Sternwood family
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The Sternwood family is the wealthy, troubled Los Angeles clan at the center of Raymond Chandler’s noir novel *The Big Sleep*, around whom much of the story’s intrigue and corruption revolves.
All labels observed (1)
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| Sternwood family canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16329924 — 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: Sternwood family Context triple: [Vivian Rutledge, associatedWithFamily, Sternwood family]
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Forrester family
The Forrester family is a central fictional dynasty in the soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful," known for running the high-fashion house Forrester Creations and for their dramatic personal and professional entanglements.
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Elliott family
The Elliott family is the maternal lineage of former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, known for its influence within Canadian political and social circles.
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C.
Bloedel family
The Bloedel family is a prominent North American family known for its significant involvement in the timber industry and for philanthropic contributions, including the creation of notable gardens and cultural institutions.
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D.
Harkness family
The Harkness family is an American family prominent in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for its substantial Standard Oil fortune and extensive philanthropic activities.
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E.
Appleton family
The Appleton family is a notable American family best known for its 19th-century members involved in literature, society, and the arts, including Frances Appleton, the wife of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
- 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: Sternwood family Target entity description: The Sternwood family is the wealthy, troubled Los Angeles clan at the center of Raymond Chandler’s noir novel *The Big Sleep*, around whom much of the story’s intrigue and corruption revolves.
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A.
Forrester family
The Forrester family is a central fictional dynasty in the soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful," known for running the high-fashion house Forrester Creations and for their dramatic personal and professional entanglements.
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B.
Elliott family
The Elliott family is the maternal lineage of former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, known for its influence within Canadian political and social circles.
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C.
Bloedel family
The Bloedel family is a prominent North American family known for its significant involvement in the timber industry and for philanthropic contributions, including the creation of notable gardens and cultural institutions.
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D.
Harkness family
The Harkness family is an American family prominent in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for its substantial Standard Oil fortune and extensive philanthropic activities.
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E.
Appleton family
The Appleton family is a notable American family best known for its 19th-century members involved in literature, society, and the arts, including Frances Appleton, the wife of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.