Granma Joad
E289762
Granma Joad is the sharp-tongued, deeply religious matriarch of the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Granma Joad canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2628142 — 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: Granma Joad Context triple: [Joad family, member, Granma Joad]
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A.
Rose of Sharon Joad
Rose of Sharon Joad is a young, pregnant member of the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath," whose experiences embody themes of hardship, loss, and ultimately selfless compassion during the Great Depression.
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B.
Ruthie Joad
Ruthie Joad is a young daughter in the Joad family from John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath," representing childhood amid the hardships of the Great Depression.
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C.
Ma Joad
Ma Joad is the resilient, compassionate matriarch of the Joad family in John Steinbeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath," symbolizing strength and unity amid hardship during the Great Depression.
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D.
Pa Joad
Pa Joad is the hard-working, increasingly disempowered patriarch of the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath," embodying the struggles of Dust Bowl-era migrant farmers.
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E.
Antonia
Antonia is a feminine given name used in various languages, derived from the Roman family name Antonius.
- 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: Granma Joad Target entity description: Granma Joad is the sharp-tongued, deeply religious matriarch of the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath."
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A.
Rose of Sharon Joad
Rose of Sharon Joad is a young, pregnant member of the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath," whose experiences embody themes of hardship, loss, and ultimately selfless compassion during the Great Depression.
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B.
Ruthie Joad
Ruthie Joad is a young daughter in the Joad family from John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath," representing childhood amid the hardships of the Great Depression.
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C.
Ma Joad
Ma Joad is the resilient, compassionate matriarch of the Joad family in John Steinbeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath," symbolizing strength and unity amid hardship during the Great Depression.
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D.
Pa Joad
Pa Joad is the hard-working, increasingly disempowered patriarch of the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath," embodying the struggles of Dust Bowl-era migrant farmers.
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E.
Antonia
Antonia is a feminine given name used in various languages, derived from the Roman family name Antonius.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ matriarch ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Grapes of Wrath ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Joad family migration to California ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
displacement
ⓘ
family ⓘ religion ⓘ suffering ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
deeply religious
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family-oriented ⓘ sharp-tongued ⓘ strong-willed ⓘ stubborn ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States (fictional setting)
ⓘ
surface form:
United States (fictional context)
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| creator | John Steinbeck ⓘ |
| deathPlace | desert between Arizona and California (fictional) ⓘ |
| diesDuring | journey to California ⓘ |
| familyName | Joad ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Grapes of Wrath ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Grapes of Wrath
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surface form:
The Grapes of Wrath (1939 novel)
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| hasChild |
Pa Joad
ⓘ
Uncle John ⓘ |
| memberOf | Joad family ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | supporting character ⓘ |
| nationality | American (fictional context) ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| roleInWork | matriarch of the Joad family ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Oklahoma (fictional setting) ⓘ
surface form:
Oklahoma (Dust Bowl era)
U.S. Route 66 ⓘ
surface form:
Route 66
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| spouse |
Grampa Joad
ⓘ
surface form:
Granpa Joad
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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: Granma Joad Description of subject: Granma Joad is the sharp-tongued, deeply religious matriarch of the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.