Dorothea Fields
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Dorothea Fields is the middle-aged, free-spirited single mother at the heart of the film "20th Century Women," navigating changing social norms while raising her teenage son in late-1970s California.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dorothea Fields canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6421151 — 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: Dorothea Fields Context triple: [20th Century Women, leadCharacter, Dorothea Fields]
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A.
Dorothea Jordan
Dorothea Jordan was a celebrated late 18th- and early 19th-century Anglo-Irish comic actress and mistress of the future King William IV, with whom she had several children.
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B.
Dorothea Ray
Dorothea Ray is a fictional character appearing in the works of author Rachel Ray.
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C.
Dorothea Stewart
Dorothea Stewart was a lesser-known Scottish noblewoman of the early 16th century, notable primarily as a daughter of Margaret Tudor, queen consort of James IV of Scotland and sister of Henry VIII of England.
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D.
Dorothea Ames
Dorothea Ames is a staff member at Coal Hill Academy, a fictional London school featured in the Doctor Who universe and its spin-offs.
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E.
Virginia Fields
Virginia Fields is known as the wife of legendary American football coach and broadcaster John Madden.
- 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: Dorothea Fields Target entity description: Dorothea Fields is the middle-aged, free-spirited single mother at the heart of the film "20th Century Women," navigating changing social norms while raising her teenage son in late-1970s California.
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A.
Dorothea Jordan
Dorothea Jordan was a celebrated late 18th- and early 19th-century Anglo-Irish comic actress and mistress of the future King William IV, with whom she had several children.
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B.
Dorothea Ray
Dorothea Ray is a fictional character appearing in the works of author Rachel Ray.
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C.
Dorothea Stewart
Dorothea Stewart was a lesser-known Scottish noblewoman of the early 16th century, notable primarily as a daughter of Margaret Tudor, queen consort of James IV of Scotland and sister of Henry VIII of England.
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D.
Dorothea Ames
Dorothea Ames is a staff member at Coal Hill Academy, a fictional London school featured in the Doctor Who universe and its spin-offs.
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E.
Virginia Fields
Virginia Fields is known as the wife of legendary American football coach and broadcaster John Madden.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| ageDescriptor | middle-aged ⓘ |
| appearsIn | 20th Century Women NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | drama film ⓘ |
| caresAbout |
her son’s emotional development
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personal freedom ⓘ |
| centralThemeRelation |
changing social norms
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coming-of-age ⓘ feminism ⓘ parenting ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
free-spirited
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independent ⓘ open-minded ⓘ pragmatic ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | Mike Mills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Fields NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYearContext | 2016 ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Dorothea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild | Jamie Fields NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Mike Mills’s mother ⓘ |
| interactsWith |
Abbie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Julie NERFINISHED ⓘ William NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| livesIn | shared boardinghouse ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | single ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
mother of the protagonist’s son
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protagonist ⓘ |
| occupation | single mother ⓘ |
| politicalOutlook | liberal-leaning ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Annette Bening NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Santa Barbara, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| smokes | cigarettes ⓘ |
| strugglesWith |
adapting to cultural change
ⓘ
generation gap with her son ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 1970s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dorothea Fields Description of subject: Dorothea Fields is the middle-aged, free-spirited single mother at the heart of the film "20th Century Women," navigating changing social norms while raising her teenage son in late-1970s California.
Referenced by (1)
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