Jo Armitage in The Pumpkin Eater
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Jo Armitage in *The Pumpkin Eater* is the troubled, emotionally fragile wife and mother at the center of the film’s exploration of marital breakdown, infidelity, and psychological turmoil.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jo (character in Penelope Mortimer's novel The Pumpkin Eater) | 1 |
| Jo Armitage in The Pumpkin Eater canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5226098 — 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: Jo Armitage in The Pumpkin Eater Context triple: [Anne Bancroft, role, Jo Armitage in The Pumpkin Eater]
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A.
Frank Chambers
Frank Chambers is the drifter protagonist of James M. Cain’s crime novel "The Postman Always Rings Twice," whose passionate affair and murder plot drive the story’s noir tragedy.
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B.
Harold Crick
Harold Crick is the meticulous IRS auditor and unsuspecting protagonist of the metafictional film "Stranger Than Fiction," whose life begins mirroring a narrated novel.
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C.
Gina Marsh
Gina Marsh is known as the wife of American actor Michael Biehn, recognized for his roles in films like "The Terminator" and "Aliens."
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D.
Peter Handcock
Peter Handcock was a real-life Australian soldier involved in the controversial Boer War court-martial alongside Harry "Breaker" Morant, whose story is dramatized in the film "Breaker Morant."
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E.
Hazel Bennet
Hazel Bennet was the wife of American film director and actor Lloyd Bacon, associated with Hollywood’s early studio era.
- 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: Jo Armitage in The Pumpkin Eater Target entity description: Jo Armitage in *The Pumpkin Eater* is the troubled, emotionally fragile wife and mother at the center of the film’s exploration of marital breakdown, infidelity, and psychological turmoil.
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A.
Frank Chambers
Frank Chambers is the drifter protagonist of James M. Cain’s crime novel "The Postman Always Rings Twice," whose passionate affair and murder plot drive the story’s noir tragedy.
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B.
Harold Crick
Harold Crick is the meticulous IRS auditor and unsuspecting protagonist of the metafictional film "Stranger Than Fiction," whose life begins mirroring a narrated novel.
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C.
Gina Marsh
Gina Marsh is known as the wife of American actor Michael Biehn, recognized for his roles in films like "The Terminator" and "Aliens."
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D.
Peter Handcock
Peter Handcock was a real-life Australian soldier involved in the controversial Boer War court-martial alongside Harry "Breaker" Morant, whose story is dramatized in the film "Breaker Morant."
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E.
Hazel Bennet
Hazel Bennet was the wife of American film director and actor Lloyd Bacon, associated with Hollywood’s early studio era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Pumpkin Eater
ⓘ
The Pumpkin Eater (1964 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Pumpkin Eater
|
| appearsInGenre | drama film ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
domestic life
ⓘ
emotional breakdown ⓘ motherhood ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Jo (character in Penelope Mortimer's novel The Pumpkin Eater)
ⓘ
linked to:
Jo Armitage in The Pumpkin Eater
|
| centralTheme |
infidelity
ⓘ
marital breakdown ⓘ psychological turmoil ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
emotionally fragile
ⓘ
troubled ⓘ vulnerable ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalContext | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdFor | cinematic adaptation of The Pumpkin Eater ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasChild | multiple children ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | focus of psychological study ⓘ |
| occupation | housewife ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Anne Bancroft ⓘ |
| roleInStory | protagonist ⓘ |
| spouse | Jake Armitage ⓘ |
| strugglesWith |
husband's infidelity
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identity as wife and mother ⓘ mental instability ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jo Armitage in The Pumpkin Eater Description of subject: Jo Armitage in *The Pumpkin Eater* is the troubled, emotionally fragile wife and mother at the center of the film’s exploration of marital breakdown, infidelity, and psychological turmoil.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Jo Armitage in The Pumpkin Eater
linked to: Jo Armitage in The Pumpkin Eater