Mama (TV series)
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Mama (TV series) is an early American television drama, adapted from the play and film "I Remember Mama," that portrayed the everyday life of a Norwegian-American family in early 20th-century San Francisco.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mama (TV series) canonical | 1 |
| Mama (television series) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6320652 — 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: Mama (TV series) Context triple: [Dick Van Patten, notableWork, Mama (TV series)]
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A.
Mom (TV series)
Mom is an American sitcom that follows a newly sober single mother and her estranged mother as they navigate recovery, family, and everyday chaos with a blend of sharp humor and heartfelt drama.
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B.
Mama’s Family
Mama’s Family is an American sitcom spun off from a popular sketch on The Carol Burnett Show, centered on the loud, sharp-tongued matriarch Thelma “Mama” Harper and her dysfunctional Southern family.
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C.
Mama
"Mama" is a 1987 debut novel by Terry McMillan that follows a resilient Black single mother struggling to raise her children and rebuild her life amid poverty and personal turmoil.
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D.
Mama
Mama is a key supporting character in the video game "Death Stranding," a brilliant yet tragic scientist who aids protagonist Sam Porter Bridges with her expertise in chiral technology.
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E.
Mama
"Mama" is a dark, emotionally intense 1983 song by the English rock band Genesis, known for its haunting atmosphere and Phil Collins's distinctive vocal delivery.
- 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: Mama (TV series) Target entity description: Mama (TV series) is an early American television drama, adapted from the play and film "I Remember Mama," that portrayed the everyday life of a Norwegian-American family in early 20th-century San Francisco.
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A.
Mom (TV series)
Mom is an American sitcom that follows a newly sober single mother and her estranged mother as they navigate recovery, family, and everyday chaos with a blend of sharp humor and heartfelt drama.
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B.
Mama’s Family
Mama’s Family is an American sitcom spun off from a popular sketch on The Carol Burnett Show, centered on the loud, sharp-tongued matriarch Thelma “Mama” Harper and her dysfunctional Southern family.
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C.
Mama
"Mama" is a 1987 debut novel by Terry McMillan that follows a resilient Black single mother struggling to raise her children and rebuild her life amid poverty and personal turmoil.
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D.
Mama
Mama is a key supporting character in the video game "Death Stranding," a brilliant yet tragic scientist who aids protagonist Sam Porter Bridges with her expertise in chiral technology.
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E.
Mama
"Mama" is a dark, emotionally intense 1983 song by the English rock band Genesis, known for its haunting atmosphere and Phil Collins's distinctive vocal delivery.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | American television series ⓘ |
| adaptationFromMedium |
film
ⓘ
theatre ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | I Remember Mama ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
I Remember Mama (TV series)
ⓘ
linked to:
I Remember Mama
|
| basedOn |
I Remember Mama (film)
ⓘ
linked to:
I Remember Mama
I Remember Mama (play) ⓘ
linked to:
I Remember Mama (musical adaptation)
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| depictsEthnicBackground | Norwegian-American ⓘ |
| follows | Norwegian-American family ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
family drama ⓘ |
| hasCulturalOrigin | Norwegian-American culture ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Mama ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Marta Hansen ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeLocationTime | early 20th century ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyAiredOn | CBS ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | CBS ⓘ |
| portrays | everyday family life ⓘ |
| portraysTheme |
domestic life
ⓘ
immigrant family experience ⓘ intergenerational relationships ⓘ |
| productionType | black-and-white television series ⓘ |
| setInCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| setInState |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| settingLocation | San Francisco ⓘ |
| targetAudience | family audience ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Mama (TV series) Description of subject: Mama (TV series) is an early American television drama, adapted from the play and film "I Remember Mama," that portrayed the everyday life of a Norwegian-American family in early 20th-century San Francisco.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mama (TV series)