Sarah
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Sarah is a fictional character from the musical "Ragtime," representing the struggles and resilience of African Americans in early 20th-century America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sarah canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10252873 — 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: Sarah Context triple: [Ragtime, featuresFictionalCharacter, Sarah]
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Sarah
Sarah is a recurring character in the animated television series "Ed, Edd n Eddy," known as Ed's bossy, temperamental younger sister.
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Sarah
Sarah is the resilient and traumatized protagonist of the British horror film "The Descent," known for her harrowing journey through monster-infested caves.
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C.
Sarah
Sarah is the given first name of the actress and comedian Patsy Kelly.
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Sarah
Sarah is the given name of American actress Sarah Paulson, known for her versatile roles in film and television, particularly in "American Horror Story" and "The People v. O. J. Simpson."
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Sarah
Sarah is the given name of Sarah P. Duke, the philanthropist and namesake of Duke University's Sarah P. Duke Gardens.
- 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: Sarah Target entity description: Sarah is a fictional character from the musical "Ragtime," representing the struggles and resilience of African Americans in early 20th-century America.
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Sarah
Sarah is the given name of the legendary American jazz singer Sarah Vaughan, renowned for her rich vocal tone and improvisational skill.
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Sarah
Sarah is an alternate given name associated with Sally Hemings, the enslaved woman of mixed race owned by Thomas Jefferson and central to historical discussions of slavery and Jefferson’s legacy.
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Sarah
Sarah is the given name of Sarah Breedlove, better known as Madam C. J. Walker, a pioneering African American entrepreneur and philanthropist in the early 20th century.
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Sarah
Sarah is a central character in the psychological horror film "It Comes at Night," portrayed as a protective mother struggling to keep her family safe amid a mysterious, deadly threat.
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Sarah
Sarah is a fictional character from the 1992 British comedy-drama film "Peter’s Friends," which follows a group of Cambridge university friends reuniting after a decade.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
musical theatre character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Ragtime ⓘ |
| associatedLocationInStory |
Harlem, New York City
ⓘ
linked to:
Harlem
New Rochelle, New York ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
American Dream
ⓘ
love and sacrifice ⓘ racism ⓘ social inequality ⓘ violence against Black Americans ⓘ |
| basedOnWork | Ragtime (novel) ⓘ |
| causeOfDeathInStory | killed by authorities ⓘ |
| centralConflict | confronting systemic racism and injustice ⓘ |
| characterArc | from fear and trauma to hope and tragic death ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalSetting |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | E. L. Doctorow ⓘ |
| diesInWork |
Ragtime
ⓘ
linked to:
Ragtime (novel)
|
| ethnicity | African American ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Ragtime universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Ragtime
|
| firstStageProduction |
Ragtime (1996 world premiere)
ⓘ
linked to:
Ragtime
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasChildWith | Coalhouse Walker Jr. ⓘ |
| hasOccupationInStory | domestic worker ⓘ |
| influencesCharacterArcOf | Coalhouse Walker Jr. ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| laterMedium | stage musical ⓘ |
| mediumOfOrigin | novel ⓘ |
| musicalAdaptationBy |
Lynn Ahrens
ⓘ
Stephen Flaherty ⓘ Terrence McNally ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
protagonist
ⓘ
tragic heroine ⓘ |
| notableSong |
“Wheels of a Dream”
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linked to:
Wheels of a Dream
“Your Daddy’s Son” ⓘ |
| notableStageProduction |
Ragtime (1998 Broadway production)
ⓘ
linked to:
Ragtime
|
| parentOf | Coalhouse and Sarah’s baby ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Audra McDonald
ⓘ
other stage actresses in various productions ⓘ |
| raceWithinFiction | Black ⓘ |
| receivesHelpFrom | Mother (Ragtime) ⓘ |
| relationshipTypeWith Coalhouse Walker Jr. | romantic partner ⓘ |
| socialStatusInStory | working class ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
racial injustice
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resilience ⓘ struggles of African Americans in early 20th-century America ⓘ |
| timePeriodWithinFiction | early 20th-century United States ⓘ |
| workTypeOfAppearance | stage musical ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Sarah Description of subject: Sarah is a fictional character from the musical "Ragtime," representing the struggles and resilience of African Americans in early 20th-century America.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.