Bathsheba Sherman
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Bathsheba Sherman is the malevolent witch and primary supernatural antagonist haunting the Perron family in the horror film "The Conjuring."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bathsheba Sherman canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1748156 — 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: Bathsheba Sherman Context triple: [The Conjuring, mainCharacter, Bathsheba Sherman]
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A.
Susan Maria Delano
Susan Maria Delano was a member of the prominent Delano family of New York, related to Sara Ann Delano and thus part of the extended family circle of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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B.
Amabel James
Amabel James is known as the spouse of British businessman and hedge fund manager Tony James.
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C.
Sara Ann Delano
Sara Ann Delano was an American socialite and the mother of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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D.
Mary Ingersoll
Mary Ingersoll was the wife of American mathematician and navigator Nathaniel Bowditch, known primarily through her association with his life and work in early 19th-century New England.
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E.
Marie Bankhead Owen
Marie Bankhead Owen was an American historian, author, and long-serving director of the Alabama Department of Archives and History, noted for her influential work in preserving and interpreting Alabama’s history.
- 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: Bathsheba Sherman Target entity description: Bathsheba Sherman is the malevolent witch and primary supernatural antagonist haunting the Perron family in the horror film "The Conjuring."
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A.
Susan Maria Delano
Susan Maria Delano was a member of the prominent Delano family of New York, related to Sara Ann Delano and thus part of the extended family circle of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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B.
Amabel James
Amabel James is known as the spouse of British businessman and hedge fund manager Tony James.
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C.
Sara Ann Delano
Sara Ann Delano was an American socialite and the mother of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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D.
Mary Ingersoll
Mary Ingersoll was the wife of American mathematician and navigator Nathaniel Bowditch, known primarily through her association with his life and work in early 19th-century New England.
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E.
Marie Bankhead Owen
Marie Bankhead Owen was an American historian, author, and long-serving director of the Alabama Department of Archives and History, noted for her influential work in preserving and interpreting Alabama’s history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antagonist
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ witch ⓘ |
| alignment | evil ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Conjuring ⓘ |
| associatedWith | haunted farmhouse in Harrisville, Rhode Island ⓘ |
| characterType |
demonic entity
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malevolent spirit ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Satanic ritual
ⓘ
demonic possession ⓘ |
| createdFor |
The Conjuring film franchise
ⓘ
linked to:
The Conjuring Universe films
|
| depictedAs | 19th-century woman ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
the Perron family
ⓘ
linked to:
Perron family
the Warrens ⓘ |
| franchise |
The Conjuring Universe
ⓘ
linked to:
The Conjuring Universe films
|
| genre | horror ⓘ |
| haunts | Perron family ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| notableFor |
cursing the land the Perron house is built on
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possessing members of the Perron family ⓘ |
| notableScene |
attempting to force Carolyn to kill her daughter
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clinging to the top of a wardrobe in The Conjuring ⓘ |
| opposes |
Ed Warren
ⓘ
Lorraine Warren ⓘ Perron family ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | accused witch who sacrificed her child to Satan ⓘ |
| roleInWork | primary supernatural antagonist in The Conjuring ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity |
Harrisville, Rhode Island farmhouse
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linked to:
Harrisville, Rhode Island
|
| threatens |
Carolyn Perron
ⓘ
Perron children ⓘ |
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: Bathsheba Sherman Description of subject: Bathsheba Sherman is the malevolent witch and primary supernatural antagonist haunting the Perron family in the horror film "The Conjuring."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.