Johanna
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"Johanna" is a recurring, lyrically poignant love song from Stephen Sondheim's musical *Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street*.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Johanna canonical | 8 |
| "Johanna" | 1 |
| Johanna (Judge Turpin’s version) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3510494 — 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: Johanna Context triple: [Stephen Sondheim, notableSong, Johanna]
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A.
Johanna
Johanna is the given name of Johanna Spyri, the Swiss author best known for creating the classic children's novel "Heidi."
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B.
Joanna
Joanna is the first name of Joanna Newsom, an American harpist, singer-songwriter, and musician known for her intricate compositions and distinctive vocal style.
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C.
Julianna
Julianna is a feminine given name most notably borne by American actress Julianna Margulies.
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D.
Katja
Katja is a diminutive or short form of the given name Katarina, commonly used in various Slavic and European languages.
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E.
Júlia
Júlia is the given name of Julia Warhola, the mother of American pop artist Andy Warhol.
- 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 Target entity description: "Johanna" is a recurring, lyrically poignant love song from Stephen Sondheim's musical *Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street*.
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A.
Johanna
Johanna is the given name of Johanna Spyri, the Swiss author best known for creating the classic children's novel "Heidi."
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B.
Joanna
Joanna is the first name of Joanna Newsom, an American harpist, singer-songwriter, and musician known for her intricate compositions and distinctive vocal style.
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C.
Julianna
Julianna is a feminine given name most notably borne by American actress Julianna Margulies.
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D.
Katja
Katja is a diminutive or short form of the given name Katarina, commonly used in various Slavic and European languages.
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E.
Júlia
Júlia is the given name of Julia Warhola, the mother of American pop artist Andy Warhol.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical theatre song
ⓘ
show tune ⓘ song ⓘ |
| appearsInAct |
Act I
ⓘ
Act II ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Anthony Hope
ⓘ
Johanna (Sweeney Todd character) ⓘ Sweeney Todd ⓘ
linked to:
Sweeney Todd (stage production)
|
| centralEmotion |
unfulfilled love
ⓘ
yearning ⓘ |
| characterSungBy |
Anthony Hope
ⓘ
Sweeney Todd ⓘ
linked to:
Sweeney Todd (stage production)
|
| characterSungTo | Johanna (Sweeney Todd character) ⓘ |
| composer | Stephen Sondheim ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| firstKnownProduction | 1979 Broadway production of Sweeney Todd ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceMedium | stage musical ⓘ |
| genre |
musical theatre
ⓘ
show tune ⓘ |
| hasVersion | film adaptation version (2007 Sweeney Todd film) ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalTone |
melancholic
ⓘ
poignant ⓘ |
| lyricist | Stephen Sondheim ⓘ |
| musicalStyle | lyrical ballad ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Johanna (Sweeney Todd character) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
emotional intensity
ⓘ
lyrical beauty ⓘ |
| partOfWork |
Sweeney Todd (musical)
ⓘ
linked to:
Sweeney Todd (stage production)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ⓘ
linked to:
Sweeney Todd (stage production)
|
| performedIn |
original Broadway production of Sweeney Todd
ⓘ
subsequent revivals of Sweeney Todd ⓘ |
| recurringIn |
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
ⓘ
linked to:
Sweeney Todd (stage production)
|
| theme |
idealized love
ⓘ
obsession ⓘ romantic longing ⓘ |
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: Johanna Description of subject: "Johanna" is a recurring, lyrically poignant love song from Stephen Sondheim's musical *Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street*.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Johanna
linked to: Johanna