Marie Kashpaw
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Marie Kashpaw is a central, strong-willed Ojibwe woman in Louise Erdrich’s novel "Love Medicine," known for her complex family ties, spiritual struggles, and sharp, resilient voice.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marie Kashpaw canonical | 5 |
| Marie Lazarre Kashpaw | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6362073 — 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: Marie Kashpaw Context triple: [Love Medicine, notableCharacter, Marie Kashpaw]
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A.
Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren
Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren is a sensitive, mentally ill inmate in the television series "Orange Is the New Black," known for her intense emotions, eccentric behavior, and complex personal journey.
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B.
Mattie Della Shaw
Mattie Della Shaw was the mother of the American musician Prince, who played a significant role in his early life and musical upbringing.
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C.
Mattie Appleyard
Mattie Appleyard is the central ex-convict protagonist of the novel and film "Fools' Parade," whose struggle to claim his rightful savings after release from prison drives the story's conflict.
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D.
Sarah Manning
Sarah Manning is the streetwise, resourceful con artist and central protagonist of the sci-fi thriller series "Orphan Black," who discovers she is one of many clones.
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E.
Mattie
Mattie is a diminutive given name, commonly used as a familiar or affectionate form of names like Martha.
- 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: Marie Kashpaw Target entity description: Marie Kashpaw is a central, strong-willed Ojibwe woman in Louise Erdrich’s novel "Love Medicine," known for her complex family ties, spiritual struggles, and sharp, resilient voice.
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A.
Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren
Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren is a sensitive, mentally ill inmate in the television series "Orange Is the New Black," known for her intense emotions, eccentric behavior, and complex personal journey.
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B.
Mattie Della Shaw
Mattie Della Shaw was the mother of the American musician Prince, who played a significant role in his early life and musical upbringing.
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C.
Mattie Appleyard
Mattie Appleyard is the central ex-convict protagonist of the novel and film "Fools' Parade," whose struggle to claim his rightful savings after release from prison drives the story's conflict.
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D.
Sarah Manning
Sarah Manning is the streetwise, resourceful con artist and central protagonist of the sci-fi thriller series "Orphan Black," who discovers she is one of many clones.
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E.
Mattie
Mattie is a diminutive given name, commonly used as a familiar or affectionate form of names like Martha.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ojibwe woman
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Love Medicine
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Tales of Burning Love ⓘ The Beet Queen ⓘ The Bingo Palace ⓘ The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse ⓘ Tracks ⓘ |
| createdBy | Louise Erdrich ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Ojibwe ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Love Medicine ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Albertine’s mother
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Aurelia Kashpaw ⓘ Cecille Kashpaw ⓘ Irene Kashpaw ⓘ Zelda Kashpaw ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Lulu Lamartine ⓘ |
| hasStepChild | June Morrissey ⓘ |
| hasThemeAssociation |
cultural identity
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family relationships ⓘ female strength ⓘ intergenerational trauma ⓘ religious conflict ⓘ |
| knownFor |
complex spirituality
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resilience ⓘ sharp tongue ⓘ strong will ⓘ |
| languageContext | English-language literature ⓘ |
| literaryUniverse | Louise Erdrich’s interconnected Ojibwe saga ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central character in Love Medicine
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matriarch of the Kashpaw family ⓘ |
| nationalContext |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| portrayedAs |
protective mother
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spiritually conflicted ⓘ strong-willed ⓘ stubborn ⓘ |
| publisherContext |
Holt, Rinehart and Winston (original Love Medicine publisher)
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linked to:
Holt, Rinehart and Winston
|
| religiousBackground |
Catholicism
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linked to:
Roman Catholicism
Ojibwe spiritual traditions ⓘ |
| residesIn |
Turtle Mountain Reservation
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linked to:
Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation
|
| spouse | Nector Kashpaw ⓘ |
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: Marie Kashpaw Description of subject: Marie Kashpaw is a central, strong-willed Ojibwe woman in Louise Erdrich’s novel "Love Medicine," known for her complex family ties, spiritual struggles, and sharp, resilient voice.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Marie Kashpaw