Carolyn Burnham
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Carolyn Burnham is a tightly wound, image-obsessed real estate agent and the emotionally distant wife of protagonist Lester Burnham in the film "American Beauty."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Carolyn Burnham canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3066294 — 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: Carolyn Burnham Context triple: [American Beauty, character, Carolyn Burnham]
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A.
June Boatwright
June Boatwright is a strong-willed, emotionally guarded cellist and beekeeper who serves as one of the Boatwright sisters providing refuge and guidance in Sue Monk Kidd’s novel "The Secret Life of Bees."
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B.
Jeanne Fisher
Jeanne Fisher is best known as the wife of John Ehrlichman, a key domestic affairs adviser to U.S. President Richard Nixon during the Watergate era.
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C.
Myra Belisle
Myra Belisle is the daughter of Abraham Zapruder, the amateur cameraman whose film famously captured the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
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D.
Rosemary Woodruff
Rosemary Woodruff was an American counterculture figure and activist best known for her involvement in the 1960s psychedelic movement alongside Timothy Leary.
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E.
Evelyn Carnahan
Evelyn Carnahan is a brilliant and adventurous English Egyptologist and librarian who serves as a central heroine in the 1999 film "The Mummy" and its sequels.
- 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: Carolyn Burnham Target entity description: Carolyn Burnham is a tightly wound, image-obsessed real estate agent and the emotionally distant wife of protagonist Lester Burnham in the film "American Beauty."
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A.
June Boatwright
June Boatwright is a strong-willed, emotionally guarded cellist and beekeeper who serves as one of the Boatwright sisters providing refuge and guidance in Sue Monk Kidd’s novel "The Secret Life of Bees."
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B.
Jeanne Fisher
Jeanne Fisher is best known as the wife of John Ehrlichman, a key domestic affairs adviser to U.S. President Richard Nixon during the Watergate era.
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C.
Myra Belisle
Myra Belisle is the daughter of Abraham Zapruder, the amateur cameraman whose film famously captured the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
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D.
Rosemary Woodruff
Rosemary Woodruff was an American counterculture figure and activist best known for her involvement in the 1960s psychedelic movement alongside Timothy Leary.
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E.
Evelyn Carnahan
Evelyn Carnahan is a brilliant and adventurous English Egyptologist and librarian who serves as a central heroine in the 1999 film "The Mummy" and its sequels.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | American Beauty ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American Beauty (soundtrack scene: gun range)
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Buddy Kane ⓘ Jane Burnham ⓘ Lester Burnham ⓘ |
| awardContextPortrayal | Annette Bening Academy Award nomination for Best Actress ⓘ |
| child | Jane Burnham ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| createdBy | Alan Ball ⓘ |
| filmCharacterType |
satire of American middle-class materialism
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suburban housewife ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYearContext | 1999 ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
American Beauty (1999 film)
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linked to:
American Beauty
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkContext | drama film ⓘ |
| hairColor | brown ⓘ |
| hasAffairWith | Buddy Kane ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| livesIn | suburban United States ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| motivatedBy |
desire for social status
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fear of failure ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
Lester Burnham's wife
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deuteragonist ⓘ |
| notableScene |
arguing with Lester Burnham at dinner
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cleaning the house obsessively before an open house ⓘ crying in the car after failing to sell a house ⓘ having an affair with Buddy Kane in a motel ⓘ |
| occupation | real estate agent ⓘ |
| partOf | Burnham family ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
emotionally distant
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image-obsessed ⓘ tightly wound ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Annette Bening ⓘ |
| setInWork | suburban America ⓘ |
| spouse | Lester Burnham ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
emotional repression
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marital breakdown ⓘ materialism ⓘ suburban disillusionment ⓘ |
| usesObject | handgun ⓘ |
| worksIn | residential real estate ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Carolyn Burnham Description of subject: Carolyn Burnham is a tightly wound, image-obsessed real estate agent and the emotionally distant wife of protagonist Lester Burnham in the film "American Beauty."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.