Bonnie Clutter
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Bonnie Clutter is a central figure in Truman Capote’s nonfiction novel "In Cold Blood," portrayed as the emotionally fragile matriarch of the Kansas farm family whose 1959 murder the book chronicles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bonnie Clutter canonical | 19 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1794642 — 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: Bonnie Clutter Context triple: [In Cold Blood, mainCharacters, Bonnie Clutter]
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A.
Aunt Eller
Aunt Eller is a plainspoken, good-humored farm matriarch who serves as a stabilizing, wisecracking presence in the musical "Oklahoma!".
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B.
Charley Brewster
Charley Brewster is the teenage protagonist of the horror-comedy film "Fright Night" (2011), who discovers that his new neighbor is a vampire and must fight to protect his friends and family.
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C.
Jane Parker
Jane Parker was the mother of British cavalry officer and politician Banastre Tarleton, a prominent figure in the American Revolutionary War.
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D.
Ma Barker
Ma Barker was a notorious American crime matriarch of the early 20th century, associated with the Barker–Karpis gang and widely (though controversially) portrayed as the mastermind behind her sons’ criminal activities.
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E.
Linious McGee
Linious McGee was an American aviation pioneer and entrepreneur who co-founded the airline that would eventually become Alaska Airlines.
- 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: Bonnie Clutter Target entity description: Bonnie Clutter is a central figure in Truman Capote’s nonfiction novel "In Cold Blood," portrayed as the emotionally fragile matriarch of the Kansas farm family whose 1959 murder the book chronicles.
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A.
Aunt Eller
Aunt Eller is a plainspoken, good-humored farm matriarch who serves as a stabilizing, wisecracking presence in the musical "Oklahoma!".
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B.
Charley Brewster
Charley Brewster is the teenage protagonist of the horror-comedy film "Fright Night" (2011), who discovers that his new neighbor is a vampire and must fight to protect his friends and family.
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C.
Jane Parker
Jane Parker was the mother of British cavalry officer and politician Banastre Tarleton, a prominent figure in the American Revolutionary War.
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D.
Ma Barker
Ma Barker was a notorious American crime matriarch of the early 20th century, associated with the Barker–Karpis gang and widely (though controversially) portrayed as the mastermind behind her sons’ criminal activities.
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E.
Linious McGee
Linious McGee was an American aviation pioneer and entrepreneur who co-founded the airline that would eventually become Alaska Airlines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
murder victim
ⓘ
person ⓘ real person depicted in literature ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Holcomb community
ⓘ
Kansas farm life ⓘ |
| basedOn | historical person involved in the 1959 Clutter family murders ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | gunshot wound ⓘ |
| child |
Kenyon Clutter
ⓘ
Nancy Clutter ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| dateOfDeath | 1959 ⓘ |
| depictedByAuthor | Truman Capote ⓘ |
| depictedIn | In Cold Blood ⓘ |
| event | Clutter family murders ⓘ |
| familyName | Clutter ⓘ |
| genreOfDepiction | nonfiction novel ⓘ |
| givenName | Bonnie ⓘ |
| hasMentalHealthCondition |
anxiety
ⓘ
depression ⓘ |
| killedBy |
Perry Smith
ⓘ
Richard Hickock ⓘ |
| knownFor | her vulnerability and emotional fragility as portrayed in In Cold Blood ⓘ |
| languageOfContext | English ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | symbol of mid-century rural American domestic life and its fragility ⓘ |
| livedIn |
Clutter family farmhouse near Holcomb, Kansas
ⓘ
linked to:
Clutter family farmhouse
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| mannerOfDeath | homicide ⓘ |
| name | Bonnie Clutter ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | matriarch of the Clutter family ⓘ |
| notableFor | being a central figure in Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood ⓘ |
| notableWork | In Cold Blood ⓘ |
| occupation | homemaker ⓘ |
| partOf | Clutter family ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Clutter family farmhouse near Holcomb, Kansas
ⓘ
linked to:
Clutter family farmhouse
|
| portrayedAs |
deeply religious
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emotionally fragile ⓘ physically delicate ⓘ suffering from mental health issues ⓘ |
| religion | Methodist ⓘ |
| residence | Holcomb, Kansas ⓘ |
| spouse | Herb Clutter ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
literary criticism of In Cold Blood
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true crime studies ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1950s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bonnie Clutter Description of subject: Bonnie Clutter is a central figure in Truman Capote’s nonfiction novel "In Cold Blood," portrayed as the emotionally fragile matriarch of the Kansas farm family whose 1959 murder the book chronicles.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Eveanna Clutter
subject linked to:
Eveanna Clutter
subject linked to:
River Valley Farm, near Holcomb, Kansas
subject linked to:
the Clutter family