Suzanne Farrell
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Suzanne Farrell is an acclaimed American ballerina and influential ballet teacher, best known as a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet and as a muse of choreographer George Balanchine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Suzanne Farrell canonical | 15 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T68513 — 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: Suzanne Farrell Context triple: [The Suzanne Farrell Ballet, notableMember, Suzanne Farrell]
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The Suzanne Farrell Ballet
The Suzanne Farrell Ballet was a ballet company founded by legendary ballerina Suzanne Farrell, renowned for preserving and performing the works of choreographer George Balanchine.
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B.
Catherine Shorter
Catherine Shorter was the first wife of Sir Robert Walpole, Britain’s first de facto Prime Minister, and a member of the English political elite in the early 18th century.
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C.
George Balanchine
George Balanchine was a pioneering 20th-century choreographer and co-founder of the New York City Ballet, renowned for shaping the style and repertoire of neoclassical ballet.
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D.
Maxine Singer
Maxine Singer is an American molecular biologist renowned for her pioneering work in genetics and for her leadership in shaping ethical guidelines for recombinant DNA research.
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E.
Marie Mosquini
Marie Mosquini was an American silent film actress best known for her work in Hal Roach comedies during the 1910s and 1920s.
- 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: Suzanne Farrell Target entity description: Suzanne Farrell is an acclaimed American ballerina and influential ballet teacher, best known as a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet and as a muse of choreographer George Balanchine.
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A.
The Suzanne Farrell Ballet
The Suzanne Farrell Ballet was a ballet company founded by legendary ballerina Suzanne Farrell, renowned for preserving and performing the works of choreographer George Balanchine.
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B.
Catherine Shorter
Catherine Shorter was the first wife of Sir Robert Walpole, Britain’s first de facto Prime Minister, and a member of the English political elite in the early 18th century.
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C.
George Balanchine
George Balanchine was a pioneering 20th-century choreographer and co-founder of the New York City Ballet, renowned for shaping the style and repertoire of neoclassical ballet.
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D.
Maxine Singer
Maxine Singer is an American molecular biologist renowned for her pioneering work in genetics and for her leadership in shaping ethical guidelines for recombinant DNA research.
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E.
Marie Mosquini
Marie Mosquini was an American silent film actress best known for her work in Hal Roach comedies during the 1910s and 1920s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ballerina
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ballet teacher ⓘ choreographer’s muse ⓘ human ⓘ |
| birthName | Roberta Sue Ficker ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1945-08-16 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | School of American Ballet ⓘ |
| employer |
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
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New York City Ballet ⓘ The Suzanne Farrell Ballet ⓘ |
| familyName | Ficker ⓘ |
| founded | The Suzanne Farrell Ballet ⓘ |
| genre |
ballet
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classical ballet ⓘ |
| givenName | Roberta ⓘ |
| hasGender | female ⓘ |
| influenced | later generations of American ballet dancers ⓘ |
| influencedBy | George Balanchine ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | New York City Ballet ⓘ |
| movement | neoclassical ballet ⓘ |
| museOf | George Balanchine ⓘ |
| name | Suzanne Farrell self-link ⓘ |
| notableAward |
Légion d'honneur
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surface form:
French Légion d’honneur
Kennedy Center Honors ⓘ National Medal of Arts ⓘ |
| notableStudent | dancers of The Suzanne Farrell Ballet ⓘ |
| notableWork |
interpretations of Balanchine’s “Diamonds”
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interpretations of Balanchine’s “Don Quixote” ⓘ interpretations of Balanchine’s “Mozartiana” ⓘ performances in George Balanchine ballets ⓘ |
| occupation |
artistic director
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ballerina ⓘ ballet coach ⓘ ballet teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Cincinnati, Ohio, United States ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
artistic advisor at the Kennedy Center
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artistic director of The Suzanne Farrell Ballet ⓘ principal dancer at New York City Ballet ⓘ |
| residence |
Washington, D.C.
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surface form:
Washington, D.C., United States
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| spouse | Paul Mejia ⓘ |
| stageName | Suzanne Farrell self-link ⓘ |
| studentOf | George Balanchine ⓘ |
| workLocation |
New York City
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Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Suzanne Farrell Description of subject: Suzanne Farrell is an acclaimed American ballerina and influential ballet teacher, best known as a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet and as a muse of choreographer George Balanchine.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Don Quixote (Balanchine)
subject surface form:
George Balanchine
subject surface form:
Roberta Sue Ficker
subject surface form:
School of American Ballet