Therese Belivet
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Therese Belivet is the introspective young shopgirl and aspiring photographer at the heart of Patricia Highsmith’s novel "The Price of Salt" (and its film adaptation "Carol"), known for her tender, transformative love affair with the older Carol Aird.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Therese Belivet canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12859678 — 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: Therese Belivet Context triple: [Rooney Mara, notableCharacter, Therese Belivet]
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Thérèse DePrez
Thérèse DePrez was an American production designer known for her distinctive visual work on films such as "Black Swan" and "High Fidelity."
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B.
Eugenie Besserer
Eugenie Besserer was a Canadian-born American actress best known for her role as the protagonist’s mother in the landmark early sound film "The Jazz Singer" (1927).
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C.
Camille Lefèvre
Camille Lefèvre was a Swiss architect best known for co-designing the Palais des Nations, the former League of Nations headquarters in Geneva.
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D.
Jacqueline Belhomme
Jacqueline Belhomme is a French politician who serves as the mayor of the Paris suburb of Malakoff.
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E.
May de Lavergne
May de Lavergne was an early 20th-century French actress known for appearing in Georges Méliès’s pioneering silent film "The Impossible Voyage."
- 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: Therese Belivet Target entity description: Therese Belivet is the introspective young shopgirl and aspiring photographer at the heart of Patricia Highsmith’s novel "The Price of Salt" (and its film adaptation "Carol"), known for her tender, transformative love affair with the older Carol Aird.
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A.
Thérèse DePrez
Thérèse DePrez was an American production designer known for her distinctive visual work on films such as "Black Swan" and "High Fidelity."
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B.
Eugenie Besserer
Eugenie Besserer was a Canadian-born American actress best known for her role as the protagonist’s mother in the landmark early sound film "The Jazz Singer" (1927).
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C.
Camille Lefèvre
Camille Lefèvre was a Swiss architect best known for co-designing the Palais des Nations, the former League of Nations headquarters in Geneva.
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D.
Jacqueline Belhomme
Jacqueline Belhomme is a French politician who serves as the mayor of the Paris suburb of Malakoff.
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E.
May de Lavergne
May de Lavergne was an early 20th-century French actress known for appearing in Georges Méliès’s pioneering silent film "The Impossible Voyage."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | film character in Carol (2015 film) ⓘ |
| aliasOfWork |
The Price of Salt (also published as Carol)
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linked to:
The Price of Salt
|
| appearsIn |
Carol
ⓘ
The Price of Salt ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
emotional awakening
ⓘ
social constraints on queer relationships ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Patricia Highsmith ⓘ |
| bookPublicationYear | 1952 ⓘ |
| centralThemeInWork |
forbidden love
ⓘ
queer identity ⓘ self-discovery ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
introspective
ⓘ
observant ⓘ sensitive ⓘ |
| creator | Patricia Highsmith ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Todd Haynes ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 2015 ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Price of Salt ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
lesbian fiction
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romantic drama ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | early positive depiction of a lesbian protagonist in American literature ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Carol Aird ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| meets | Carol Aird ⓘ |
| meetsCarolAirdContext | while working at a department store toy counter ⓘ |
| narrativeArc | journey from uncertainty to self-acceptance ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
protagonist
ⓘ
viewpoint character ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | tender, transformative love affair with Carol Aird ⓘ |
| notableRelationshipDynamic | age-gap romance with Carol Aird ⓘ |
| occupation |
aspiring photographer
ⓘ
shopgirl ⓘ |
| personalGoal | to become a professional photographer ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Rooney Mara ⓘ |
| relationshipTypeWithCarolAird |
romantic relationship
ⓘ
same-sex relationship ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| sexualOrientation | lesbian ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 1950s ⓘ |
| worksAt |
Frankenberg’s department store
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linked to:
Frankenberg's department store
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Therese Belivet Description of subject: Therese Belivet is the introspective young shopgirl and aspiring photographer at the heart of Patricia Highsmith’s novel "The Price of Salt" (and its film adaptation "Carol"), known for her tender, transformative love affair with the older Carol Aird.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.