Therese Belivet (novel character)
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Therese Belivet is the introspective young stage designer and protagonist of Patricia Highsmith’s novel "The Price of Salt" (also known as "Carol"), whose romantic relationship with the older Carol Aird challenges 1950s social norms around sexuality and identity.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Therese (no surname) in some early editions | 1 |
| Therese Belivet (novel character) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12859849 — 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: Therese Belivet (novel character) Context triple: [Therese Belivet, basedOn, Therese Belivet (novel character)]
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A.
Therese
Therese is a feminine given name of French origin, commonly associated with Christian saints and used in various European cultures.
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B.
Thérèse Desqueyroux
Thérèse Desqueyroux is a French drama film adaptation of François Mauriac’s novel, centered on a woman trapped in a stifling bourgeois marriage in 1920s provincial France.
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C.
Bénédicte
Bénédicte is the given name of Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon, a French noblewoman of the House of Bourbon.
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D.
Mariette Lydis
Mariette Lydis was an Austrian-Argentine painter and illustrator known for her expressive, often melancholic depictions of women and marginalized figures in early 20th-century art.
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E.
Sophie Neveu
Sophie Neveu is a French cryptologist and the granddaughter of a murdered Louvre curator who becomes Robert Langdon’s key partner in unraveling religious and historical mysteries in Dan Brown’s novel "The Da Vinci Code."
- 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: Therese Belivet (novel character) Target entity description: Therese Belivet is the introspective young stage designer and protagonist of Patricia Highsmith’s novel "The Price of Salt" (also known as "Carol"), whose romantic relationship with the older Carol Aird challenges 1950s social norms around sexuality and identity.
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A.
Therese
Therese is a feminine given name of French origin, commonly associated with Christian saints and used in various European cultures.
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B.
Thérèse Desqueyroux
Thérèse Desqueyroux is a French drama film adaptation of François Mauriac’s novel, centered on a woman trapped in a stifling bourgeois marriage in 1920s provincial France.
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C.
Bénédicte
Bénédicte is the given name of Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon, a French noblewoman of the House of Bourbon.
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D.
Mariette Lydis
Mariette Lydis was an Austrian-Argentine painter and illustrator known for her expressive, often melancholic depictions of women and marginalized figures in early 20th-century art.
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E.
Sophie Neveu
Sophie Neveu is a French cryptologist and the granddaughter of a murdered Louvre curator who becomes Robert Langdon’s key partner in unraveling religious and historical mysteries in Dan Brown’s novel "The Da Vinci Code."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
LGBT character in literature
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fictional character ⓘ novel character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | character in the 2015 film Carol ⓘ |
| ageAtStartOfStory | early twenties ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Therese (no surname) in some early editions
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linked to:
Therese Belivet (novel character)
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| appearsIn |
Carol
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The Price of Salt ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Carol Aird
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Harge Aird ⓘ Richard Semco ⓘ |
| centralThemeInvolvement |
same-sex romance
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sexual identity ⓘ social norms in 1950s America ⓘ |
| characterDevelopment |
chooses relationship with Carol over social conformity
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gains confidence in her sexual identity ⓘ |
| conflict |
pressure from Richard Semco to marry
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struggle with conventional heterosexual expectations ⓘ |
| creator | Patricia Highsmith ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | novel The Price of Salt ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1952 ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre |
psychological fiction
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romantic drama ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Patricia Highsmith’s own experiences and feelings ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | early lesbian protagonist with relatively hopeful ending ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Carol Aird ⓘ |
| medium | literature ⓘ |
| meets | Carol Aird in a department store ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist of The Price of Salt ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | depiction of lesbian relationship without tragic ending ⓘ |
| occupation |
set designer
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stage designer ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
introspective
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observant ⓘ sensitive ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Rooney Mara ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstAppearance | Coward-McCann ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| romanticPartner | Carol Aird ⓘ |
| settingOfActivities |
Manhattan
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New Jersey ⓘ
linked to:
New Jersey, United States
road trip across the United States ⓘ |
| sexualOrientation | lesbian ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFictionalUniverse | 1950s ⓘ |
| worksIn | department store toy section ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Therese Belivet (novel character) Description of subject: Therese Belivet is the introspective young stage designer and protagonist of Patricia Highsmith’s novel "The Price of Salt" (also known as "Carol"), whose romantic relationship with the older Carol Aird challenges 1950s social norms around sexuality and identity.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Therese Belivet in Carol
subject linked to:
Therese Belivet (novel character)
linked to: Therese Belivet (novel character)