Bordelon family
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The Bordelon family is the central fictional Louisiana clan in the television drama "Queen Sugar," around whom the show's interwoven stories of legacy, land, and social issues revolve.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bordelon | 4 |
| Bordelon family canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8430990 — 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: Bordelon family Context triple: [Queen Sugar, focusesOn, Bordelon family]
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A.
Landry family
The Landry family is a philanthropic family recognized for their significant contributions to Harvard University athletics, notably ice hockey.
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B.
Porcher family
The Porcher family is a historically prominent family in the Goose Creek area of colonial South Carolina, known for its influence in the region’s social and political life.
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C.
Broadus family
The Broadus family is an American celebrity family best known for including rapper and cultural icon Snoop Dogg (Calvin Broadus Jr.) and his relatives, who have gained public attention through music, entertainment, and media appearances.
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D.
Bundren family
The Bundren family is the impoverished, dysfunctional rural clan at the center of William Faulkner’s novel "As I Lay Dying."
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E.
Cordes family
The Cordes family was a prominent colonial-era family in the Goose Creek area of the former Province of South Carolina, known for its influence in the region’s early political and social life.
- 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: Bordelon family Target entity description: The Bordelon family is the central fictional Louisiana clan in the television drama "Queen Sugar," around whom the show's interwoven stories of legacy, land, and social issues revolve.
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A.
Landry family
The Landry family is a philanthropic family recognized for their significant contributions to Harvard University athletics, notably ice hockey.
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B.
Porcher family
The Porcher family is a historically prominent family in the Goose Creek area of colonial South Carolina, known for its influence in the region’s social and political life.
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C.
Broadus family
The Broadus family is an American celebrity family best known for including rapper and cultural icon Snoop Dogg (Calvin Broadus Jr.) and his relatives, who have gained public attention through music, entertainment, and media appearances.
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D.
Bundren family
The Bundren family is the impoverished, dysfunctional rural clan at the center of William Faulkner’s novel "As I Lay Dying."
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E.
Cordes family
The Cordes family was a prominent colonial-era family in the Goose Creek area of the former Province of South Carolina, known for its influence in the region’s early political and social life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | fictional family ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Queen Sugar ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Black farming in the American South
ⓘ
sugarcane industry ⓘ |
| basedOn | family in the novel Queen Sugar ⓘ |
| centralFocusOf | Queen Sugar ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy |
Ava DuVernay
ⓘ
Oprah Winfrey ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
African American
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
|
| fictionalLocation | Louisiana ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Queen Sugar season 1 episode 1 ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Aunt Violet "Vi" Bordelon
ⓘ
linked to:
Violet Bordelon
Blue Bordelon ⓘ Charley Bordelon West ⓘ
linked to:
Charley Bordelon
Darla Sutton ⓘ Ernest Bordelon ⓘ Hollywood Desonier ⓘ Micah West ⓘ Nova Bordelon ⓘ Prosper Denton ⓘ Ralph Angel Bordelon ⓘ |
| medium | television series ⓘ |
| narrativeThemes |
agrarian life
ⓘ
economic struggle ⓘ family legacy ⓘ grief and healing ⓘ land ownership ⓘ race and social justice ⓘ |
| networkOfOriginalBroadcast | OWN ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of Black Southern rural life
ⓘ
intergenerational storytelling ⓘ |
| owns | Bordelon sugarcane farm ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | tight-knit extended family ⓘ |
| primaryResidence | St. Josephine, Louisiana ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 21st century ⓘ |
| strugglesWith |
family conflict
ⓘ
inheritance disputes ⓘ land loss ⓘ mass incarceration ⓘ systemic racism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bordelon family Description of subject: The Bordelon family is the central fictional Louisiana clan in the television drama "Queen Sugar," around whom the show's interwoven stories of legacy, land, and social issues revolve.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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