Nettie Cobb
E1447602
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Nettie Cobb is a troubled Castle Rock resident whose escalating conflict and tragic fate play a key role in the events of Stephen King’s novel "Needful Things."
All labels observed (1)
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| Nettie Cobb canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20661455 — 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: Nettie Cobb Context triple: [Needful Things, hasCharacter, Nettie Cobb]
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A.
Nettie Harris
Nettie Harris is a central character in Alice Walker’s novel "The Color Purple," known as Celie’s beloved younger sister whose letters reveal her life, resilience, and experiences abroad.
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B.
Otelia Cox
Otelia Cox is the wife of American actor Tony Cox, known for his roles in films such as "Bad Santa" and "Me, Myself & Irene."
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C.
Creola Katherine Coleman
Creola Katherine Coleman, better known as Katherine Johnson, was an African American mathematician whose orbital mechanics calculations were critical to the success of early U.S. crewed spaceflights at NASA.
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D.
Fannie N. Smith
Fannie N. Smith was the first wife of African American educator and leader Booker T. Washington, with whom she shared the early years of his rise to prominence.
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E.
Mabel Thompson
Mabel Thompson is the first wife of Atlantic City political boss Enoch "Nucky" Thompson in the television series "Boardwalk Empire."
- 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: Nettie Cobb Target entity description: Nettie Cobb is a troubled Castle Rock resident whose escalating conflict and tragic fate play a key role in the events of Stephen King’s novel "Needful Things."
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A.
Nettie Harris
Nettie Harris is a central character in Alice Walker’s novel "The Color Purple," known as Celie’s beloved younger sister whose letters reveal her life, resilience, and experiences abroad.
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B.
Otelia Cox
Otelia Cox is the wife of American actor Tony Cox, known for his roles in films such as "Bad Santa" and "Me, Myself & Irene."
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C.
Creola Katherine Coleman
Creola Katherine Coleman, better known as Katherine Johnson, was an African American mathematician whose orbital mechanics calculations were critical to the success of early U.S. crewed spaceflights at NASA.
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D.
Fannie N. Smith
Fannie N. Smith was the first wife of African American educator and leader Booker T. Washington, with whom she shared the early years of his rise to prominence.
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E.
Mabel Thompson
Mabel Thompson is the first wife of Atlantic City political boss Enoch "Nucky" Thompson in the television series "Boardwalk Empire."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.