Mother Abagail
E192767
Mother Abagail is a prophetic, 108-year-old spiritual leader who guides the forces of good in Stephen King’s post-apocalyptic novel "The Stand."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mother Abagail canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1714505 — 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: Mother Abagail Context triple: [The Stand, featuresCharacter, Mother Abagail]
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A.
Sarah Good
Sarah Good was one of the first women accused and executed for witchcraft during the 1692 Salem witch trials in colonial Massachusetts.
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B.
Hester Pitt
Hester Pitt was a daughter of British statesman William Pitt the Elder, belonging to a prominent 18th-century political family.
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C.
Susannah Parris
Susannah Parris was a member of the Parris family in late 17th-century Salem, historically noted as a sibling of accuser Elizabeth Parris during the Salem witch trials era.
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D.
Hester Prynne
Hester Prynne is the resilient, ostracized heroine of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, known for bearing an illegitimate child and defiantly wearing the scarlet letter “A” as a symbol of both shame and strength in Puritan New England.
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E.
Maria Cotton Mather
Maria Cotton Mather was the mother of the influential New England Puritan minister and writer Cotton Mather.
- 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: Mother Abagail Target entity description: Mother Abagail is a prophetic, 108-year-old spiritual leader who guides the forces of good in Stephen King’s post-apocalyptic novel "The Stand."
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A.
Sarah Good
Sarah Good was one of the first women accused and executed for witchcraft during the 1692 Salem witch trials in colonial Massachusetts.
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B.
Hester Pitt
Hester Pitt was a daughter of British statesman William Pitt the Elder, belonging to a prominent 18th-century political family.
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C.
Susannah Parris
Susannah Parris was a member of the Parris family in late 17th-century Salem, historically noted as a sibling of accuser Elizabeth Parris during the Salem witch trials era.
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D.
Hester Prynne
Hester Prynne is the resilient, ostracized heroine of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, known for bearing an illegitimate child and defiantly wearing the scarlet letter “A” as a symbol of both shame and strength in Puritan New England.
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E.
Maria Cotton Mather
Maria Cotton Mather was the mother of the influential New England Puritan minister and writer Cotton Mather.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
prophet ⓘ spiritual leader ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
The Stand
ⓘ
surface form:
The Stand (1994 miniseries)
The Stand ⓘ
surface form:
The Stand (2020 miniseries)
|
| age | 108 ⓘ |
| alignment | good ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Stand ⓘ |
| associatedWith | God ⓘ |
| bookGenre |
dark fantasy
ⓘ
horror ⓘ |
| conflictWith | the demonic forces led by Randall Flagg ⓘ |
| creator | Stephen King ⓘ |
| ethnicity | African American ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Stand ⓘ |
| firstPublicationAppearance |
The Stand
ⓘ
surface form:
The Stand (1978 novel)
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| guides |
Frannie Goldsmith
ⓘ
Larry Underwood ⓘ Nick Andros ⓘ Stu Redman ⓘ |
| hasAbility |
divine guidance
ⓘ
prophetic visions ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leads | Boulder Free Zone ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | post-apocalyptic fiction ⓘ |
| medium | literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | moral compass for survivors ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
deep religious faith
ⓘ
extreme old age ⓘ humility ⓘ |
| opposes | Randall Flagg ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Ruby Dee
ⓘ
Whoopi Goldberg ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | Hemingford Home, Nebraska ⓘ |
| roleInStory | leader of the forces of good ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
divine goodness
ⓘ
faith ⓘ hope ⓘ |
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: Mother Abagail Description of subject: Mother Abagail is a prophetic, 108-year-old spiritual leader who guides the forces of good in Stephen King’s post-apocalyptic novel "The Stand."
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.