Emma
E811661
Emma is a central character in Sam Shepard’s play "Curse of the Starving Class," portrayed as a rebellious and sharp-witted teenage girl struggling against her dysfunctional family and bleak circumstances.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Emma canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9592739 — 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: Emma Context triple: [Curse of the Starving Class, featuresCharacter, Emma]
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A.
Emma
Emma is a common feminine given name of Germanic origin, widely used in English-speaking and many other countries.
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B.
Emma
"Emma" is a 2009 British television miniseries adaptation of Jane Austen's novel, starring Romola Garai in the title role.
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C.
Emily
Emily Warren Roebling was a pioneering 19th-century American engineer best known for her crucial role in overseeing the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge.
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D.
Emily
Emily is a given name commonly used in English-speaking countries, often associated with literary, historical, and contemporary cultural figures.
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E.
Emily
"Emily" is a 2022 British biographical drama film about the life of writer Emily Brontë, starring Fionn Whitehead alongside Emma Mackey.
- 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: Emma Target entity description: Emma is a central character in Sam Shepard’s play "Curse of the Starving Class," portrayed as a rebellious and sharp-witted teenage girl struggling against her dysfunctional family and bleak circumstances.
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A.
Emma
Emma is a common feminine given name of Germanic origin, widely used in English-speaking and many other countries.
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B.
Emma
"Emma" is a 2009 British television miniseries adaptation of Jane Austen's novel, starring Romola Garai in the title role.
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C.
Emily
Emily Warren Roebling was a pioneering 19th-century American engineer best known for her crucial role in overseeing the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge.
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D.
Emily
Emily is a given name commonly used in English-speaking countries, often associated with literary, historical, and contemporary cultural figures.
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E.
Emily
"Emily" is a 2022 British biographical drama film about the life of writer Emily Brontë, starring Fionn Whitehead alongside Emma Mackey.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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theatrical character ⓘ |
| age | teenager ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Curse of the Starving Class ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
adolescence and rebellion
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disillusionment with the American Dream ⓘ family dysfunction ⓘ poverty ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American playwright ⓘ |
| belongsToWorkBy | Sam Shepard ⓘ |
| characterType | protagonist ⓘ |
| conflictType |
family conflict
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internal conflict ⓘ |
| creator | Sam Shepard ⓘ |
| dialogueStyle |
darkly humorous
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sarcastic ⓘ |
| emotionalState |
angry
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frustrated ⓘ restless ⓘ |
| familyName | Tate ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Curse of the Starving Class (1977) ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasBrother | Wesley Tate ⓘ |
| hasFather | Weston Tate ⓘ |
| hasMother | Ella Tate ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 20th-century American drama ⓘ |
| medium | stage play ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
embodies youthful defiance
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exposes family tensions ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupationAspiration |
become independent
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escape her family ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
ambitious
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cynical ⓘ intelligent ⓘ rebellious ⓘ sharp-witted ⓘ |
| roleInWork | central character ⓘ |
| setting | rural Southern California ⓘ |
| stageDirection | teenage girl ⓘ |
| strugglesWith |
bleak circumstances
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dysfunctional family ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
lost youth
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resistance to familial decay ⓘ |
| workGenre |
dark comedy
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drama ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Emma Description of subject: Emma is a central character in Sam Shepard’s play "Curse of the Starving Class," portrayed as a rebellious and sharp-witted teenage girl struggling against her dysfunctional family and bleak circumstances.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.