Joanna Kramer
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Joanna Kramer is a central character in the film "Kramer vs. Kramer," portrayed as a mother whose decision to leave and later seek custody of her son drives the story’s emotional and legal conflict.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Joanna Kramer canonical | 10 |
| Joanna Kramer is Ted Kramer’s wife | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2008784 — 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: Joanna Kramer Context triple: [Kramer vs. Kramer, mainCharacter, Joanna Kramer]
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A.
Fern Kraemer
Fern Kraemer was a party to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Shelley v. Kraemer, which held that courts could not enforce racially restrictive housing covenants.
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B.
Jane Kaczmarek
Jane Kaczmarek is an American actress best known for her Emmy-nominated role as Lois, the overbearing yet loving mother on the television series "Malcolm in the Middle."
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C.
Joanna David
Joanna David is a British actress known for her work in television dramas and period adaptations, including roles in productions such as "Pride and Prejudice" and "Rebecca."
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D.
Elizabeth Roboz
Elizabeth Roboz was a Hungarian-American neurobiologist and biochemist known for her research on brain chemistry and her marriage to Hans Albert Einstein, the son of Albert Einstein.
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E.
Rose Lorkowski
Rose Lorkowski is the struggling single mother and former high school cheerleader who starts a crime-scene cleanup business in the film "Sunshine Cleaning."
- 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: Joanna Kramer Target entity description: Joanna Kramer is a central character in the film "Kramer vs. Kramer," portrayed as a mother whose decision to leave and later seek custody of her son drives the story’s emotional and legal conflict.
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A.
Fern Kraemer
Fern Kraemer was a party to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Shelley v. Kraemer, which held that courts could not enforce racially restrictive housing covenants.
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B.
Jane Kaczmarek
Jane Kaczmarek is an American actress best known for her Emmy-nominated role as Lois, the overbearing yet loving mother on the television series "Malcolm in the Middle."
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C.
Joanna David
Joanna David is a British actress known for her work in television dramas and period adaptations, including roles in productions such as "Pride and Prejudice" and "Rebecca."
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D.
Elizabeth Roboz
Elizabeth Roboz was a Hungarian-American neurobiologist and biochemist known for her research on brain chemistry and her marriage to Hans Albert Einstein, the son of Albert Einstein.
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E.
Rose Lorkowski
Rose Lorkowski is the struggling single mother and former high school cheerleader who starts a crime-scene cleanup business in the film "Sunshine Cleaning."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Kramer vs. Kramer ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | drama film ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
custody disputes
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gender roles ⓘ marital breakdown ⓘ motherhood ⓘ personal autonomy ⓘ |
| awardsRelated | Meryl Streep won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for portraying Joanna Kramer ⓘ |
| basedOn | character from the novel "Kramer vs. Kramer" ⓘ |
| characterArc |
later attempts to reestablish relationship with her son
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seeks independence and self-discovery ⓘ struggles with identity beyond marriage and motherhood ⓘ |
| createdBy | Avery Corman ⓘ |
| filmDirectorOfAppearance | Robert Benton ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
film "Kramer vs. Kramer" (1979)
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linked to:
Kramer vs. Kramer
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| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasChild | Billy Kramer ⓘ |
| involvedIn | custody battle over Billy Kramer ⓘ |
| majorPlotPoint |
leaves her husband Ted Kramer
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returns to seek custody of her son ⓘ temporarily leaves her son Billy Kramer ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central character
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mother ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation | housewife ⓘ |
| portrayalReceived | critical acclaim for Meryl Streep's performance ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Meryl Streep ⓘ |
| setIn | New York City ⓘ |
| spouse | Ted Kramer ⓘ |
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: Joanna Kramer Description of subject: Joanna Kramer is a central character in the film "Kramer vs. Kramer," portrayed as a mother whose decision to leave and later seek custody of her son drives the story’s emotional and legal conflict.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Ted Kramer in Kramer vs. Kramer
subject linked to:
Ted Kramer in Kramer vs. Kramer
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Meryl Streep
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characterRelationship
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Joanna Kramer is Ted Kramer’s wife
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linked to: Joanna Kramer