Katie Nolan in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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Katie Nolan in *A Tree Grows in Brooklyn* is the hardworking, emotionally reserved mother who struggles to keep her impoverished Brooklyn family afloat while grappling with her husband’s alcoholism and her own conflicted affections.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Katie Nolan in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T658252 — 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: Katie Nolan in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Context triple: [Dorothy McGuire, portrayed, Katie Nolan in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn]
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A.
Kathleen Quinlan
Kathleen Quinlan is an American film and television actress best known for her Academy Award–nominated performance as Marilyn Lovell in the 1995 space drama "Apollo 13."
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B.
Ruth Rose
Ruth Rose was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the classic 1933 monster film "King Kong."
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C.
Mary Lee Ware
Mary Lee Ware was an American philanthropist and patron of science best known for financing Harvard University’s famous Blaschka Glass Models of Plants (the “Glass Flowers”).
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D.
Annie
Annie is a popular Broadway musical, later adapted into a film, about an optimistic orphan girl in 1930s New York.
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E.
Kathy
Kathy is the given name of Kathy Hochul, the 57th governor of New York and the first woman to hold that office.
- 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: Katie Nolan in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Target entity description: Katie Nolan in *A Tree Grows in Brooklyn* is the hardworking, emotionally reserved mother who struggles to keep her impoverished Brooklyn family afloat while grappling with her husband’s alcoholism and her own conflicted affections.
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A.
Kathleen Quinlan
Kathleen Quinlan is an American film and television actress best known for her Academy Award–nominated performance as Marilyn Lovell in the 1995 space drama "Apollo 13."
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B.
Ruth Rose
Ruth Rose was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the classic 1933 monster film "King Kong."
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C.
Mary Lee Ware
Mary Lee Ware was an American philanthropist and patron of science best known for financing Harvard University’s famous Blaschka Glass Models of Plants (the “Glass Flowers”).
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D.
Annie
Annie is a popular Broadway musical, later adapted into a film, about an optimistic orphan girl in 1930s New York.
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E.
Kathy
Kathy is the given name of Kathy Hochul, the 57th governor of New York and the first woman to hold that office.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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mother ⓘ |
| appearsIn | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
emotionally reserved
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hardworking ⓘ practical ⓘ proud ⓘ resourceful ⓘ strict ⓘ |
| child |
Francie Nolan
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Laurie Nolan ⓘ Neeley Nolan ⓘ |
| createdBy | Betty Smith ⓘ |
| emotion |
conflicted affections toward her daughter Francie
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conflicted affections toward her husband ⓘ |
| ethnicBackground | Irish American ⓘ |
| familyRole |
mother of Francie Nolan
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primary breadwinner ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| maidenName | Katie Rommely ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableAction |
manages household finances strictly
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shows more overt affection to Neeley than to Francie ⓘ supports her family through multiple cleaning jobs ⓘ |
| occupation |
cleaning woman
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janitress ⓘ |
| parent | Mary Rommely ⓘ |
| relationshipWith |
Francie Nolan
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Johnny Nolan ⓘ Laurie Nolan ⓘ Neeley Nolan ⓘ |
| residence | Brooklyn ⓘ |
| settingOfLife | early 20th-century Brooklyn ⓘ |
| sibling |
Evie Rommely
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Sissy Rommely ⓘ |
| spouse |
Johnny Nolan
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Katie Nolan ⓘ |
| strugglesWith |
husband's alcoholism
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poverty ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
family resilience
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mother-daughter relationships ⓘ poverty ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ |
| value |
education for her children
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financial security ⓘ respectability ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Katie Nolan in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Description of subject: Katie Nolan in *A Tree Grows in Brooklyn* is the hardworking, emotionally reserved mother who struggles to keep her impoverished Brooklyn family afloat while grappling with her husband’s alcoholism and her own conflicted affections.
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