Ada McGrath
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Ada McGrath is the mute Scottish pianist and protagonist of the film "The Piano," whose intense inner life and emotional expression are conveyed through her music and complex relationships.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ada McGrath canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10515105 — 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: Ada McGrath Context triple: [The Piano, mainCharacter, Ada McGrath]
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A.
Christina McGrath
Christina McGrath is known as the wife of the late American screenwriter, director, and actor Douglas McGrath.
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B.
Kate Macer
Kate Macer is an idealistic FBI agent who becomes embroiled in a morally ambiguous joint task force targeting Mexican drug cartels in the film "Sicario."
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C.
Meredith MacRae
Meredith MacRae was an American actress and singer best known for her role as Billie Jo Bradley on the television series "Petticoat Junction."
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D.
Ann Hearn
Ann Hearn is an American actress known for her supporting roles in film and television, including an appearance in the legal drama "The Accused."
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E.
Lisa McDowell
Lisa McDowell is the intelligent, independent love interest of Prince Akeem in the 1988 comedy film "Coming to America," known for challenging social expectations and valuing character over wealth.
- 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: Ada McGrath Target entity description: Ada McGrath is the mute Scottish pianist and protagonist of the film "The Piano," whose intense inner life and emotional expression are conveyed through her music and complex relationships.
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A.
Christina McGrath
Christina McGrath is known as the wife of the late American screenwriter, director, and actor Douglas McGrath.
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B.
Kate Macer
Kate Macer is an idealistic FBI agent who becomes embroiled in a morally ambiguous joint task force targeting Mexican drug cartels in the film "Sicario."
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C.
Meredith MacRae
Meredith MacRae was an American actress and singer best known for her role as Billie Jo Bradley on the television series "Petticoat Junction."
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D.
Ann Hearn
Ann Hearn is an American actress known for her supporting roles in film and television, including an appearance in the legal drama "The Accused."
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E.
Lisa McDowell
Lisa McDowell is the intelligent, independent love interest of Prince Akeem in the 1988 comedy film "Coming to America," known for challenging social expectations and valuing character over wealth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Piano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithGenre | romantic drama film ⓘ |
| centralThemeOf |
female autonomy in The Piano
ⓘ
repression and desire in The Piano ⓘ |
| communicatesThrough |
music
ⓘ
piano playing ⓘ |
| communicatesVia |
sign language
ⓘ
written notes ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
Australia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Jane Campion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| expressesEmotionThrough | music ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Piano (film universe) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Piano (1993 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDaughter | Flora McGrath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInstrument | piano ⓘ |
| hasKeyProp |
piano
ⓘ
silver finger key ⓘ |
| hasLover | George Baines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | pianist ⓘ |
| hasPersonalityTrait |
emotionally intense
ⓘ
introverted ⓘ strong-willed ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Flora McGrath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTrait | mute ⓘ |
| languageAbility | does not speak ⓘ |
| partOfCastWith |
Alisdair Stewart
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Flora McGrath NERFINISHED ⓘ George Baines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Holly Hunter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOf | The Piano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenplayBy | Jane Campion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| setInLocation | New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouseInStory | Alisdair Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyMedium | feature film ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
artistic expression
ⓘ
female agency ⓘ |
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: Ada McGrath Description of subject: Ada McGrath is the mute Scottish pianist and protagonist of the film "The Piano," whose intense inner life and emotional expression are conveyed through her music and complex relationships.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.