Marie Samuels
E152863
Marie Samuels is the overprotective mother at the center of the "Black Mirror" episode "Arkangel," whose use of invasive technology to monitor her daughter drives the story’s exploration of parental control and privacy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marie Samuels canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1181085 — 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 Samuels Context triple: [Black Mirror: Arkangel, protagonist, Marie Samuels]
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A.
Cheryl Howard
Cheryl Howard is an American writer and actress best known as the wife of filmmaker Ron Howard and the mother of actress Bryce Dallas Howard.
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B.
Jocelyn Howard
Jocelyn Howard is an American television and film actress best known as the daughter of filmmaker and former child star Ron Howard.
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C.
Mary Williams
Mary Williams was the wife of American planter and statesman Henry Middleton, a prominent figure in colonial South Carolina.
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D.
Ruby Aldridge
Ruby Aldridge is an American fashion model known for her runway and editorial work with major designers and magazines.
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E.
Kate Adams
Kate Adams is a name shared by several notable individuals, including professionals in fields such as law, business, and the arts.
- 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 Samuels Target entity description: Marie Samuels is the overprotective mother at the center of the "Black Mirror" episode "Arkangel," whose use of invasive technology to monitor her daughter drives the story’s exploration of parental control and privacy.
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A.
Cheryl Howard
Cheryl Howard is an American writer and actress best known as the wife of filmmaker Ron Howard and the mother of actress Bryce Dallas Howard.
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B.
Jocelyn Howard
Jocelyn Howard is an American television and film actress best known as the daughter of filmmaker and former child star Ron Howard.
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C.
Mary Williams
Mary Williams was the wife of American planter and statesman Henry Middleton, a prominent figure in colonial South Carolina.
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D.
Ruby Aldridge
Ruby Aldridge is an American fashion model known for her runway and editorial work with major designers and magazines.
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E.
Kate Adams
Kate Adams is a name shared by several notable individuals, including professionals in fields such as law, business, and the arts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Black Mirror ⓘ |
| appearsInEpisode | Arkangel ⓘ |
| appearsInSeason | Black Mirror season 4 ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
overprotection
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parental control ⓘ privacy ⓘ surveillance ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Sara Samuels ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States (fictional setting)
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surface form:
United States (in-story setting)
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| createdBy | Charlie Brooker ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Black Mirror: Arkangel
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surface form:
Black Mirror episode Arkangel
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| genre |
psychological drama
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science fiction ⓘ |
| hasChild | Sara Samuels ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| motivatedBy | desire to protect her daughter ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
central character
ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ |
| occupation | mother ⓘ |
| partOf | Black Mirror character roster ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Rosemarie DeWitt ⓘ |
| portrayedInGenre | science fiction anthology series ⓘ |
| represents | ethical dilemmas of parenting with technology ⓘ |
| roleInWork | overprotective mother ⓘ |
| storyFocus | consequences of constant monitoring ⓘ |
| usesTechnology |
Arkangel implant
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invasive child-monitoring system ⓘ |
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
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: Marie Samuels Description of subject: Marie Samuels is the overprotective mother at the center of the "Black Mirror" episode "Arkangel," whose use of invasive technology to monitor her daughter drives the story’s exploration of parental control and privacy.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.