Johanna (Sweeney Todd character)
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Johanna is a central character in Stephen Sondheim’s musical "Sweeney Todd," portrayed as the sheltered and idealistic daughter of the wronged barber who becomes the object of both romantic devotion and obsessive control.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Johanna (Sweeney Todd character) canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15344815 — 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: Johanna (Sweeney Todd character) Context triple: [Johanna (Sweeney Todd song), namedAfter, Johanna (Sweeney Todd character)]
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A.
Mrs. Lovett
Mrs. Lovett is a central character in the musical horror story "Sweeney Todd," known as the pragmatic and morally dubious pie shop owner who partners with the vengeful barber in his murderous schemes.
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B.
Blanche Cirker
Blanche Cirker was an American publisher and entrepreneur best known for co-founding Dover Publications, a company renowned for its inexpensive reprints of classic books and works in the public domain.
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C.
Polly Peachum
Polly Peachum is a central heroine of John Gay's 18th-century ballad opera "The Beggar's Opera," known for her romantic involvement with the highwayman Macheath and her role in satirizing contemporary society.
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D.
Liza of Lambeth
Liza of Lambeth is W. Somerset Maugham’s debut novel, a realist portrayal of working-class life and a young woman’s tragic love affair in late 19th-century London.
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E.
Mary Frances Kelly
Mary Frances Kelly was the first wife of American hotel magnate Conrad Hilton, with whom she had several children before their divorce.
- 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: Johanna (Sweeney Todd character) Target entity description: Johanna is a central character in Stephen Sondheim’s musical "Sweeney Todd," portrayed as the sheltered and idealistic daughter of the wronged barber who becomes the object of both romantic devotion and obsessive control.
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A.
Mrs. Lovett
Mrs. Lovett is a central character in the musical horror story "Sweeney Todd," known as the pragmatic and morally dubious pie shop owner who partners with the vengeful barber in his murderous schemes.
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B.
Blanche Cirker
Blanche Cirker was an American publisher and entrepreneur best known for co-founding Dover Publications, a company renowned for its inexpensive reprints of classic books and works in the public domain.
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C.
Polly Peachum
Polly Peachum is a central heroine of John Gay's 18th-century ballad opera "The Beggar's Opera," known for her romantic involvement with the highwayman Macheath and her role in satirizing contemporary society.
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D.
Liza of Lambeth
Liza of Lambeth is W. Somerset Maugham’s debut novel, a realist portrayal of working-class life and a young woman’s tragic love affair in late 19th-century London.
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E.
Mary Frances Kelly
Mary Frances Kelly was the first wife of American hotel magnate Conrad Hilton, with whom she had several children before their divorce.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.