Sophie MacDonald
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Sophie MacDonald is a tragic supporting character in the 1946 film adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham’s "The Razor’s Edge," whose life spirals downward through grief, addiction, and exploitation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sophie MacDonald canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1943062 — 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: Sophie MacDonald Context triple: [The Razor's Edge (1946 film), character, Sophie MacDonald]
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A.
Mary Anne MacLeod
Mary Anne MacLeod was a Scottish-born immigrant to the United States best known as the mother of Donald J. Trump, the 45th president of the United States.
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B.
Margaret McGregor
Margaret McGregor was the wife of American frontiersman and military officer Robert Rogers, associated with the colonial era in North America.
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C.
Louisa MacDonald
Louisa MacDonald was a British woman best known as the mother of Stanley Baldwin, who served three times as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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D.
Agnes Maclehose
Agnes Maclehose, also known by the pseudonym "Clarinda," was a Scottish woman best remembered for her intense, epistolary romantic friendship with poet Robert Burns in the late 18th century.
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E.
Elizabeth Mure
Elizabeth Mure was a 14th-century Scottish noblewoman best known as the first wife of King Robert II of Scotland and the mother of several children who founded key branches of the Stewart dynasty.
- 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: Sophie MacDonald Target entity description: Sophie MacDonald is a tragic supporting character in the 1946 film adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham’s "The Razor’s Edge," whose life spirals downward through grief, addiction, and exploitation.
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A.
Mary Anne MacLeod
Mary Anne MacLeod was a Scottish-born immigrant to the United States best known as the mother of Donald J. Trump, the 45th president of the United States.
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B.
Margaret McGregor
Margaret McGregor was the wife of American frontiersman and military officer Robert Rogers, associated with the colonial era in North America.
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C.
Louisa MacDonald
Louisa MacDonald was a British woman best known as the mother of Stanley Baldwin, who served three times as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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D.
Agnes Maclehose
Agnes Maclehose, also known by the pseudonym "Clarinda," was a Scottish woman best remembered for her intense, epistolary romantic friendship with poet Robert Burns in the late 18th century.
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E.
Elizabeth Mure
Elizabeth Mure was a 14th-century Scottish noblewoman best known as the first wife of King Robert II of Scotland and the mother of several children who founded key branches of the Stewart dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| adaptedForScreenBy | screenwriters of The Razor’s Edge (1946 film) ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Razor’s Edge (1946 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Razor's Edge
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| appearsInGenre | drama film ⓘ |
| basedOn | character from W. Somerset Maugham’s novel "The Razor’s Edge" ⓘ |
| createdBy | W. Somerset Maugham ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
addicted
ⓘ
grief-stricken ⓘ vulnerable to exploitation ⓘ |
| medium | cinema ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | tragic figure ⓘ |
| narrativeOutcome | dies tragically ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Anne Baxter ⓘ |
| relationshipTypeWith Isabel Bradley | victim of manipulation ⓘ |
| relationshipTypeWith Larry Darrell | former childhood friend ⓘ |
| relationshipWith |
Isabel Bradley
ⓘ
Larry Darrell ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative | supporting character ⓘ |
| setting |
Chicago
ⓘ
linked to:
City of Chicago
Paris ⓘ |
| storyArc |
becomes involved in prostitution
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experiences the loss of her husband and child ⓘ falls into alcoholism ⓘ falls into drug addiction ⓘ is manipulated by Isabel Bradley ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
addiction
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exploitation ⓘ grief ⓘ moral decay ⓘ redemption and its failure ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStory | post-World War I era ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sophie MacDonald Description of subject: Sophie MacDonald is a tragic supporting character in the 1946 film adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham’s "The Razor’s Edge," whose life spirals downward through grief, addiction, and exploitation.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
The Razor's Edge