Sadness in Inside Out (2015 film)

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anthropomorphic personification of sadness emotion character fictional character

Sadness in *Inside Out* (2015) is one of the film’s central emotion characters, embodying the feeling of sorrow while ultimately revealing its crucial role in empathy, connection, and emotional growth.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Sadness (Inside Out)	2
Sadness in Inside Out (2015 film) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9279932 — 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: Sadness in Inside Out (2015 film)
Context triple: [Phyllis Smith, portrays, Sadness in Inside Out (2015 film)]

A. Anger in Inside Out
Anger in Inside Out is a fiery, short-tempered emotion character who represents and manages the main character Riley’s feelings of frustration and outrage inside her mind.
B. Inside Out Emotional Whirlwind
Inside Out Emotional Whirlwind is a family-friendly spinning ride at Disney California Adventure themed to Pixar’s film "Inside Out," where guests whirl around with the movie’s colorful emotions.
C. "Inside Out"
"Inside Out" is a country music studio album by American singer Trisha Yearwood, showcasing her emotive vocals and storytelling style.
D. Inside Out
Inside Out is a one-woman autobiographical stage show by comedian and actress Julia Sweeney, in which she humorously and poignantly explores personal and family experiences.
E. Inside Out
"Inside Out" is a song featured as a track on the album *Femme Fatale* by American pop singer Britney Spears.
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: Sadness in Inside Out (2015 film)
Target entity description: Sadness in *Inside Out* (2015) is one of the film’s central emotion characters, embodying the feeling of sorrow while ultimately revealing its crucial role in empathy, connection, and emotional growth.

A. Anger in Inside Out
Anger in Inside Out is a fiery, short-tempered emotion character who represents and manages the main character Riley’s feelings of frustration and outrage inside her mind.
B. Inside Out Emotional Whirlwind
Inside Out Emotional Whirlwind is a family-friendly spinning ride at Disney California Adventure themed to Pixar’s film "Inside Out," where guests whirl around with the movie’s colorful emotions.
C. "Inside Out"
"Inside Out" is a country music studio album by American singer Trisha Yearwood, showcasing her emotive vocals and storytelling style.
D. Inside Out
Inside Out is a 2015 Pixar animated film that personifies a young girl's emotions as characters to explore her inner psychological world during a major life change.
E. Inside Out
"Inside Out" is a song featured as a track on the album *Femme Fatale* by American pop singer Britney Spears.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	anthropomorphic personification of sadness ⓘ emotion character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ
appearsIn	Inside Out NERFINISHED ⓘ Inside Out 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsInGenre	animated fantasy comedy-drama film ⓘ
associatedColor	blue ⓘ
associatedEmotion	compassion ⓘ empathy ⓘ grief ⓘ sorrow ⓘ
basedIn	Riley Andersen's mind ⓘ
bodyColor	blue ⓘ
colleague	Anger (Inside Out) NERFINISHED ⓘ Disgust (Inside Out) NERFINISHED ⓘ Fear (Inside Out) NERFINISHED ⓘ Joy (Inside Out) NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creator	Pete Docter NERFINISHED ⓘ Pixar Animation Studios ⓘ Ronnie del Carmen NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ
emotionType	sadness ⓘ
eyeColor	dark blue ⓘ
filmStudio	Pixar Animation Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstAppearance	Inside Out (2015 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
functionInStory	enables others to comfort Riley ⓘ helps Riley process loss and change ⓘ teaches value of sadness for empathy ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
hairColor	blue ⓘ
keyScene	comforting Bing Bong after his rocket is lost ⓘ helping create mixed joy-sadness core memory at the end ⓘ taking control of Riley's core memories ⓘ
memberOf	Riley's emotions ⓘ
narrativeRole	deuteragonist ⓘ
personalityTrait	empathetic ⓘ melancholic ⓘ self-doubting ⓘ thoughtful ⓘ
residesIn	Headquarters (Riley's mind) NERFINISHED ⓘ
targetAudience	family ⓘ
teachesTheme	connection through vulnerability ⓘ importance of acknowledging negative emotions ⓘ role of sadness in emotional growth ⓘ
voiceActor	Phyllis Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ
wears	blue pants ⓘ blue slippers ⓘ large round glasses ⓘ white turtleneck sweater ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Phyllis Smith → portrays → Sadness in Inside Out (2015 film) ⓘ

Joy → associatedWithCharacter → Sadness in Inside Out (2015 film) ⓘ

subject surface form: Joy (Inside Out)

this entity surface form: Sadness (Inside Out)

Disgust → worksWith → Sadness in Inside Out (2015 film) ⓘ

subject surface form: Disgust (Inside Out)