Marisa Coulter
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Marisa Coulter is a central antagonist in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy, known as a beautiful, manipulative, and morally ambiguous agent of the Magisterium and the complex mother of Lyra Belacqua.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marisa Coulter canonical | 6 |
| Marisa Coulter (in some church records) | 1 |
| Marisa Coulter in His Dark Materials | 1 |
| Mrs. Coulter | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3786797 — 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: Marisa Coulter Context triple: [His Dark Materials, hasCharacter, Marisa Coulter]
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A.
Sophie Lanfear
Sophie Lanfear is a wildlife filmmaker and television producer best known for her work on high-profile nature documentaries such as the series "Our Planet."
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B.
Mancy Carr
Mancy Carr was a jazz musician known for performing on the classic Louis Armstrong recording "West End Blues."
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C.
Morgause
Morgause is a prominent figure in Arthurian legend, often depicted as a queen of Orkney and the mother of several of King Arthur’s nephews, including Gawain.
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D.
Cecilia Krull
Cecilia Krull is a Spanish singer best known for performing the iconic theme song "My Life Is Going On" from the television series Money Heist.
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E.
Maria Magdalena Keverich
Maria Magdalena Keverich was a German woman best known as the mother of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven.
- 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: Marisa Coulter Target entity description: Marisa Coulter is a central antagonist in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy, known as a beautiful, manipulative, and morally ambiguous agent of the Magisterium and the complex mother of Lyra Belacqua.
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A.
Sophie Lanfear
Sophie Lanfear is a wildlife filmmaker and television producer best known for her work on high-profile nature documentaries such as the series "Our Planet."
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B.
Mancy Carr
Mancy Carr was a jazz musician known for performing on the classic Louis Armstrong recording "West End Blues."
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C.
Morgause
Morgause is a prominent figure in Arthurian legend, often depicted as a queen of Orkney and the mother of several of King Arthur’s nephews, including Gawain.
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D.
Cecilia Krull
Cecilia Krull is a Spanish singer best known for performing the iconic theme song "My Life Is Going On" from the television series Money Heist.
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E.
Maria Magdalena Keverich
Maria Magdalena Keverich was a German woman best known as the mother of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antagonist
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ human ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| affiliation |
General Oblation Board
ⓘ
Magisterium ⓘ |
| alignment | initially aligned with the Magisterium ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Mrs Coulter
ⓘ
Marisa Coulter ⓘ
surface form:
Mrs. Coulter
|
| appearsIn |
His Dark Materials
ⓘ
His Dark Materials ⓘ
surface form:
His Dark Materials (TV series)
Northern Lights ⓘ The Amber Spyglass ⓘ The Golden Compass ⓘ
surface form:
The Golden Compass (film)
The Subtle Knife ⓘ |
| characterArc | partial redemption through sacrifice in The Amber Spyglass ⓘ |
| characterIn |
His Dark Materials
ⓘ
surface form:
His Dark Materials trilogy
|
| child | Lyra Belacqua ⓘ |
| createdBy | Philip Pullman ⓘ |
| demon | golden monkey dæmon ⓘ |
| enemy |
Iorek Byrnison
ⓘ
Lord Asriel ⓘ Magisterium ⓘ
surface form:
Magisterium (later in story)
witch clans ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Golden Compass
ⓘ
surface form:
The Golden Compass (US title of Northern Lights)
|
| fullName | Marisa Coulter self-link ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | fantasy ⓘ |
| nationality |
Jordan College, Oxford (parallel universe)
ⓘ
surface form:
Jordan College universe (alternate Oxford world)
|
| notableFor |
complex relationship with Lyra Belacqua
ⓘ
cruel experiments on children ⓘ leadership of the General Oblation Board ⓘ |
| occupation | agent of the Magisterium ⓘ |
| parentOf |
Lyra Belacqua
ⓘ
surface form:
Lyra Silvertongue
|
| partner | Lord Asriel ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
charismatic
ⓘ
manipulative ⓘ morally ambiguous ⓘ ruthless ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Nicole Kidman
ⓘ
Ruth Wilson ONNED1 ⓘ |
| roleInStory |
Lyra Belacqua's mother
ⓘ
central antagonist ⓘ |
| setting | alternate Oxford ⓘ |
| species | human being ⓘ |
| spouse | Edward Coulter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| universe | multiverse of His Dark Materials ⓘ |
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: Marisa Coulter Description of subject: Marisa Coulter is a central antagonist in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy, known as a beautiful, manipulative, and morally ambiguous agent of the Magisterium and the complex mother of Lyra Belacqua.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Marisa Coulter in His Dark Materials
this entity surface form:
Mrs. Coulter
this entity surface form:
Marisa Coulter (in some church records)