Margaret White
E251884
Margaret White is a fanatically religious and abusive mother in Stephen King’s horror novel "Carrie."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Margaret White canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1047977 — 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: Margaret White Context triple: [Carrie, mainCharacter, Margaret White]
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A.
Margaret Guilfoyle
Margaret Guilfoyle was an Australian politician who served as a pioneering female cabinet minister and influential member of the Liberal Party in the late 20th century.
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B.
Margaret Rose
Margaret Rose, better known as Princess Margaret, was the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II and a prominent British royal noted for her glamorous yet often controversial life.
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C.
Margaret Gibson
Margaret Gibson was the wife of American actor Noah Beery, associated with the early Hollywood film era.
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D.
Martha Vickers
Martha Vickers was an American film and television actress best known for her role as Carmen Sternwood in the classic noir film "The Big Sleep" (1946).
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E.
Maud Humphrey
Maud Humphrey was an American illustrator and commercial artist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for her popular depictions of children and as the mother of actor Humphrey Bogart.
- 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: Margaret White Target entity description: Margaret White is a fanatically religious and abusive mother in Stephen King’s horror novel "Carrie."
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A.
Margaret Guilfoyle
Margaret Guilfoyle was an Australian politician who served as a pioneering female cabinet minister and influential member of the Liberal Party in the late 20th century.
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B.
Margaret Rose
Margaret Rose, better known as Princess Margaret, was the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II and a prominent British royal noted for her glamorous yet often controversial life.
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C.
Margaret Gibson
Margaret Gibson was the wife of American actor Noah Beery, associated with the early Hollywood film era.
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D.
Martha Vickers
Martha Vickers was an American film and television actress best known for her role as Carmen Sternwood in the classic noir film "The Big Sleep" (1946).
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E.
Maud Humphrey
Maud Humphrey was an American illustrator and commercial artist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for her popular depictions of children and as the mother of actor Humphrey Bogart.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antagonist
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| abuses | Carrie White ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Carrie ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
abusive
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controlling ⓘ fanatically religious ⓘ puritanical ⓘ violent ⓘ |
| child | Carrie White ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States (work of origin) ⓘ |
| creator | Stephen King ⓘ |
| deathCause | stabbed by Carrie White ⓘ |
| familyName | White ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Stephen King multiverse ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
novel "Carrie"
ⓘ
linked to:
Carrie
|
| firstPublicationYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre | horror ⓘ |
| givenName | Margaret ⓘ |
| ideology | extreme religious fundamentalism ⓘ |
| kills | Carrie White ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | widowed ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | primary antagonist in "Carrie" ⓘ |
| nationality | American (fictional) ⓘ |
| occupation | laundromat worker ⓘ |
| parentOf | Carrie White ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Julianne Moore
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Patricia Clarkson ⓘ Piper Laurie ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
1976 film adaptation of "Carrie"
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2002 television film adaptation of "Carrie" ⓘ 2013 film adaptation of "Carrie" ⓘ |
| relationshipTo | mother of the title character Carrie ⓘ |
| religiousBelief | fanatical Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | Chamberlain, Maine ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | 1970s ⓘ |
| spouse | Ralph White ⓘ |
| usesObject |
closet as punishment
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religious iconography ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Margaret White Description of subject: Margaret White is a fanatically religious and abusive mother in Stephen King’s horror novel "Carrie."
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.