Carol Peterson
E534443
Carol Peterson is a suburban housewife and the suspicious, strong-willed wife of Ray Peterson in the dark comedy film "The 'Burbs."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Carol Peterson canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3757557 — 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: Carol Peterson Context triple: [The 'Burbs, character, Carol Peterson]
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A.
Sally Peterson
Sally Peterson is known as the spouse of American investment banker and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Peter G. Peterson.
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B.
Dorothy Peterson
Dorothy Peterson was an American character actress active in the early to mid-20th century, known for her numerous supporting roles in Hollywood films.
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C.
Carol Stevens
Carol Stevens is best known as one of the former wives of American novelist and journalist Norman Mailer.
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D.
Maureen Swanson
Maureen Swanson was a British actress active in the 1950s, known for her roles in comedy and drama films before later becoming the Countess of Dudley.
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E.
Carol Kenney
Carol Kenney is the optimistic, late-in-life medical intern and main character portrayed by Patricia Heaton in the sitcom "Carol's Second Act."
- 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: Carol Peterson Target entity description: Carol Peterson is a suburban housewife and the suspicious, strong-willed wife of Ray Peterson in the dark comedy film "The 'Burbs."
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A.
Sally Peterson
Sally Peterson is known as the spouse of American investment banker and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Peter G. Peterson.
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B.
Dorothy Peterson
Dorothy Peterson was an American character actress active in the early to mid-20th century, known for her numerous supporting roles in Hollywood films.
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C.
Carol Stevens
Carol Stevens is best known as one of the former wives of American novelist and journalist Norman Mailer.
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D.
Maureen Swanson
Maureen Swanson was a British actress active in the 1950s, known for her roles in comedy and drama films before later becoming the Countess of Dudley.
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E.
Carol Kenney
Carol Kenney is the optimistic, late-in-life medical intern and main character portrayed by Patricia Heaton in the sitcom "Carol's Second Act."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (11)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The 'Burbs
ⓘ
linked to:
The Burbs
|
| fictionalUniverse |
The 'Burbs universe
ⓘ
linked to:
The Burbs
|
| genreOfWork | dark comedy film ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| occupation | housewife ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
strong-willed
ⓘ
suspicious ⓘ |
| residence | suburban neighborhood ⓘ |
| spouse | Ray Peterson ⓘ |
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: Carol Peterson Description of subject: Carol Peterson is a suburban housewife and the suspicious, strong-willed wife of Ray Peterson in the dark comedy film "The 'Burbs."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.