Anna O'Donnell
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Anna O'Donnell is a young Irish girl in Emma Donoghue's novel "The Wonder," famed for apparently surviving without food and becoming the focus of religious fervor and medical scrutiny.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anna O'Donnell canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2351495 — 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: Anna O'Donnell Context triple: [The Wonder, mainCharacter, Anna O'Donnell]
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A.
Karen O’Brien
Karen O’Brien is a British academic and university leader who serves as Vice-Chancellor of Durham University, overseeing its strategic direction and academic mission.
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B.
Caroline Allpass
Caroline Allpass was the first wife of British Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe, whose life was cut short in a car accident in the early 1970s.
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C.
Loretta Devine
Loretta Devine is an American actress known for her warm, soulful performances in film, television, and theater, including notable roles in projects like "Waiting to Exhale" and the TV series "Grey's Anatomy."
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D.
Maeve Cooke
Maeve Cooke is an Irish philosopher known for her work in critical social theory, democratic theory, and the philosophy of language, often engaging with and developing themes from contemporary German philosophy.
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E.
Sylvia Miles
Sylvia Miles was an American actress best known for her Oscar-nominated supporting role as a jaded New York socialite in the film "Midnight Cowboy."
- 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: Anna O'Donnell Target entity description: Anna O'Donnell is a young Irish girl in Emma Donoghue's novel "The Wonder," famed for apparently surviving without food and becoming the focus of religious fervor and medical scrutiny.
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A.
Karen O’Brien
Karen O’Brien is a British academic and university leader who serves as Vice-Chancellor of Durham University, overseeing its strategic direction and academic mission.
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B.
Caroline Allpass
Caroline Allpass was the first wife of British Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe, whose life was cut short in a car accident in the early 1970s.
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C.
Loretta Devine
Loretta Devine is an American actress known for her warm, soulful performances in film, television, and theater, including notable roles in projects like "Waiting to Exhale" and the TV series "Grey's Anatomy."
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D.
Maeve Cooke
Maeve Cooke is an Irish philosopher known for her work in critical social theory, democratic theory, and the philosophy of language, often engaging with and developing themes from contemporary German philosophy.
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E.
Sylvia Miles
Sylvia Miles was an American actress best known for her Oscar-nominated supporting role as a jaded New York socialite in the film "Midnight Cowboy."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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novel character ⓘ |
| age | young girl ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Wonder ⓘ |
| associatedWith | fasting girls phenomenon ⓘ |
| centralCharacterOf | The Wonder ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Ireland ⓘ |
| creator | Emma Donoghue ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Irish ⓘ |
| examinedBy |
Dr. McBrearty
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Lib Wright ⓘ |
| familyName | O'Donnell ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Wonder ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Anna ⓘ |
| healthStatus | physically weakened by prolonged fasting ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | historical cases of fasting girls ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | catalyst for moral and religious conflict ⓘ |
| notableFor |
apparently surviving without food
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being regarded as a living wonder ⓘ |
| relationship | daughter in the O'Donnell family ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholicism
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| residence | rural Irish village ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
medical scrutiny
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religious fervor ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
faith versus science
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fanaticism and innocence ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Anna O'Donnell Description of subject: Anna O'Donnell is a young Irish girl in Emma Donoghue's novel "The Wonder," famed for apparently surviving without food and becoming the focus of religious fervor and medical scrutiny.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.