Kennedy curse
E186940
The Kennedy curse refers to the popular belief that the Kennedy political family is plagued by an unusually high number of tragic and untimely deaths and misfortunes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kennedy curse canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1641150 — 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: Kennedy curse Context triple: [Kennedy family, associatedWithConcept, Kennedy curse]
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A.
Kennedy
Kennedy is a given name shared by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, music, and entertainment.
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B.
Kennedy
Kennedy is a prominent Irish-American political and public-service family best known for producing U.S. President John F. Kennedy and numerous other influential politicians.
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C.
Kennedy
Kennedy is a vast rural federal electoral division in Queensland, Australia, known for encompassing remote outback communities and mining towns.
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D.
Murder in the White House
Murder in the White House is a political mystery novel by Elliott Roosevelt that features a fictionalized Eleanor Roosevelt solving a murder inside the presidential residence.
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E.
President’s Plot
President’s Plot is a distinguished burial section within Princeton Cemetery reserved for Princeton University presidents and other notable figures associated with the institution.
- 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: Kennedy curse Target entity description: The Kennedy curse refers to the popular belief that the Kennedy political family is plagued by an unusually high number of tragic and untimely deaths and misfortunes.
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A.
Kennedy
Kennedy is a given name shared by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, music, and entertainment.
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B.
Kennedy
Kennedy is a prominent Irish-American political and public-service family best known for producing U.S. President John F. Kennedy and numerous other influential politicians.
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C.
Kennedy
Kennedy is a vast rural federal electoral division in Queensland, Australia, known for encompassing remote outback communities and mining towns.
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D.
Murder in the White House
Murder in the White House is a political mystery novel by Elliott Roosevelt that features a fictionalized Eleanor Roosevelt solving a murder inside the presidential residence.
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E.
President’s Plot
President’s Plot is a distinguished burial section within Princeton Cemetery reserved for Princeton University presidents and other notable figures associated with the institution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural phenomenon
ⓘ
modern legend ⓘ popular belief ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Kennedy family
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surface form:
Kennedy political family
|
| associatedWith |
American popular culture
ⓘ
United States politics ⓘ |
| basedOn | series of tragic events affecting the Kennedy family ⓘ |
| concerns | unusually high number of family tragedies ⓘ |
| critiquedBy |
historians
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journalists ⓘ social scientists ⓘ |
| discussedIn |
books about the Kennedy family
ⓘ
documentaries about the Kennedys ⓘ news media commentary ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| hasInterpretation |
example of pattern-seeking in random events
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symbol of the costs of political prominence ⓘ |
| hasLanguageContext | English ⓘ |
| hasOriginPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| hasSubject | Kennedy family ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
misfortune
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tragedy ⓘ untimely death ⓘ |
| influences | public perception of the Kennedy family ⓘ |
| involves |
media amplification of family misfortunes
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public fascination with the Kennedy family ⓘ |
| mentionedAlongside | Camelot myth of the Kennedy presidency ⓘ |
| notableCase |
Chappaquiddick incident
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surface form:
Chappaquiddick incident involving Ted Kennedy
assassination of John F. Kennedy ⓘ assassination of Robert F. Kennedy ⓘ death of David A. Kennedy from a drug overdose ⓘ death of John F. Kennedy Jr. in a plane crash ⓘ death of Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. in World War II ⓘ death of Kara Kennedy from a heart attack ⓘ death of Kathleen Kennedy in a plane crash ⓘ death of Michael LeMoyne Kennedy in a skiing accident ⓘ death of Saoirse Kennedy Hill from an apparent overdose ⓘ |
| perceivedAs |
family curse
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pattern of bad luck ⓘ |
| regardedBySomeAs |
media construct
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superstition ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
celebrity tragedy narratives
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family curse ⓘ fatalism ⓘ |
| subjectOfDebate | whether tragedies exceed statistical expectations ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kennedy curse Description of subject: The Kennedy curse refers to the popular belief that the Kennedy political family is plagued by an unusually high number of tragic and untimely deaths and misfortunes.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Kennedy family