Claireece "Precious" Jones
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Claireece "Precious" Jones is the abused, illiterate Harlem teenager whose struggle for self-worth and escape from trauma is at the heart of Sapphire’s novel "Push" and its film adaptation "Precious."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Claireece "Precious" Jones canonical | 15 |
| Claireece Precious Jones | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1225840 — 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: Claireece "Precious" Jones Context triple: [Precious, mainCharacter, Claireece "Precious" Jones]
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A.
Celie Johnson
Celie Johnson is the resilient, abused African-American woman at the center of Alice Walker’s novel and its film adaptation "The Color Purple," portrayed on screen by Whoopi Goldberg.
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B.
Pecola Breedlove
Pecola Breedlove is the tragic young Black girl in Toni Morrison’s novel whose longing for blue eyes reflects the devastating effects of internalized racism and societal beauty standards.
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C.
Poussey Washington
Poussey Washington is a beloved, sharp-witted inmate in the television series "Orange Is the New Black," known for her moral integrity, tragic storyline, and close friendship with Taystee.
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D.
Shante Broadus
Shante Broadus is an American entrepreneur and talent manager best known as the longtime wife and business partner of rapper Snoop Dogg.
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E.
Leola Brown
Leola Brown was the wife of Oliver Brown, the named plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court school desegregation case Brown v. Board of Education.
- 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: Claireece "Precious" Jones Target entity description: Claireece "Precious" Jones is the abused, illiterate Harlem teenager whose struggle for self-worth and escape from trauma is at the heart of Sapphire’s novel "Push" and its film adaptation "Precious."
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A.
Celie Johnson
Celie Johnson is the resilient, abused African-American woman at the center of Alice Walker’s novel and its film adaptation "The Color Purple," portrayed on screen by Whoopi Goldberg.
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B.
Pecola Breedlove
Pecola Breedlove is the tragic young Black girl in Toni Morrison’s novel whose longing for blue eyes reflects the devastating effects of internalized racism and societal beauty standards.
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C.
Poussey Washington
Poussey Washington is a beloved, sharp-witted inmate in the television series "Orange Is the New Black," known for her moral integrity, tragic storyline, and close friendship with Taystee.
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D.
Shante Broadus
Shante Broadus is an American entrepreneur and talent manager best known as the longtime wife and business partner of rapper Snoop Dogg.
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E.
Leola Brown
Leola Brown was the wife of Oliver Brown, the named plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court school desegregation case Brown v. Board of Education.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| ageInStory | teenager ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Precious
ⓘ
linked to:
film "Precious"
Push ⓘ |
| appearsInFilm |
Precious
ⓘ
linked to:
film "Precious"
|
| appearsInNovel | Push ⓘ |
| attends | alternative school ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
escape from trauma
ⓘ
self-worth ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| characteristic |
African American
ⓘ
illiterate ⓘ overweight ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Sapphire ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
African American
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
|
| father | Carl ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationOfCharacterFrom | Push ⓘ |
| fullName |
Claireece Precious Jones
ⓘ
linked to:
Claireece "Precious" Jones
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Claireece ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Abdul
ⓘ
Mongo ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | representation of marginalized Black girls in urban America ⓘ |
| medium |
cinema
ⓘ
literature ⓘ |
| mother | Mary Jones ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| nickname | Precious ⓘ |
| notableFor | diary-style narration ⓘ |
| placeOfResidence | Harlem ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Gabourey Sidibe ⓘ |
| protagonistOf |
Precious
ⓘ
linked to:
film "Precious"
Push ⓘ |
| setting | Harlem in the 1980s ⓘ |
| strugglesWith |
abuse
ⓘ
illiteracy ⓘ poverty ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
child abuse
ⓘ
emotional abuse ⓘ physical abuse ⓘ sexual abuse ⓘ |
| teacher | Blu Rain ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Claireece "Precious" Jones Description of subject: Claireece "Precious" Jones is the abused, illiterate Harlem teenager whose struggle for self-worth and escape from trauma is at the heart of Sapphire’s novel "Push" and its film adaptation "Precious."
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
film "Precious"
linked to: Claireece "Precious" Jones
linked to: Claireece "Precious" Jones
subject linked to:
Gabourey