March sisters

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fictional character group sibling group

The March sisters are the four close-knit, spirited daughters of the March family whose coming-of-age experiences form the heart of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel "Little Women."

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Label	Occurrences
March sisters canonical	5

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3422816 — 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: March sisters
Context triple: [Little Women (1933 film), narrativeFocus, March sisters]

A. Eden sisters
The Eden sisters were British women from the Eden family in colonial India, after whom the famous Eden Gardens cricket ground in Kolkata was named.
B. The Lemp sisters
The Lemp sisters are the central quartet of musically talented siblings in the 1938 film "Four Daughters," around whom the family drama and romance revolve.
C. Sisters
Sisters is a small, scenic city in Central Oregon known for its Western-themed downtown and proximity to outdoor recreation in the Cascade Mountains.
D. Sisters
Sisters is a 1972 psychological horror-thriller film by Brian De Palma, known for its Hitchcockian style, split-screen techniques, and story of murderous twin sisters.
E. Brothers and Sisters
"Brothers and Sisters" is a 1973 Southern rock album by the Allman Brothers Band, known for hits like "Ramblin' Man" and its role in cementing the group's mainstream success.
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: March sisters
Target entity description: The March sisters are the four close-knit, spirited daughters of the March family whose coming-of-age experiences form the heart of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel "Little Women."

A. Eden sisters
The Eden sisters were British women from the Eden family in colonial India, after whom the famous Eden Gardens cricket ground in Kolkata was named.
B. The Lemp sisters
The Lemp sisters are the central quartet of musically talented siblings in the 1938 film "Four Daughters," around whom the family drama and romance revolve.
C. Sisters
Sisters is a small, scenic city in Central Oregon known for its Western-themed downtown and proximity to outdoor recreation in the Cascade Mountains.
D. Sisters
Sisters is a 1972 psychological horror-thriller film by Brian De Palma, known for its Hitchcockian style, split-screen techniques, and story of murderous twin sisters.
E. Brothers and Sisters
"Brothers and Sisters" is a 1973 Southern rock album by the Allman Brothers Band, known for hits like "Ramblin' Man" and its role in cementing the group's mainstream success.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character group ⓘ sibling group ⓘ
ageOrder	Amy March ⓘ surface form: Amy March is the youngest Beth March ⓘ surface form: Beth March is the third Jo March ⓘ surface form: Jo March is the second eldest Meg March ⓘ surface form: Meg March is the eldest
appearsIn	Good Wives ⓘ Jo's Boys ⓘ Little Men ⓘ Little Women ⓘ
basedOn	Alcott family ⓘ surface form: Alcott sisters
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdBy	Louisa May Alcott ⓘ
culturalImpact	iconic representation of 19th-century American girlhood ⓘ influential models of literary heroines ⓘ
fictionalUniverse	Little Women series ⓘ surface form: Little Women universe
firstAppearance	Little Women ⓘ surface form: Little Women (1868–1869)
genre	coming-of-age fiction ⓘ domestic fiction ⓘ
hasMember	Amy March ⓘ Beth March ⓘ Jo March ⓘ Meg March ⓘ
hasRealWorldCounterpart	Abigail May Alcott ⓘ surface form: Abigail May Alcott Nieriker Anna Bronson Alcott ⓘ surface form: Anna Alcott Pratt Elizabeth Sewall Alcott ⓘ Louisa May Alcott ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
notableCharacteristic	close-knit relationship ⓘ individualized personalities ⓘ moral earnestness ⓘ
partOf	March family ⓘ
portrayedInAdaptation	1933 film adaptation of Little Women ⓘ 1949 film adaptation of Little Women ⓘ 1994 film adaptation of Little Women ⓘ 2019 film adaptation of Little Women ⓘ various stage adaptations of Little Women ⓘ various television adaptations of Little Women ⓘ
setting	Concord, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Concord, Massachusetts (fictionalized as Orchard House area)
theme	family loyalty ⓘ female independence ⓘ gender roles ⓘ moral development ⓘ sisterhood ⓘ
timePeriod	American Civil War ⓘ surface form: American Civil War era

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Little Women (1933 film) → narrativeFocus → March sisters ⓘ

Laurie (Theodore Laurence) → neighborOf → March sisters ⓘ

subject surface form: Laurie

Aunt March → testsCharacterOf → March sisters ⓘ

Little Women (anime) → followsCharacters → March sisters ⓘ

Little Women (TV series, 1970) → follows → March sisters ⓘ

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