Linda Loman
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Linda Loman is the loyal, long-suffering wife of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller’s play "Death of a Salesman," embodying emotional strength, denial, and devotion amid her family’s collapse.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Linda Loman canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1129714 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Linda Loman Context triple: [Death of a Salesman, mainCharacter, Linda Loman]
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Myrtle Wilson
Myrtle Wilson is a tragic, ambitious woman from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel *The Great Gatsby* whose affair with Tom Buchanan and fatal end highlight the era’s class divisions and moral decay.
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B.
Margalo Gillmore
Margalo Gillmore was an English-born American stage and film actress known for her sophisticated supporting roles in Broadway productions and classic Hollywood films of the mid-20th century.
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C.
Alice Wright Mann
Alice Wright Mann was the woman who served as the ceremonial sponsor for the U.S. Navy battleship USS West Virginia (BB-48) at its launching.
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D.
Lois Griffin
Lois Griffin is a central character in the animated sitcom "Family Guy," known as the often level-headed yet flawed wife of Peter Griffin and mother of the Griffin family.
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E.
Portia de Rossi
Portia de Rossi is an Australian-American actress and philanthropist best known for her roles on the television series "Ally McBeal" and "Arrested Development."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Linda Loman Target entity description: Linda Loman is the loyal, long-suffering wife of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller’s play "Death of a Salesman," embodying emotional strength, denial, and devotion amid her family’s collapse.
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A.
Myrtle Wilson
Myrtle Wilson is a tragic, ambitious woman from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel *The Great Gatsby* whose affair with Tom Buchanan and fatal end highlight the era’s class divisions and moral decay.
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B.
Margalo Gillmore
Margalo Gillmore was an English-born American stage and film actress known for her sophisticated supporting roles in Broadway productions and classic Hollywood films of the mid-20th century.
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C.
Alice Wright Mann
Alice Wright Mann was the woman who served as the ceremonial sponsor for the U.S. Navy battleship USS West Virginia (BB-48) at its launching.
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D.
Lois Griffin
Lois Griffin is a central character in the animated sitcom "Family Guy," known as the often level-headed yet flawed wife of Peter Griffin and mother of the Griffin family.
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E.
Portia de Rossi
Portia de Rossi is an Australian-American actress and philanthropist best known for her roles on the television series "Ally McBeal" and "Arrested Development."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
female character
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fictional character ⓘ theater character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Death of a Salesman ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
devoted
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emotionally strong ⓘ in denial ⓘ long-suffering ⓘ loyal ⓘ nurturing ⓘ patient ⓘ self-sacrificing ⓘ supportive ⓘ |
| creator | Arthur Miller ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction |
counterpoint to Willy Loman’s illusions
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mediator in family conflicts ⓘ voice of compassion ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Death of a Salesman universe ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | tragedy ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Biff Loman
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Happy Loman ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | one of the central characters in Death of a Salesman ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| medium | play ⓘ |
| nationality | American (fictional) ⓘ |
| notableQuote | “Attention, attention must be finally paid to such a person.” ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
Willy Loman’s wife
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moral center of the Loman family ⓘ mother of Biff and Happy ⓘ |
| setting |
Brooklyn
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surface form:
Brooklyn, New York (fictional home)
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| spouse | Willy Loman ⓘ |
| stageDirectionDescription | “Most often jovial, she has developed an iron repression of her exceptions to Willy’s behavior.” ⓘ |
| symbolicRole |
embodiment of domestic stability
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embodiment of unconditional support ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
American Dream
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denial ⓘ economic hardship ⓘ emotional resilience ⓘ family loyalty ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFiction | late 1940s ⓘ |
| workAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| workPremiereCity | New York City ⓘ |
| workPremiereLocation | Broadway ⓘ |
| workPremiereTheater | Morosco Theatre ⓘ |
| workTitle | Death of a Salesman ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Linda Loman Description of subject: Linda Loman is the loyal, long-suffering wife of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller’s play "Death of a Salesman," embodying emotional strength, denial, and devotion amid her family’s collapse.
Referenced by (6)
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