Caden Cotard
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Caden Cotard is the troubled theater director protagonist of the film "Synecdoche, New York," whose obsessive attempt to recreate life through an ever-expanding stage production leads to a profound exploration of identity, mortality, and art.
All labels observed (1)
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| Caden Cotard canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Caden Cotard Context triple: [Synecdoche, New York, mainCharacter, Caden Cotard]
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Aimée Thanatogenos
Aimée Thanatogenos is a naive and idealistic young cosmetician at a Los Angeles funeral home in Evelyn Waugh’s satirical novel "The Loved One."
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B.
David Corvo
David Corvo is a veteran American television news producer best known for overseeing and shaping the long-running true-crime and investigative newsmagazine Dateline NBC.
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C.
Lazare
Lazare is a masculine given name of French origin, notably borne by the French mathematician, physicist, and statesman Lazare Carnot.
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D.
Adam Deadmarsh
Adam Deadmarsh is a former professional ice hockey forward best known for his NHL career with the Colorado Avalanche and Los Angeles Kings, including winning the Stanley Cup in 1996.
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E.
Mr. Apollinax
"Mr. Apollinax" is a poem by T. S. Eliot that satirically portrays a brilliant yet unsettling intellectual figure within early 20th-century social and artistic circles.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Caden Cotard Target entity description: Caden Cotard is the troubled theater director protagonist of the film "Synecdoche, New York," whose obsessive attempt to recreate life through an ever-expanding stage production leads to a profound exploration of identity, mortality, and art.
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A.
Aimée Thanatogenos
Aimée Thanatogenos is a naive and idealistic young cosmetician at a Los Angeles funeral home in Evelyn Waugh’s satirical novel "The Loved One."
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B.
David Corvo
David Corvo is a veteran American television news producer best known for overseeing and shaping the long-running true-crime and investigative newsmagazine Dateline NBC.
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C.
Lazare
Lazare is a masculine given name of French origin, notably borne by the French mathematician, physicist, and statesman Lazare Carnot.
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D.
Adam Deadmarsh
Adam Deadmarsh is a former professional ice hockey forward best known for his NHL career with the Colorado Avalanche and Los Angeles Kings, including winning the Stanley Cup in 1996.
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E.
Mr. Apollinax
"Mr. Apollinax" is a poem by T. S. Eliot that satirically portrays a brilliant yet unsettling intellectual figure within early 20th-century social and artistic circles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Synecdoche, New York ⓘ |
| associatedWithSetting | New York ⓘ |
| belongsToGenre | drama film characters ⓘ |
| centralTo | film’s exploration of time and memory ⓘ |
| characterArcInvolves |
confrontation with aging and death
ⓘ
increasing confusion between reality and performance ⓘ obsessive pursuit of artistic authenticity ⓘ |
| createdBy | Charlie Kaufman ⓘ |
| definesSelfAs | serious artist ⓘ |
| directedBy | Charlie Kaufman ⓘ |
| directs | massive warehouse theater project ⓘ |
| experiences |
estrangement from his daughter
ⓘ
marital breakdown ⓘ progressive deterioration of health ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYearContext | 2008 ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Synecdoche, New York ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasChild | Olive Cotard ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipWith |
Claire
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Hazel ⓘ Sammy Barnathan ⓘ |
| knownFor | creating an ever-expanding stage production mirroring his life ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| laterLivesIn | New York City ⓘ |
| livesIn | Schenectady, New York ⓘ |
| medium | cinema ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | vehicle for metafictional exploration of theater and life ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
existential despair
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obsessive attention to detail ⓘ self-absorption ⓘ |
| occupation | theater director ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Philip Seymour Hoffman ⓘ |
| projectLocation | large New York warehouse ⓘ |
| protagonistOf | Synecdoche, New York ⓘ |
| receivesFundingFrom | MacArthur Fellowship in the film ⓘ |
| spouse | Adele Lack ⓘ |
| storyBeginsWith | directing a regional theater production of Death of a Salesman ⓘ |
| suffersFrom |
anxiety
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depression ⓘ various physical ailments ⓘ |
| symbolicallyAssociatedWith |
Cotard’s syndrome
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linked to:
Capgras delusion
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| themeExploredThrough |
art
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identity ⓘ mortality ⓘ |
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Input
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