Hortense Daigle
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Hortense Daigle is a grieving, hard-drinking mother in Maxwell Anderson’s play and its film adaptation "The Bad Seed," whose suspicions about her son’s death drive key moments of tension and tragedy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hortense Daigle canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11235066 — 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: Hortense Daigle Context triple: [The Bad Seed, character, Hortense Daigle]
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A.
Marguerite Huré
Marguerite Huré was a pioneering French stained glass artist known for her innovative modernist designs in early 20th-century religious architecture.
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B.
Marguerite Nivoit
Marguerite Nivoit was the wife of French statesman Albert Lebrun, who served as the last president of the Third French Republic before World War II.
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C.
Marie Dubois
Marie Dubois was a French actress best known for her roles in New Wave cinema, particularly in films directed by François Truffaut.
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D.
Hortense Powdermaker
Hortense Powdermaker was an American anthropologist and ethnographer known for her pioneering fieldwork on race relations, media, and modern industrial societies.
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E.
Hortense Bellacourt
Hortense Bellacourt is a main character on the satirical period sitcom "Another Period," known for her melodramatic personality and involvement in the show's parody of early 20th-century high society.
- 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: Hortense Daigle Target entity description: Hortense Daigle is a grieving, hard-drinking mother in Maxwell Anderson’s play and its film adaptation "The Bad Seed," whose suspicions about her son’s death drive key moments of tension and tragedy.
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A.
Marguerite Huré
Marguerite Huré was a pioneering French stained glass artist known for her innovative modernist designs in early 20th-century religious architecture.
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B.
Marguerite Nivoit
Marguerite Nivoit was the wife of French statesman Albert Lebrun, who served as the last president of the Third French Republic before World War II.
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C.
Marie Dubois
Marie Dubois was a French actress best known for her roles in New Wave cinema, particularly in films directed by François Truffaut.
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D.
Hortense Powdermaker
Hortense Powdermaker was an American anthropologist and ethnographer known for her pioneering fieldwork on race relations, media, and modern industrial societies.
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E.
Hortense Bellacourt
Hortense Bellacourt is a main character on the satirical period sitcom "Another Period," known for her melodramatic personality and involvement in the show's parody of early 20th-century high society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ theatrical character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Bad Seed
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The Bad Seed (1954 play) ⓘ
linked to:
The Bad Seed (Broadway)
The Bad Seed (1956 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Bad Seed
|
| basedOn |
The Bad Seed (novel)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Bad Seed
|
| basedOnWorkBy | William March ⓘ |
| contributesTo | tragic tone of The Bad Seed ⓘ |
| createdBy | Maxwell Anderson ⓘ |
| dramaticArc |
confronts Christine Penmark about her son’s death
ⓘ
increasingly turns to alcohol to cope with grief ⓘ |
| genreContext |
crime drama
ⓘ
psychological thriller ⓘ |
| grievesFor | Claude Daigle ⓘ |
| hasRole | mother of a deceased child ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
emotionally unstable
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grieving ⓘ heavy drinker ⓘ suspicious ⓘ tragic ⓘ |
| interactsWith | Christine Penmark ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
stage ⓘ |
| motherOf | Claude Daigle ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
catalyst for revelation
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source of tension ⓘ |
| performanceRecognition | Eileen Heckart received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for portraying Hortense Daigle in The Bad Seed (1956 film) ⓘ |
| portrayedIn1956FilmBy | Eileen Heckart ⓘ |
| relative | Claude Daigle ⓘ |
| setting | American middle-class community ⓘ |
| spouseOf | Mr. Daigle ⓘ |
| suspectsInDeathOfSon | Rhoda Penmark ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
alcoholism
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denial and suspicion ⓘ maternal grief ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hortense Daigle Description of subject: Hortense Daigle is a grieving, hard-drinking mother in Maxwell Anderson’s play and its film adaptation "The Bad Seed," whose suspicions about her son’s death drive key moments of tension and tragedy.
Referenced by (1)
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