Queen Sugar
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Queen Sugar is a critically acclaimed American drama television series that follows the lives of the Bordelon siblings in rural Louisiana as they struggle to run their late father's sugarcane farm while confronting family, social, and racial challenges.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Queen Sugar canonical | 10 |
| Queen Sugar (novel) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1787839 — 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: Queen Sugar Context triple: [Ava DuVernay, notableWork, Queen Sugar]
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A.
Sweet Southern Sugar
Sweet Southern Sugar is a studio album by American musician Kid Rock that blends country, rock, and hip-hop influences.
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B.
The Help
The Help is a 2011 drama film based on Kathryn Stockett’s novel, depicting the lives and struggles of African-American maids working in white households in 1960s Mississippi.
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C.
Soul Food
Soul Food is a 1997 American drama film that follows the emotional and culinary traditions of an African-American family as they struggle to stay united through personal and financial hardships.
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D.
Mistress America
Mistress America is a 2015 indie comedy film directed by Noah Baumbach and co-written by and starring Greta Gerwig, following a lonely college freshman who is drawn into the chaotic life of her soon-to-be stepsister in New York City.
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E.
Tar Baby
"Tar Baby" is a 1981 novel by Toni Morrison that explores race, class, identity, and desire through the complex relationships between a Black fashion model and a mysterious drifter on a Caribbean island.
- 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: Queen Sugar Target entity description: Queen Sugar is a critically acclaimed American drama television series that follows the lives of the Bordelon siblings in rural Louisiana as they struggle to run their late father's sugarcane farm while confronting family, social, and racial challenges.
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A.
Sweet Southern Sugar
Sweet Southern Sugar is a studio album by American musician Kid Rock that blends country, rock, and hip-hop influences.
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B.
The Help
The Help is a 2011 drama film based on Kathryn Stockett’s novel, depicting the lives and struggles of African-American maids working in white households in 1960s Mississippi.
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C.
Soul Food
Soul Food is a 1997 American drama film that follows the emotional and culinary traditions of an African-American family as they struggle to stay united through personal and financial hardships.
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D.
Mistress America
Mistress America is a 2015 indie comedy film directed by Noah Baumbach and co-written by and starring Greta Gerwig, following a lonely college freshman who is drawn into the chaotic life of her soon-to-be stepsister in New York City.
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E.
Tar Baby
"Tar Baby" is a 1981 novel by Toni Morrison that explores race, class, identity, and desire through the complex relationships between a Black fashion model and a mysterious drifter on a Caribbean island.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American drama television series
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television series ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Queen Sugar
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Queen Sugar (novel)
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| basedOnWorkAuthor | Natalie Baszile ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Ava DuVernay ⓘ |
| distributor |
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network
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surface form:
Oprah Winfrey Network
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| executiveProducer |
Ava DuVernay
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Oprah Winfrey ⓘ |
| features | African-American cast ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Louisiana ⓘ |
| firstAired | 2016 ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
African-American family life
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Bordelon family ⓘ family relationships ⓘ racial issues ⓘ social justice issues ⓘ sugarcane farming ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| lastAired | 2022 ⓘ |
| leadActor |
Dawn-Lyen Gardner
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Kofi Siriboe ⓘ Rutina Wesley ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Charley Bordelon
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Nova Bordelon ⓘ Ralph Angel Bordelon ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| network | OWN ⓘ |
| notableProductionFeature | all episodes directed by women ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 7 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork |
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network
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surface form:
Oprah Winfrey Network
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| pilotDirector | Ava DuVernay ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
ARRAY Filmworks
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Harpo Films ⓘ |
| recurringTheme |
community solidarity
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economic inequality ⓘ grief ⓘ land ownership ⓘ mass incarceration ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | cable television series ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Louisiana
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rural Louisiana ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
family business succession
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race relations in the United States ⓘ rural Southern life ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult viewers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Queen Sugar Description of subject: Queen Sugar is a critically acclaimed American drama television series that follows the lives of the Bordelon siblings in rural Louisiana as they struggle to run their late father's sugarcane farm while confronting family, social, and racial challenges.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Queen Sugar (novel)