Calvin Jarrett
E418442
Calvin Jarrett is a central character in the film "Ordinary People," depicted as a conflicted suburban father struggling to hold his family together after a tragic loss.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Calvin Jarrett canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4174425 — 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: Calvin Jarrett Context triple: [Donald Sutherland, portrayed, Calvin Jarrett]
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A.
Art Jarrett
Art Jarrett was an American bandleader, singer, and actor popular in the 1930s and 1940s big band and film era.
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B.
Tony Delk
Tony Delk is a former American basketball guard best known for starring at the University of Kentucky in the mid-1990s and leading the Wildcats to the 1996 NCAA championship before playing in the NBA.
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C.
Reggie Johnson
Reggie Johnson is an American jazz double bassist known for his work in the hard bop and post-bop scenes from the 1960s onward.
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D.
DeVon Harris
DeVon Harris is a songwriter best known for his work on the track "So High."
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E.
Scott Barnes
Scott Barnes is an American college athletics administrator who serves as the athletic director at Oregon State University and has previously held similar roles at several other universities.
- 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: Calvin Jarrett Target entity description: Calvin Jarrett is a central character in the film "Ordinary People," depicted as a conflicted suburban father struggling to hold his family together after a tragic loss.
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A.
Art Jarrett
Art Jarrett was an American bandleader, singer, and actor popular in the 1930s and 1940s big band and film era.
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B.
Tony Delk
Tony Delk is a former American basketball guard best known for starring at the University of Kentucky in the mid-1990s and leading the Wildcats to the 1996 NCAA championship before playing in the NBA.
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C.
Reggie Johnson
Reggie Johnson is an American jazz double bassist known for his work in the hard bop and post-bop scenes from the 1960s onward.
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D.
DeVon Harris
DeVon Harris is a songwriter best known for his work on the track "So High."
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E.
Scott Barnes
Scott Barnes is an American college athletics administrator who serves as the athletic director at Oregon State University and has previously held similar roles at several other universities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Ordinary People ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkType | drama film ⓘ |
| awardContext | appears in a film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ |
| basedOn | character from the novel Ordinary People ⓘ |
| characterArc | moves from denial toward painful self-awareness ⓘ |
| child |
Buck Jarrett
ⓘ
Conrad Jarrett ⓘ |
| conflictType |
internal conflict
ⓘ
interpersonal conflict with spouse ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | Judith Guest ⓘ |
| emotionalState |
anxious about family stability
ⓘ
guilt-ridden ⓘ |
| familyRole |
father
ⓘ
husband ⓘ |
| filmDirector | Robert Redford ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Ordinary People
ⓘ
surface form:
novel Ordinary People
|
| firstFilmAppearance |
Ordinary People
ⓘ
surface form:
film Ordinary People (1980)
|
| genreContext | psychological drama ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
literature ⓘ |
| moralCharacteristic | conscientious ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central character ⓘ |
| notableQuoteContext | questions whether he loves his wife anymore in a climactic conversation with Conrad ⓘ |
| occupation | tax attorney ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
conflicted
ⓘ
empathetic ⓘ self-doubting ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Donald Sutherland ONNED1 ⓘ |
| relationship |
emotionally estranged husband to Beth Jarrett
ⓘ
supportive father to Conrad Jarrett ⓘ |
| residence | Lake Forest, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | upper-middle-class suburban environment ⓘ |
| spouse | Beth Jarrett ⓘ |
| storyEvent |
experiences growing emotional distance from his wife Beth
ⓘ
grieves the death of his older son Buck in a boating accident ⓘ questions the foundations of his marriage ⓘ seeks help from psychiatrist Dr. Berger for his son ⓘ struggles to support his son Conrad after a suicide attempt ⓘ |
| themeAssociated |
emotional repression
ⓘ
family dysfunction ⓘ grief ⓘ marital conflict ⓘ survivor guilt ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 1970s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Calvin Jarrett Description of subject: Calvin Jarrett is a central character in the film "Ordinary People," depicted as a conflicted suburban father struggling to hold his family together after a tragic loss.
Referenced by (3)
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