Clare Kendry
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Clare Kendry is a light-skinned Black woman in Nella Larsen’s novel "Passing" whose decision to live as white drives the story’s exploration of racial identity, secrecy, and desire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clare Kendry canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8450512 — 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: Clare Kendry Context triple: [Passing (2021 film), mainCharacter, Clare Kendry]
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A.
Clare Lockhart
Clare Lockhart is a British policy expert, lawyer, and co-founder of the Institute for State Effectiveness, known for her work on state-building and governance in fragile and post-conflict countries.
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B.
Clare Mallory
Clare Mallory is a child of the famed British mountaineer George Mallory, who disappeared during an attempt to summit Mount Everest in 1924.
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C.
Juliana Crain
Juliana Crain is the central protagonist of the dystopian television series "The Man in the High Castle," whose moral awakening and resistance activities drive much of the show's alternate-history narrative.
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D.
Juliana Stratton
Juliana Stratton is an American politician and attorney who serves as the lieutenant governor of Illinois, working alongside the governor on state policy and administration.
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E.
Molly Stark
Molly Stark was the wife of American Revolutionary War General John Stark, remembered in part through his famous battle cry invoking her name at the Battle of Bennington.
- 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: Clare Kendry Target entity description: Clare Kendry is a light-skinned Black woman in Nella Larsen’s novel "Passing" whose decision to live as white drives the story’s exploration of racial identity, secrecy, and desire.
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A.
Clare Lockhart
Clare Lockhart is a British policy expert, lawyer, and co-founder of the Institute for State Effectiveness, known for her work on state-building and governance in fragile and post-conflict countries.
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B.
Clare Mallory
Clare Mallory is a child of the famed British mountaineer George Mallory, who disappeared during an attempt to summit Mount Everest in 1924.
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C.
Juliana Crain
Juliana Crain is the central protagonist of the dystopian television series "The Man in the High Castle," whose moral awakening and resistance activities drive much of the show's alternate-history narrative.
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D.
Juliana Stratton
Juliana Stratton is an American politician and attorney who serves as the lieutenant governor of Illinois, working alongside the governor on state policy and administration.
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E.
Molly Stark
Molly Stark was the wife of American Revolutionary War General John Stark, remembered in part through his famous battle cry invoking her name at the Battle of Bennington.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Passing ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
class aspiration
ⓘ
female friendship ⓘ marriage and infidelity ⓘ queer subtext in women’s relationships ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chicago
ⓘ
Harlem ⓘ |
| centralThemeOf |
desire
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racial identity ⓘ secrecy ⓘ |
| characterFunction | catalyst for Irene Redfield’s self-examination ⓘ |
| childhoodFriendOf | Irene Redfield ⓘ |
| conceals | her Black heritage ⓘ |
| creator | Nella Larsen ⓘ |
| deathCircumstances | falls from a window at a party ⓘ |
| deathInterpretation | ambiguous (accident, suicide, or murder) ⓘ |
| diesIn | Passing ⓘ |
| engagesIn | racial passing ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Black ⓘ |
| experiences |
boredom with white upper-class life
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nostalgia for Black community ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | novel published in 1929 ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipWith | Irene Redfield ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Harlem Renaissance ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| motivation |
access to white privilege
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escape from poverty ⓘ social mobility ⓘ |
| narrativePerspectiveOn | performative nature of race ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
foil to Irene Redfield
ⓘ
tragic figure ⓘ |
| nationalContext |
United States literature
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linked to:
American literature
|
| provokes |
jealousy in Irene Redfield
ⓘ
sexual and emotional tension ⓘ |
| racePresentation | white ⓘ |
| setting |
1920s America
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Harlem Renaissance era ⓘ
linked to:
Harlem Renaissance
|
| skinColor | light-skinned ⓘ |
| spouse | John Bellew ⓘ |
| spouseEthnicity | white ⓘ |
| spouseIgnorantOf | her Black ancestry ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
allure of transgressive desire
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danger of passing ⓘ instability of racial categories ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Clare Kendry Description of subject: Clare Kendry is a light-skinned Black woman in Nella Larsen’s novel "Passing" whose decision to live as white drives the story’s exploration of racial identity, secrecy, and desire.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.