Sara Goldfarb
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Sara Goldfarb is a lonely, television-obsessed Brooklyn widow whose descent into amphetamine addiction and delusion forms one of the central tragic arcs of "Requiem for a Dream."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sara Goldfarb canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5342339 — 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: Sara Goldfarb Context triple: [Requiem for a Dream, featuresCharacter, Sara Goldfarb]
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A.
Suzanne Goldberg
Suzanne Goldberg is known as the wife of prominent 1960s Free Speech Movement leader Mario Savio.
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B.
Suzanne Goldberg
Suzanne Goldberg is a prominent civil rights lawyer and legal scholar known for her work on free speech and equality issues in the United States.
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C.
Ann Goldstein
Ann Goldstein is an American literary translator best known for bringing Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels and other major works of Italian literature into English.
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D.
Mimi Leder
Mimi Leder is an American film and television director and producer known for her work on impactful dramas such as "Deep Impact," "The Leftovers," and "On the Basis of Sex."
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E.
Leah Goldberg
Leah Goldberg was a prominent Israeli poet, author, translator, and literary scholar, regarded as one of the central figures of modern Hebrew literature.
- 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: Sara Goldfarb Target entity description: Sara Goldfarb is a lonely, television-obsessed Brooklyn widow whose descent into amphetamine addiction and delusion forms one of the central tragic arcs of "Requiem for a Dream."
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A.
Suzanne Goldberg
Suzanne Goldberg is known as the wife of prominent 1960s Free Speech Movement leader Mario Savio.
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B.
Suzanne Goldberg
Suzanne Goldberg is a prominent civil rights lawyer and legal scholar known for her work on free speech and equality issues in the United States.
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C.
Ann Goldstein
Ann Goldstein is an American literary translator best known for bringing Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels and other major works of Italian literature into English.
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D.
Mimi Leder
Mimi Leder is an American film and television director and producer known for her work on impactful dramas such as "Deep Impact," "The Leftovers," and "On the Basis of Sex."
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E.
Leah Goldberg
Leah Goldberg was a prominent Israeli poet, author, translator, and literary scholar, regarded as one of the central figures of modern Hebrew literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| adaptedBy | Darren Aronofsky ⓘ |
| addiction | amphetamines ⓘ |
| ageGroup | elderly ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Requiem for a Dream
ⓘ
Requiem for a Dream (film) ⓘ
linked to:
Requiem for a Dream
|
| associatedWith |
television game shows
ⓘ
weight-loss infomercials ⓘ |
| createdBy | Hubert Selby Jr. ⓘ |
| diagnosedWith | psychosis (implied in the story) ⓘ |
| emotionalState |
despairing by the end of the story
ⓘ
hopeful at the beginning of the story ⓘ lonely ⓘ |
| familyMember | Harry Goldfarb ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Requiem for a Dream (novel)
ⓘ
linked to:
novel "Requiem for a Dream"
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre |
psychological drama
ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ |
| goal | to appear on television ⓘ |
| hairColor | red (dyed) ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| livesAlone | true ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | widow ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
literature ⓘ |
| motivation |
desire for recognition
ⓘ
desire to fit into her red dress ⓘ |
| narrativeArc | descent into addiction and mental illness ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central tragic character ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| obsession | television ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Ellen Burstyn ⓘ |
| relationshipToHarryGoldfarb | mother ⓘ |
| residence | Brooklyn ⓘ |
| screenPortrayalRecognition | Ellen Burstyn Academy Award nomination for Best Actress ⓘ |
| setting |
Coney Island, Brooklyn
ⓘ
linked to:
Coney Island
|
| suffersFrom |
delusions
ⓘ
drug addiction ⓘ hallucinations ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
the destructive nature of media-fueled dreams
ⓘ
the vulnerability of the elderly to exploitation ⓘ |
| takes | diet pills ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| treatedAt | psychiatric hospital ⓘ |
| undergoes | electroconvulsive therapy ⓘ |
| wardrobe | red dress ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sara Goldfarb Description of subject: Sara Goldfarb is a lonely, television-obsessed Brooklyn widow whose descent into amphetamine addiction and delusion forms one of the central tragic arcs of "Requiem for a Dream."
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.