Catherine (ex‑wife)
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Catherine (ex‑wife) is the former spouse of Theodore Twombly in the film "Her," representing his past, emotionally complex human relationship.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Catherine (ex‑wife) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10323535 — 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: Catherine (ex‑wife) Context triple: [Theodore Twombly, marriedTo, Catherine (ex‑wife)]
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A.
Catherine Douglas
Catherine Douglas is the married name of Catherine Hyde, likely referring to her identity after marriage within historical or genealogical records.
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B.
Catherine Michelle
Catherine Michelle was an Infanta of Spain who became Duchess of Savoy through her marriage to Charles Emmanuel I in the late 16th century.
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C.
Catherine Reynolds
Catherine Reynolds is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the Reynolds surname.
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D.
Catherine Owen
Catherine Owen is a Canadian poet and writer known for her innovative, genre-blending poetry and contributions to contemporary Canadian literature.
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E.
Catherine Hynmers
Catherine Hynmers was the wife of Elihu Yale, the British-American merchant and philanthropist after whom Yale University is named.
- 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: Catherine (ex‑wife) Target entity description: Catherine (ex‑wife) is the former spouse of Theodore Twombly in the film "Her," representing his past, emotionally complex human relationship.
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A.
Catherine Douglas
Catherine Douglas is the married name of Catherine Hyde, likely referring to her identity after marriage within historical or genealogical records.
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B.
Catherine Michelle
Catherine Michelle was an Infanta of Spain who became Duchess of Savoy through her marriage to Charles Emmanuel I in the late 16th century.
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C.
Catherine Reynolds
Catherine Reynolds is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the Reynolds surname.
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D.
Catherine Owen
Catherine Owen is a Canadian poet and writer known for her innovative, genre-blending poetry and contributions to contemporary Canadian literature.
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E.
Catherine Hynmers
Catherine Hynmers was the wife of Elihu Yale, the British-American merchant and philanthropist after whom Yale University is named.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ human ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
2013 film Her
ⓘ
Her NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictTypeWithTheodore | emotional incompatibility ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Spike Jonze NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creditedAs | Catherine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dialogueLanguage | English ⓘ |
| distributorOfWork | Warner Bros. Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emotionalImpactOnProtagonist | significant ⓘ |
| emotionalToneOfRelationshipWithTheodore | emotionally complex ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Her ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasExSpouse | Theodore Twombly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLastName | Catherine Twombly (during marriage) ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | writer (implied in film’s backstory) ⓘ |
| maritalStatusWithTheodoreTwombly | divorced ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| mediumOfPortrayal | live‑action performance ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | contrast to Theodore’s relationship with operating system Samantha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
Theodore Twombly’s former spouse
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represents Theodore’s past human relationship ⓘ |
| partOfFictionalUniverse | Her (film universe) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Rooney Mara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompanyOfWork | Annapurna Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationshipArc | marriage, separation, divorce ⓘ |
| relationshipDynamicWithTheodore | strained GENERATED ⓘ |
| relationshipToTheodoreTwombly | ex‑wife GENERATED ⓘ |
| screenTimeRelativeToProtagonist | supporting character ⓘ |
| setting | near‑future Los Angeles (fictionalized) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| species | human ⓘ |
| spouse | Theodore Twombly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
emotional intimacy
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marital breakdown ⓘ personal growth of Theodore Twombly ⓘ |
| workGenreContext | science fiction romantic drama ⓘ |
| yearOfWorkRelease | 2013 ⓘ |
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: Catherine (ex‑wife) Description of subject: Catherine (ex‑wife) is the former spouse of Theodore Twombly in the film "Her," representing his past, emotionally complex human relationship.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.