Irene Molloy
E1026362
Irene Molloy is a charming New York milliner who becomes a romantic interest of Cornelius Hackl in the classic musical "The Matchmaker" (and its adaptation "Hello, Dolly!").
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Irene Molloy canonical | 4 |
| Irene Molloy – Shirley MacLaine | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12109795 — 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: Irene Molloy Context triple: [The Matchmaker, notableCharacter, Irene Molloy]
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A.
Irene O’Connor
Irene O’Connor was the first wife of American illustrator Norman Rockwell, whom he married in the early 20th century.
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B.
Donna Molloy
Donna Molloy is a film and television producer known for her work on the project "Care."
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C.
Mary Mulhern
Mary Mulhern was an American actress best known for her brief Hollywood career in the silent film era and her marriage to actor Jack Pickford.
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D.
Elizabeth Meehan
Elizabeth Meehan was an early 20th-century screenwriter known for adapting literary works for silent and early sound films in Hollywood.
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E.
Mary McElroy
Mary McElroy was the sister and unofficial White House hostess of U.S. President Chester A. Arthur, known for managing social functions during his administration.
- 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: Irene Molloy Target entity description: Irene Molloy is a charming New York milliner who becomes a romantic interest of Cornelius Hackl in the classic musical "The Matchmaker" (and its adaptation "Hello, Dolly!").
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A.
Irene O’Connor
Irene O’Connor was the first wife of American illustrator Norman Rockwell, whom he married in the early 20th century.
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B.
Donna Molloy
Donna Molloy is a film and television producer known for her work on the project "Care."
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C.
Mary Mulhern
Mary Mulhern was an American actress best known for her brief Hollywood career in the silent film era and her marriage to actor Jack Pickford.
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D.
Elizabeth Meehan
Elizabeth Meehan was an early 20th-century screenwriter known for adapting literary works for silent and early sound films in Hollywood.
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E.
Mary McElroy
Mary McElroy was the sister and unofficial White House hostess of U.S. President Chester A. Arthur, known for managing social functions during his administration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | fictional character ⓘ |
| adaptedInto |
Hello, Dolly!
ⓘ
linked to:
Hello, Dolly! (1969 film)
|
| appearsIn |
Hello, Dolly!
ⓘ
linked to:
Hello, Dolly! (1969 film)
The Matchmaker ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
comedy
ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Barnaby Tucker
ⓘ
Dolly Gallagher Levi ⓘ Horace Vandergelder ⓘ |
| basedOnWork | The Matchmaker ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalSetting |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Thornton Wilder ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceWork | The Matchmaker ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn |
stage musical
ⓘ
stage play ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
charming
ⓘ
independent woman ⓘ romantic ⓘ |
| hasRomanticRelationshipWith | Cornelius Hackl ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedInFictional | New York City ⓘ |
| mediumOfAppearance | theatre ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
love interest
ⓘ
supporting character ⓘ |
| occupation | milliner ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise |
Hello, Dolly! franchise
ⓘ
linked to:
Hello, Dolly! (1969 film)
|
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| romanticInterestOf | Cornelius Hackl ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity | millinery shop ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Irene Molloy Description of subject: Irene Molloy is a charming New York milliner who becomes a romantic interest of Cornelius Hackl in the classic musical "The Matchmaker" (and its adaptation "Hello, Dolly!").
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Irene Molloy