Bess Roth
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Bess Roth is a central character in Philip Roth's novel "The Plot Against America," depicted as the anxious, protective mother striving to shield her Jewish family from the rising tide of American fascism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bess Roth canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14892134 — 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: Bess Roth Context triple: [The Plot Against America, mainCharacter, Bess Roth]
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A.
Ruth Bock
Ruth Bock was the wife of Frederick C. Bock, the U.S. Army Air Forces pilot best known for flying one of the support aircraft during the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in World War II.
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B.
Marion Rothman
Marion Rothman was an American film editor known for her work on notable films of the 1960s and 1970s, including the crime thriller "The Boston Strangler."
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C.
Lillian Roth
Lillian Roth was an American singer and stage and screen actress known for her early success in Hollywood musicals and her later public struggle with alcoholism and recovery.
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D.
Martha Roth
Martha Roth is the wife of American actor and clown Bill Irwin.
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E.
Emma Berman
Emma Berman is an American voice actress best known for voicing Giulia Marcovaldo in Pixar's animated film "Luca."
- 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: Bess Roth Target entity description: Bess Roth is a central character in Philip Roth's novel "The Plot Against America," depicted as the anxious, protective mother striving to shield her Jewish family from the rising tide of American fascism.
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A.
Ruth Bock
Ruth Bock was the wife of Frederick C. Bock, the U.S. Army Air Forces pilot best known for flying one of the support aircraft during the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in World War II.
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B.
Marion Rothman
Marion Rothman was an American film editor known for her work on notable films of the 1960s and 1970s, including the crime thriller "The Boston Strangler."
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C.
Lillian Roth
Lillian Roth was an American singer and stage and screen actress known for her early success in Hollywood musicals and her later public struggle with alcoholism and recovery.
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D.
Martha Roth
Martha Roth is the wife of American actor and clown Bill Irwin.
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E.
Emma Berman
Emma Berman is an American voice actress best known for voicing Giulia Marcovaldo in Pixar's animated film "Luca."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.