Harper Pitt
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Harper Pitt is a central, emotionally fragile and hallucination-prone Mormon housewife in Tony Kushner’s play "Angels in America," whose struggles with addiction and identity reflect the play’s broader themes of denial and transformation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harper Pitt canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10738204 — 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: Harper Pitt Context triple: [Angels in America, notableCharacter, Harper Pitt]
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A.
Paula Harper
Paula Harper is a fictional character appearing in the narrative work "The Masks."
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B.
Sonja Harper
Sonja Harper is a teenage granddaughter in the sitcom "Mama’s Family," known for her rebellious streak and frequent clashes with her sharp-tongued grandmother, Thelma Harper.
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C.
Jacquelyn Mitchard
Jacquelyn Mitchard is an American novelist and journalist best known for her bestselling debut novel "The Deep End of the Ocean," which was the first selection of Oprah's Book Club.
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D.
Meredith Black
Meredith Black is a fictional character known primarily as the wife of Walter Black in the 2011 film "The Beaver."
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E.
Meredith Black
Meredith Black is the troubled protagonist of the film "The Beaver," whose severe depression leads her husband to communicate through a beaver hand puppet as an unconventional coping mechanism.
- 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: Harper Pitt Target entity description: Harper Pitt is a central, emotionally fragile and hallucination-prone Mormon housewife in Tony Kushner’s play "Angels in America," whose struggles with addiction and identity reflect the play’s broader themes of denial and transformation.
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A.
Paula Harper
Paula Harper is a fictional character appearing in the narrative work "The Masks."
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B.
Sonja Harper
Sonja Harper is a teenage granddaughter in the sitcom "Mama’s Family," known for her rebellious streak and frequent clashes with her sharp-tongued grandmother, Thelma Harper.
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C.
Jacquelyn Mitchard
Jacquelyn Mitchard is an American novelist and journalist best known for her bestselling debut novel "The Deep End of the Ocean," which was the first selection of Oprah's Book Club.
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D.
Meredith Black
Meredith Black is the troubled protagonist of the film "The Beaver," whose severe depression leads her husband to communicate through a beaver hand puppet as an unconventional coping mechanism.
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E.
Meredith Black
Meredith Black is a fictional character known primarily as the wife of Walter Black in the 2011 film "The Beaver."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
female character
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ theatrical character ⓘ |
| adaptedIn | Angels in America (HBO miniseries) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Angels in America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInPart |
Millennium Approaches
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Perestroika NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
closeted sexuality of her husband
ⓘ
hallucinated Antarctica ⓘ themes of escape ⓘ |
| characterArc | from denial toward self-awareness ⓘ |
| confronts | Joe Pitt’s homosexuality ⓘ |
| createdBy | Tony Kushner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasThemeConnection |
denial
ⓘ
transformation ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
anxious
ⓘ
emotionally fragile ⓘ hallucination-prone ⓘ introspective ⓘ lonely ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| linkedTheme |
AIDS-era anxiety
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marital breakdown ⓘ migration and travel fantasies ⓘ religious conflict ⓘ |
| medium | stage play ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central character in Angels in America ⓘ |
| occupation | housewife ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Mary-Louise Parker
NERFINISHED
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various stage actresses ⓘ |
| religion | Mormonism ⓘ |
| setIn | New York City ⓘ |
| spouse | Joe Pitt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strugglesWith |
addiction
ⓘ
identity ⓘ mental health issues ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mid-1980s ⓘ |
| uses | Valium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Harper Pitt Description of subject: Harper Pitt is a central, emotionally fragile and hallucination-prone Mormon housewife in Tony Kushner’s play "Angels in America," whose struggles with addiction and identity reflect the play’s broader themes of denial and transformation.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.