Joseph Cotten as Eben Adams
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Joseph Cotten as Eben Adams is the central role played by American actor Joseph Cotten, depicting a struggling artist whose life is transformed by a mysterious young girl in the 1948 fantasy romance film "Portrait of Jennie."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Joseph Cotten as Eben Adams canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11678644 — 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: Joseph Cotten as Eben Adams Context triple: [Portrait of Jennie, portraysCharacter, Joseph Cotten as Eben Adams]
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Raymond Massey as Adam Trask
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Bruce Dern as Asa Watts
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James Cagney as Eddie Bartlett
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Ralph Banks
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Eddie Holbrook
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- 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: Joseph Cotten as Eben Adams Target entity description: Joseph Cotten as Eben Adams is the central role played by American actor Joseph Cotten, depicting a struggling artist whose life is transformed by a mysterious young girl in the 1948 fantasy romance film "Portrait of Jennie."
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A.
Raymond Massey as Adam Trask
Raymond Massey as Adam Trask refers to the veteran Canadian actor’s portrayal of the stern, morally rigid father in the 1955 film adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel "East of Eden."
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B.
Bruce Dern as Asa Watts
Bruce Dern as Asa Watts is the actor’s memorable portrayal of the ruthless cattle thief and primary antagonist in the 1972 Western film "The Cowboys."
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C.
James Cagney as Eddie Bartlett
James Cagney as Eddie Bartlett is the tough, fast-talking World War I veteran turned Prohibition-era bootlegger and gangster he portrays in the classic crime film "The Roaring Twenties."
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D.
Ralph Banks
Ralph Banks is a relatively uncommon personal name that may refer to various individuals, including professionals or public figures, rather than a single widely recognized person.
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E.
Eddie Holbrook
Eddie Holbrook is an American politician who served as a member of the North Carolina Senate and was known for his involvement in state and local government.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictionalCharacterPortrayal
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filmRole ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Portrait of Jennie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | novel "Portrait of Jennie" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Robert Nathan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralRelationship | Eben Adams and Jennie Appleton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterName | Eben Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterType | struggling artist ⓘ |
| coStar |
Cecil Kellaway as Matthews
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ethel Barrymore as Miss Spinney NERFINISHED ⓘ Jennifer Jones as Jennie Appleton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | William Dieterle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Selznick Releasing Organization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmGenre |
fantasy
ⓘ
romance ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | protagonist ⓘ |
| notableTheme |
artistic inspiration
ⓘ
romantic fantasy ⓘ time and memory ⓘ |
| occupationInStory | artist ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Joseph Cotten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Selznick Releasing Organization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| storyArc | life transformed by mysterious young girl ⓘ |
| studioProcess | black-and-white with tinted and Technicolor sequences ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Joseph Cotten as Eben Adams Description of subject: Joseph Cotten as Eben Adams is the central role played by American actor Joseph Cotten, depicting a struggling artist whose life is transformed by a mysterious young girl in the 1948 fantasy romance film "Portrait of Jennie."
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