Sadness
E237546
Sadness is one of the core emotion characters in Pixar's animated film "Inside Out," embodying the feeling of sorrow and ultimately revealing its importance in emotional balance and empathy.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sadness canonical | 8 |
| Sadness (Inside Out) | 6 |
| Sadness (Inside Out character) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2139939 — 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: Sadness Context triple: [Inside Out, mainCharacter, Sadness]
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A.
Sorrow
Sorrow is a character in Toni Morrison's novel "A Mercy," known as a troubled young woman whose traumatic past and evolving identity reflect the book’s themes of loss, memory, and belonging.
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B.
Sad
Sad is a single Arabic letter that appears as a disjointed opening character at the beginning of certain chapters (surahs) of the Qur’an, traditionally regarded as one of the mysterious "muqattaʿat" letters.
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C.
Lamentation
"Lamentation" is the deeply expressive third movement of Leonard Bernstein's Symphony No. 1 "Jeremiah," reflecting themes of sorrow and mourning inspired by the biblical Book of Lamentations.
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D.
Lament
"Lament" is a track from the album *Voice of the Xtabay*, showcasing Yma Sumac’s dramatic vocal style and exotic orchestral arrangements.
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E.
Crying
"Crying" is a classic, emotionally charged pop ballad by Roy Orbison, renowned for its soaring vocals and dramatic expression of heartbreak.
- 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: Sadness Target entity description: Sadness is one of the core emotion characters in Pixar's animated film "Inside Out," embodying the feeling of sorrow and ultimately revealing its importance in emotional balance and empathy.
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A.
Sorrow
Sorrow is a character in Toni Morrison's novel "A Mercy," known as a troubled young woman whose traumatic past and evolving identity reflect the book’s themes of loss, memory, and belonging.
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B.
Sad
Sad is a single Arabic letter that appears as a disjointed opening character at the beginning of certain chapters (surahs) of the Qur’an, traditionally regarded as one of the mysterious "muqattaʿat" letters.
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C.
Lamentation
"Lamentation" is the deeply expressive third movement of Leonard Bernstein's Symphony No. 1 "Jeremiah," reflecting themes of sorrow and mourning inspired by the biblical Book of Lamentations.
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D.
Lament
"Lament" is a track from the album *Voice of the Xtabay*, showcasing Yma Sumac’s dramatic vocal style and exotic orchestral arrangements.
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E.
Crying
"Crying" is a classic, emotionally charged pop ballad by Roy Orbison, renowned for its soaring vocals and dramatic expression of heartbreak.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Pixar character
ⓘ
emotion personification ⓘ fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Inside Out
ⓘ
Inside Out 2 ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
comfort
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emotional balance ⓘ empathy ⓘ sorrow ⓘ vulnerability ⓘ |
| basedIn | Riley’s mind ⓘ |
| clothing |
blue pants
ⓘ
white turtleneck sweater ⓘ |
| colorAssociation | blue ⓘ |
| creator |
Pete Docter
ⓘ
Pixar Animation Studios ⓘ |
| distributor | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures ⓘ |
| emotionRepresented | sadness ⓘ |
| eyeColor | dark blue ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Inside Out universe
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linked to:
Inside Out
|
| firstAppearanceYear | 2015 ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hairColor | blue ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | deconstructs idea that only happiness is good ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
compassionate
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melancholic ⓘ self-doubting ⓘ thoughtful ⓘ |
| primaryRelationship | Joy ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Pixar Animation Studios ⓘ |
| roleInStory |
catalyst for Riley seeking help
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helps Riley process difficult experiences ⓘ reveals value of negative emotions ⓘ |
| species | emotion ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
healing through emotional honesty
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need to be heard when in pain ⓘ |
| teaches |
importance of expressing sorrow
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that sadness can lead to connection ⓘ |
| voiceActor | Phyllis Smith ⓘ |
| worksAt | Riley’s Headquarters ⓘ |
| worksWith |
Anger
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Disgust ⓘ Fear ⓘ Joy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Sadness Description of subject: Sadness is one of the core emotion characters in Pixar's animated film "Inside Out," embodying the feeling of sorrow and ultimately revealing its importance in emotional balance and empathy.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Joy – Amy Poehler
linked to: Sadness
subject linked to:
Fear – Bill Hader
linked to: Sadness
subject linked to:
Disgust – Mindy Kaling
linked to: Sadness
subject linked to:
Bing Bong in Inside Out
linked to: Sadness