the Clutter family
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The Clutter family is the central real-life Kansas household portrayed in Truman Capote’s nonfiction novel "In Cold Blood," known for the tragic 1959 murders that the book chronicles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| the Clutter family canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8577800 — 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: the Clutter family Context triple: [Nancy Clutter, livesWith, the Clutter family]
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A.
the Dead family
The Dead family is the central, multigenerational African American family in Toni Morrison’s novel "Song of Solomon," around whom the story’s complex history, identities, and secrets revolve.
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B.
Strickland family
The Strickland family is a fictional family from the "Back to the Future" film series, known primarily through school disciplinarian Mr. Strickland of Hill Valley.
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C.
Bankhead family
The Bankhead family is a prominent American political and cultural dynasty from Alabama, known for producing influential politicians like Speaker of the U.S. House William B. Bankhead and celebrated actress Tallulah Bankhead.
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D.
The Black family
The Black family is an ancient, aristocratic pure-blood wizarding family in the Harry Potter series, known for its dark reputation, strict blood purity beliefs, and notable members like Sirius Black.
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E.
Mortemart family
The Mortemart family is a prominent French noble house historically associated with the Rochechouart lineage and influential figures at the royal court.
- 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: the Clutter family Target entity description: The Clutter family is the central real-life Kansas household portrayed in Truman Capote’s nonfiction novel "In Cold Blood," known for the tragic 1959 murders that the book chronicles.
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A.
the Dead family
The Dead family is the central, multigenerational African American family in Toni Morrison’s novel "Song of Solomon," around whom the story’s complex history, identities, and secrets revolve.
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B.
Strickland family
The Strickland family is a fictional family from the "Back to the Future" film series, known primarily through school disciplinarian Mr. Strickland of Hill Valley.
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C.
Bankhead family
The Bankhead family is a prominent American political and cultural dynasty from Alabama, known for producing influential politicians like Speaker of the U.S. House William B. Bankhead and celebrated actress Tallulah Bankhead.
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D.
The Black family
The Black family is an ancient, aristocratic pure-blood wizarding family in the Harry Potter series, known for its dark reputation, strict blood purity beliefs, and notable members like Sirius Black.
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E.
Mortemart family
The Mortemart family is a prominent French noble house historically associated with the Rochechouart lineage and influential figures at the royal court.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
family
ⓘ
multiple homicide ⓘ murder victim ⓘ nonfiction novel ⓘ person ⓘ |
| author | Truman Capote ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dateOfDeath |
1959-11-15
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1959-11-15 ⓘ 1959-11-15 ⓘ 1959-11-15 ⓘ |
| depictedAs | central family in "In Cold Blood" ⓘ |
| depictedIn |
"In Cold Blood"
ⓘ
linked to:
In Cold Blood
|
| familyName |
Clutter
ⓘ
Clutter ⓘ Clutter ⓘ Clutter ⓘ |
| genreOfNotability | true crime ⓘ |
| givenName |
Bonnie
ⓘ
Herbert ⓘ Kenyon ⓘ Nancy ⓘ |
| hasVictimRoleIn | Clutter family murders ⓘ |
| knownFor |
1959 murders in Holcomb, Kansas
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being the central subjects of Truman Capote's book "In Cold Blood" ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Finney County, Kansas
ⓘ
Holcomb, Kansas ⓘ Kansas ⓘ |
| location | Holcomb, Kansas ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath |
homicide
ⓘ
homicide ⓘ homicide ⓘ homicide ⓘ |
| member |
Bonnie Clutter
ⓘ
Herbert Clutter ⓘ
linked to:
Herb Clutter
Kenyon Clutter ⓘ Nancy Clutter ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Clutter family
ⓘ
Clutter family ⓘ Clutter family ⓘ |
| occupation | farmer ⓘ |
| pointInTime | 1959-11-15 ⓘ |
| pointInTimeOfEvent | 1959 ⓘ |
| residence |
Holcomb, Kansas
ⓘ
Holcomb, Kansas ⓘ Holcomb, Kansas ⓘ Holcomb, Kansas ⓘ |
| role |
daughter of Herbert and Bonnie Clutter
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head of the Clutter family ⓘ son of Herbert and Bonnie Clutter ⓘ wife of Herbert Clutter ⓘ |
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: the Clutter family Description of subject: The Clutter family is the central real-life Kansas household portrayed in Truman Capote’s nonfiction novel "In Cold Blood," known for the tragic 1959 murders that the book chronicles.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.