Elena Hood
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Elena Hood is a suburban wife and mother in the 1970s whose emotional disconnection and personal turmoil reflect the broader social and familial breakdown depicted in the film "The Ice Storm."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Elena Hood canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4106153 — 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: Elena Hood Context triple: [The Ice Storm, mainCharacter, Elena Hood]
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A.
Elena
Elena is a feminine given name of Greek origin, commonly used in many languages as a variant of Helen or Helena.
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B.
Ruby Gentry
Ruby Gentry is a 1952 American melodrama film directed by King Vidor, starring Jennifer Jones as a poor Southern woman whose passionate love and social struggles lead to tragedy.
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C.
Lyla Winston
Lyla Winston is a recurring character in the television series "Sons of Anarchy," known as Opie Winston’s wife and a former porn star trying to build a more stable life for her family.
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D.
Elyse Knox
Elyse Knox was an American actress, model, and fashion designer best known for her film roles in the 1940s and as the mother of actress and painter Kristin Harmon.
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E.
Antonia Hitchens
Antonia Hitchens is a journalist and writer, known for her reported features and essays in publications such as The New Yorker and The New York Times.
- 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: Elena Hood Target entity description: Elena Hood is a suburban wife and mother in the 1970s whose emotional disconnection and personal turmoil reflect the broader social and familial breakdown depicted in the film "The Ice Storm."
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A.
Elena
Elena is a feminine given name of Greek origin, commonly used in many languages as a variant of Helen or Helena.
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B.
Ruby Gentry
Ruby Gentry is a 1952 American melodrama film directed by King Vidor, starring Jennifer Jones as a poor Southern woman whose passionate love and social struggles lead to tragedy.
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C.
Lyla Winston
Lyla Winston is a recurring character in the television series "Sons of Anarchy," known as Opie Winston’s wife and a former porn star trying to build a more stable life for her family.
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D.
Elyse Knox
Elyse Knox was an American actress, model, and fashion designer best known for her film roles in the 1940s and as the mother of actress and painter Kristin Harmon.
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E.
Antonia Hitchens
Antonia Hitchens is a journalist and writer, known for her reported features and essays in publications such as The New Yorker and The New York Times.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| ageGroup | middle-aged adult ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Ice Storm ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
changing gender roles
ⓘ
disillusionment ⓘ family dysfunction ⓘ infidelity ⓘ |
| basedOn | character from The Ice Storm novel ⓘ |
| centralToPlot | true ⓘ |
| child |
Paul Hood
ⓘ
Wendy Hood ⓘ |
| conflictType |
internal conflict
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marital conflict ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalSetting |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| decadeOfFictionalSetting | 1970s ⓘ |
| emotionalState |
disconnected
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troubled ⓘ |
| familyName | Hood ⓘ |
| fictionalEthnicity | white American ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Ice Storm ⓘ |
| filmDirectorOfWorkAppearedIn | Ang Lee ⓘ |
| firstFilmReleaseYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn | drama film ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
embodies emotional disconnection
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represents suburban discontent ⓘ symbolizes familial breakdown ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
emotional isolation
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marital strain ⓘ social change in the 1970s ⓘ suburban malaise ⓘ |
| parentalRole | mother of two children ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Joan Allen ⓘ |
| portrayedInAdaptationOf |
The Ice Storm
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surface form:
The Ice Storm (novel)
|
| primaryLanguageContext | English ⓘ |
| residenceType | single-family suburban home ⓘ |
| roleInStory |
mother
ⓘ
wife ⓘ |
| settingType | American suburb ⓘ |
| socialClass | middle class ⓘ |
| spouse | Ben Hood ⓘ |
| timePeriodRepresented | post-1960s American society ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Elena Hood Description of subject: Elena Hood is a suburban wife and mother in the 1970s whose emotional disconnection and personal turmoil reflect the broader social and familial breakdown depicted in the film "The Ice Storm."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.