Miss Kenton
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Miss Kenton is the capable and emotionally perceptive housekeeper whose complex, unspoken relationship with the butler Stevens forms the emotional core of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel and its film adaptation "The Remains of the Day."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Miss Kenton canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5398420 — 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: Miss Kenton Context triple: [Anthony Hopkins as Stevens, relationshipWith, Miss Kenton]
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A.
Mary Kent
Mary Kent was the wife of early American colonial leader and Mayflower passenger Stephen Hopkins.
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B.
Hattie Maloney
Hattie Maloney is the brash, wisecracking nightclub singer who serves as the central comic heroine of the musical "Panama Hattie."
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C.
Dorothy Cotton
Dorothy Cotton was a prominent civil rights activist and educator who served as the education director for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and worked closely with Martin Luther King Jr.
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D.
Judy
"Judy" is a 2019 biographical drama film in which Renée Zellweger portrays legendary entertainer Judy Garland during her final years, a role that earned her widespread acclaim and major acting awards.
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E.
Judy
Judy is a character in the 2014 British apocalyptic comedy film "The Second Coming."
- 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: Miss Kenton Target entity description: Miss Kenton is the capable and emotionally perceptive housekeeper whose complex, unspoken relationship with the butler Stevens forms the emotional core of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel and its film adaptation "The Remains of the Day."
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A.
Mary Kent
Mary Kent was the wife of early American colonial leader and Mayflower passenger Stephen Hopkins.
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B.
Hattie Maloney
Hattie Maloney is the brash, wisecracking nightclub singer who serves as the central comic heroine of the musical "Panama Hattie."
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C.
Dorothy Cotton
Dorothy Cotton was a prominent civil rights activist and educator who served as the education director for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and worked closely with Martin Luther King Jr.
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D.
Judy
"Judy" is a 2019 biographical drama film in which Renée Zellweger portrays legendary entertainer Judy Garland during her final years, a role that earned her widespread acclaim and major acting awards.
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E.
Judy
Judy is a character in the 2014 British apocalyptic comedy film "The Second Coming."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in a film
ⓘ
character in a novel ⓘ fictional character ⓘ housekeeper ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | film character in The Remains of the Day (1993 film) ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Miss Kenton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mrs Benn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Remains of the Day NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium |
film
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novel ⓘ |
| basedOnWork | The Remains of the Day (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralThemeConnection |
duty versus personal happiness
ⓘ
missed opportunities ⓘ repressed emotion ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
assertive
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capable ⓘ compassionate ⓘ emotionally perceptive ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalSetting | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Kazuo Ishiguro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Lord Darlington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Remains of the Day universe ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Remains of the Day (1989 novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Sarah Kenton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | literary fiction ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married (later in the story) ⓘ |
| marriedName | Mrs Benn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | emotional core of The Remains of the Day ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| occupation | housekeeper ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Emma Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstAppearance | Faber and Faber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationshipTypeWithStevens | unspoken romantic tension ⓘ |
| relationshipWith | Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
love interest of Stevens
ⓘ
major character ⓘ |
| screenAdaptationDirector | James Ivory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFictionalActivity |
interwar period
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post–Second World War period ⓘ |
| worksAt | Darlington Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstPublication | 1989 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Miss Kenton Description of subject: Miss Kenton is the capable and emotionally perceptive housekeeper whose complex, unspoken relationship with the butler Stevens forms the emotional core of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel and its film adaptation "The Remains of the Day."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.