Safe
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"Safe" is a powerful short play by Georgia Douglas Johnson that confronts the horrors of racial violence and the emotional turmoil of Black motherhood in early 20th-century America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Safe canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13514758 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Safe Context triple: [Georgia Douglas Johnson, notableWork, Safe]
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Safe
Safe is a 1995 psychological drama film directed by Todd Haynes, in which Julianne Moore plays a suburban housewife who develops a mysterious environmental illness, exploring themes of alienation, illness, and societal anxiety.
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Safe
Safe is a 2012 action thriller film starring Jason Statham as a former elite agent who protects a young girl with a memorized code sought by the Triads, the Russian mob, and corrupt officials.
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SAFE
SAFE (Saving Animals From Extinction) is a conservation initiative dedicated to protecting and recovering endangered animal species and their habitats.
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SAFE
SAFE is a World Customs Organization framework that sets global standards to enhance the security and efficiency of international trade and supply chains.
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Safer
Safer is the surname of Morley Safer, the renowned Canadian-American broadcast journalist best known for his long tenure as a correspondent on CBS's 60 Minutes.
- 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: Safe Target entity description: "Safe" is a powerful short play by Georgia Douglas Johnson that confronts the horrors of racial violence and the emotional turmoil of Black motherhood in early 20th-century America.
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A.
Safe
Safe is a 1995 psychological drama film directed by Todd Haynes, in which Julianne Moore plays a suburban housewife who develops a mysterious environmental illness, exploring themes of alienation, illness, and societal anxiety.
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B.
Safe
Safe is a 2012 action thriller film starring Jason Statham as a former elite agent who protects a young girl with a memorized code sought by the Triads, the Russian mob, and corrupt officials.
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C.
SAFE
SAFE (Saving Animals From Extinction) is a conservation initiative dedicated to protecting and recovering endangered animal species and their habitats.
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D.
SAFE
SAFE is a World Customs Organization framework that sets global standards to enhance the security and efficiency of international trade and supply chains.
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E.
Safer
Safer is the surname of Morley Safer, the renowned Canadian-American broadcast journalist best known for his long tenure as a correspondent on CBS's 60 Minutes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
one-act play
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play ⓘ short play ⓘ |
| addresses |
intersection of race and gender
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social conditions of Jim Crow America ⓘ vulnerability of Black women ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
African-American women’s theatre
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anti-lynching activism ⓘ |
| author | Georgia Douglas Johnson ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| creator | Georgia Douglas Johnson ⓘ |
| critiques |
legal and social systems that enable lynching
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white supremacist violence ⓘ |
| explores |
fear of bringing Black children into a violent world
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moral dilemmas of motherhood under racial terror ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceLocation |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| focusesOn | emotional turmoil of a Black mother ⓘ |
| form | dialogue-driven drama ⓘ |
| genre |
African-American drama
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drama ⓘ lynching drama ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Black mother
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unborn child ⓘ |
| hasCharacterRole | protagonist mother ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
readers of anti-lynching literature
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theatre audiences ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | short ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Harlem Renaissance ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Black motherhood
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lynching ⓘ maternal fear ⓘ racial terror in the early 20th century ⓘ racial violence ⓘ racism in the United States ⓘ |
| medium | stage ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | domestic interior of a Black household ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early dramatic treatment of lynching from a Black woman’s perspective
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powerful depiction of Black maternal anguish ⓘ |
| partOf |
African-American anti-lynching theatre tradition
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Georgia Douglas Johnson’s lynching plays ⓘ |
| portrays |
psychological impact of lynching on Black families
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threat of racial violence against Black men and boys ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| subjectOfStudy |
African-American literary criticism
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theatre and performance studies ⓘ |
| tone |
intense
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tragic ⓘ |
| writer | Georgia Douglas Johnson ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Safe Description of subject: "Safe" is a powerful short play by Georgia Douglas Johnson that confronts the horrors of racial violence and the emotional turmoil of Black motherhood in early 20th-century America.
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