Marie Shabata
E470946
Marie Shabata is a passionate and impulsive young woman in Willa Cather’s novel "O Pioneers!" whose tragic love affair plays a central role in the story’s emotional climax.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Marie Shabata canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4330270 — 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: Marie Shabata Context triple: [O Pioneers!, mainCharacter, Marie Shabata]
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A.
Margot Löwenthal
Margot Löwenthal was the daughter of Elsa Löwenthal, who was Albert Einstein’s second wife and cousin.
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B.
Marie Krackowizer
Marie Krackowizer was the wife of pioneering anthropologist Franz Boas and a supportive partner in his academic and intellectual life.
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C.
Margaret Shenberg
Margaret Shenberg was the first wife of influential Hollywood film producer and studio executive Louis B. Mayer.
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D.
Barbara Marx
Barbara Marx was an American model and socialite best known as the fourth and final wife of singer Frank Sinatra.
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E.
Marie Goesler
Marie Goesler is a central fictional character in Anthony Trollope’s political novel series "The Pallisers," known for her intelligence, independence, and complex romantic and social entanglements within high society.
- 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: Marie Shabata Target entity description: Marie Shabata is a passionate and impulsive young woman in Willa Cather’s novel "O Pioneers!" whose tragic love affair plays a central role in the story’s emotional climax.
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A.
Margot Löwenthal
Margot Löwenthal was the daughter of Elsa Löwenthal, who was Albert Einstein’s second wife and cousin.
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B.
Marie Krackowizer
Marie Krackowizer was the wife of pioneering anthropologist Franz Boas and a supportive partner in his academic and intellectual life.
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C.
Margaret Shenberg
Margaret Shenberg was the first wife of influential Hollywood film producer and studio executive Louis B. Mayer.
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D.
Barbara Marx
Barbara Marx was an American model and socialite best known as the fourth and final wife of singer Frank Sinatra.
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E.
Marie Goesler
Marie Goesler is a central fictional character in Anthony Trollope’s political novel series "The Pallisers," known for her intelligence, independence, and complex romantic and social entanglements within high society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
female character
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | O Pioneers! ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
adultery
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forbidden love ⓘ rural isolation ⓘ |
| authorNationalityOfCreator | American ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | murder ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
emotional
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impulsive ⓘ passionate ⓘ restless ⓘ romantic ⓘ warm-hearted ⓘ |
| createdBy | Willa Cather ⓘ |
| deathScene | orchard ⓘ |
| deathType | tragic death ⓘ |
| ethnicBackground | Bohemian ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext |
O Pioneers! (1913)
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linked to:
O Pioneers!
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| genreOfWork |
frontier novel
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regionalist fiction ⓘ |
| killedBy | Frank Shabata ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
American realism
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linked to:
Realism
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| loveInterest | Emil Bergson ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | unhappily married ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
catalyst for the novel's emotional climax
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focus of a tragic love affair ⓘ |
| nationality | Bohemian-American ⓘ |
| occupation | farm wife ⓘ |
| relationshipTo |
friend of Alexandra Bergson
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neighbor of the Bergson family ⓘ |
| residence |
Nebraska prairie
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farm near Hanover, Nebraska ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
central romantic figure
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tragic heroine ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity | late 19th-century American Great Plains ⓘ |
| spouse | Frank Shabata ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
conflict between passion and duty
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constraints of marriage ⓘ immigrant experience on the American frontier ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Marie Shabata Description of subject: Marie Shabata is a passionate and impulsive young woman in Willa Cather’s novel "O Pioneers!" whose tragic love affair plays a central role in the story’s emotional climax.
Referenced by (3)
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