksFourthWall | true ⓘ |
| commentsOn | absurdities of human existence ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | Thornton Wilder ⓘ |
| dramaticRoleType |
chorus-like commentator
ⓘ
servant character ⓘ |
| dramaticTechniqueUsed | breaking the fourth wall ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Skin of Our Teeth
ⓘ
surface form:
The Skin of Our Teeth (1942 play premiere)
|
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriodOfWork | 20th-century American drama ⓘ |
| medium | stage play ⓘ |
| mediumOfPerformance | live theatre ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
comic relief
ⓘ
meta-theatrical commentator ⓘ |
| occupation | maid ⓘ |
| relationshipToOtherCharacters | maid to the Antrobus family ⓘ |
| roleInWork | central character ⓘ |
| selfAwarenessLevel | highly self-aware as a stage character ⓘ |
| setInWork | fictionalized New Jersey and Atlantic City (via The Skin of Our Teeth) ⓘ |
| tone |
comic
ⓘ
ironic ⓘ |
| workAuthor | Thornton Wilder ⓘ |
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: Sabina Description of subject: Sabina is a central character in Thornton Wilder’s play "The Skin of Our Teeth," serving as both a maid and a self-aware, often comedic commentator who breaks the fourth wall to reflect on the absurdities of human existence.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Act II (The Skin of Our Teeth)
subject surface form:
Act III (The Skin of Our Teeth)