Lisbon sisters
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The Lisbon sisters are a group of five enigmatic teenage sisters whose lives and tragic deaths lie at the haunting center of Jeffrey Eugenides’ novel and its film adaptation, The Virgin Suicides.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lisbon family | 2 |
| Lisbon sisters canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9839529 — 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: Lisbon sisters Context triple: [The Virgin Suicides, narrativeFocus, Lisbon sisters]
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A.
Sé de Lisboa
Sé de Lisboa is Lisbon’s historic Romanesque cathedral and one of the city’s most important religious and architectural monuments.
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B.
Fátima
Fátima is a town in central Portugal renowned as a major Catholic pilgrimage site associated with reported Marian apparitions in 1917.
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C.
A Portuguesa
A Portuguesa is the patriotic song that serves as the national anthem of Portugal, symbolizing the country's history and identity.
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D.
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.
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E.
The Sisters
The Sisters are a small, remote group of rocky islets off the Chatham Islands of New Zealand, noted for their rugged terrain and important seabird colonies.
- 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: Lisbon sisters Target entity description: The Lisbon sisters are a group of five enigmatic teenage sisters whose lives and tragic deaths lie at the haunting center of Jeffrey Eugenides’ novel and its film adaptation, The Virgin Suicides.
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A.
Sé de Lisboa
Sé de Lisboa is Lisbon’s historic Romanesque cathedral and one of the city’s most important religious and architectural monuments.
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B.
Fátima
Fátima is a town in central Portugal renowned as a major Catholic pilgrimage site associated with reported Marian apparitions in 1917.
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C.
A Portuguesa
A Portuguesa is the patriotic song that serves as the national anthem of Portugal, symbolizing the country's history and identity.
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D.
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.
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E.
The Sisters
The Sisters are a small, remote group of rocky islets off the Chatham Islands of New Zealand, noted for their rugged terrain and important seabird colonies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character group
ⓘ
sisters ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
The Virgin Suicides (1999 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Virgin Suicides
|
| ageGroup | teenagers ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Virgin Suicides
ⓘ
The Virgin Suicides (film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Virgin Suicides
|
| characterizedAs |
enigmatic
ⓘ
reclusive ⓘ tragic ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| createdBy | Jeffrey Eugenides ⓘ |
| culturalImpact | iconic representation of suburban teenage tragedy ⓘ |
| fictionalResidence | Grosse Pointe, Michigan ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
The Virgin Suicides universe
ⓘ
linked to:
The Virgin Suicides
|
| firstAppearance |
The Virgin Suicides (1993 novel)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Virgin Suicides
|
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
psychological drama ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Lisbon ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Bonnie Lisbon
ⓘ
Cecilia Lisbon ⓘ Lux Lisbon ⓘ Mary Lisbon ⓘ Therese Lisbon ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium |
feature film
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Lisbon family
ⓘ
linked to:
Lisbon sisters
|
| narrativePerspectiveOn | group of neighborhood boys ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central characters ⓘ |
| numberOfMembers | 5 ⓘ |
| parent |
Mr. Lisbon
ⓘ
Mrs. Lisbon ⓘ
linked to:
Bonnie Lisbon
|
| plotSignificance | their suicides shape the narrators' lives ⓘ |
| portrayedInFilmBy |
A.J. Cook (Mary Lisbon)
ⓘ
Chelse Swain (Bonnie Lisbon) ⓘ
linked to:
Bonnie Lisbon
Hanna R. Hall (Cecilia Lisbon) ⓘ Kirsten Dunst (Lux Lisbon) ⓘ Leslie Hayman (Therese Lisbon) ⓘ
linked to:
Therese Lisbon
|
| settingType | American suburb ⓘ |
| themeAssociatedWith |
adolescent sexuality
ⓘ
male gaze ⓘ memory and nostalgia ⓘ suburban malaise ⓘ teenage suicide ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1970s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lisbon sisters Description of subject: The Lisbon sisters are a group of five enigmatic teenage sisters whose lives and tragic deaths lie at the haunting center of Jeffrey Eugenides’ novel and its film adaptation, The Virgin Suicides.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Lisbon sisters
linked to: Lisbon sisters