Clara
E270204
Clara is a character in the American folk opera "Porgy and Bess," known as a young mother whose lullaby "Summertime" is one of the work’s most famous songs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clara canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2479577 — 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: Clara Context triple: [Porgy and Bess, mainCharacter, Clara]
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A.
Clara
Clara is a feminine given name of Latin origin, derived from "clarus" meaning "bright" or "famous."
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B.
Lucile
Lucile is a feminine given name of Latin origin, commonly associated with the name Lucille and meaning "light."
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C.
Cecilia
Cecilia is a feminine given name of Latin origin, traditionally associated with Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music.
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D.
Luisa
Luisa is a feminine given name used in various languages, particularly Romance languages, as a form of the name Louise.
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E.
Claire
Claire is a feminine given name of French origin meaning "clear" or "bright," commonly used in English-speaking countries.
- 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: Clara Target entity description: Clara is a character in the American folk opera "Porgy and Bess," known as a young mother whose lullaby "Summertime" is one of the work’s most famous songs.
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A.
Clara
Clara is a feminine given name of Latin origin, derived from "clarus" meaning "bright" or "famous."
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B.
Lucile
Lucile is a feminine given name of Latin origin, commonly associated with the name Lucille and meaning "light."
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C.
Cecilia
Cecilia is a feminine given name of Latin origin, traditionally associated with Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music.
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D.
Luisa
Luisa is a feminine given name used in various languages, particularly Romance languages, as a form of the name Louise.
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E.
Claire
Claire is a feminine given name of French origin meaning "clear" or "bright," commonly used in English-speaking countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
female character
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ opera character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Porgy and Bess ⓘ |
| associatedWithSong | Summertime ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy | George Gershwin ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Porgy and Bess universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Porgy and Bess
|
| firstPerformanceOfWorkYear | 1935 ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearsIn |
folk opera
ⓘ
opera ⓘ |
| hasFamilyRole | mother ⓘ |
| hasNotableAria | Summertime ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkAppearsIn | English ⓘ |
| librettoBy | DuBose Heyward ⓘ |
| lyricsBy |
DuBose Heyward
ⓘ
Ira Gershwin ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a young mother in Porgy and Bess
ⓘ
singing the lullaby "Summertime" ⓘ
linked to:
Summertime
|
| partOfEnsemble | Catfish Row community ⓘ |
| roleInPlot | young mother ⓘ |
| settingOfWorkAppearsIn |
Catfish Row
ⓘ
Charleston, South Carolina ⓘ |
| sings | Summertime ⓘ |
| vocalType | soprano ⓘ |
| workTypeAppearsIn | American folk opera ⓘ |
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: Clara Description of subject: Clara is a character in the American folk opera "Porgy and Bess," known as a young mother whose lullaby "Summertime" is one of the work’s most famous songs.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.