Kattrin
E616175
Kattrin is a central, mute character in Bertolt Brecht’s play "Mother Courage and Her Children," known for her selfless bravery and tragic sacrifice during the Thirty Years' War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kattrin canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6751174 — 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: Kattrin Context triple: [Mother Courage and Her Children, mainCharacter, Kattrin]
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A.
Margareta
Margareta is a feminine given name used in various European languages, closely related to and derived from the name Margaret.
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B.
Dalva
Dalva is a surname most notably associated with American film editor Robert Dalva, recognized for his work on major Hollywood productions.
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C.
Vibeke
Vibeke is a Scandinavian feminine given name of Old Norse origin, traditionally used in Denmark and Norway.
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D.
Birgitte
Birgitte is a Danish-born member of the British royal family who holds the title Duchess of Gloucester.
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E.
Ottilia
Ottilia is a feminine given name of Germanic origin, related to Otto and typically interpreted to mean "wealth" or "prosperity."
- 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: Kattrin Target entity description: Kattrin is a central, mute character in Bertolt Brecht’s play "Mother Courage and Her Children," known for her selfless bravery and tragic sacrifice during the Thirty Years' War.
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A.
Margareta
Margareta is a feminine given name used in various European languages, closely related to and derived from the name Margaret.
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B.
Dalva
Dalva is a surname most notably associated with American film editor Robert Dalva, recognized for his work on major Hollywood productions.
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C.
Vibeke
Vibeke is a Scandinavian feminine given name of Old Norse origin, traditionally used in Denmark and Norway.
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D.
Birgitte
Birgitte is a Danish-born member of the British royal family who holds the title Duchess of Gloucester.
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E.
Ottilia
Ottilia is a feminine given name of Germanic origin, related to Otto and typically interpreted to mean "wealth" or "prosperity."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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theatrical character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Mother Courage and Her Children ⓘ |
| associatedLocation | war-torn Central Europe ⓘ |
| associatedWithDramaturgy | Verfremdungseffekt (alienation effect) ⓘ |
| associatedWorkGenre | epic theatre ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | gunshot wounds ⓘ |
| characterArc | from passive victim to active self-sacrificing savior ⓘ |
| communicationMethod |
facial expressions
ⓘ
gestures ⓘ |
| creator | Bertolt Brecht ⓘ |
| deathInWork | Mother Courage and Her Children ⓘ |
| familyName | none ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Thirty Years' War ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Mother Courage and Her Children (play, 1939)
ⓘ
linked to:
Mother Courage and Her Children
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| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Kattrin ⓘ |
| hasDisability | mutism ⓘ |
| hasParent | Mother Courage (Anna Fierling) ⓘ |
| isCharacterInPlayBy | Bertolt Brecht ⓘ |
| languageOfOriginalWork | German ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | shot while warning the town ⓘ |
| mother |
Mother Courage
ⓘ
linked to:
Mother Courage (Anna Fierling)
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| narrativeFunction |
contrast to Mother Courage's pragmatism
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embodiment of innocent suffering in war ⓘ |
| nationality | German (fictional) ⓘ |
| notableAction | saves a town by beating a drum to warn of an attack ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
brave
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mute ⓘ physically scarred ⓘ selfless ⓘ |
| occupation | camp follower ⓘ |
| parentWorkLanguage | German ⓘ |
| portrayedInMedium |
film adaptations
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stage ⓘ television adaptations ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
central character
ⓘ
tragic heroine ⓘ |
| settingOfActivities | Thirty Years' War ⓘ |
| sibling |
Eilif
ⓘ
Swiss Cheese ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
moral courage
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voiceless victims of war ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
anti-war
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innocence ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ the cost of war on civilians ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Kattrin Description of subject: Kattrin is a central, mute character in Bertolt Brecht’s play "Mother Courage and Her Children," known for her selfless bravery and tragic sacrifice during the Thirty Years' War.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.