Dexter Haven
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Dexter Haven is the central character of Philip Barry’s play “The Philadelphia Story,” a charming yet flawed socialite whose romantic entanglements drive the story’s exploration of love, class, and personal growth.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dexter Haven canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1070853 — 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: Dexter Haven Context triple: [C. K. Dexter-Haven, basedOn, Dexter Haven]
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A.
Stonehaven
Stonehaven is a coastal town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, known for its picturesque harbor, historic Dunnottar Castle nearby, and role as a gateway between the Highlands and Lowlands.
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B.
Nightcliff
Nightcliff is a coastal suburb of Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory, known for its scenic foreshore, jetty, and relaxed residential atmosphere.
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C.
Dixon
Dixon is a small agricultural city in Northern California known historically for sheep ranching and its annual May Fair.
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D.
Loomis
Loomis is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as science, law, and the arts.
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E.
Streeterville
Streeterville is a vibrant neighborhood on Chicago’s Near North Side known for its lakefront attractions, high-rise buildings, and major cultural and tourist destinations.
- 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: Dexter Haven Target entity description: Dexter Haven is the central character of Philip Barry’s play “The Philadelphia Story,” a charming yet flawed socialite whose romantic entanglements drive the story’s exploration of love, class, and personal growth.
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A.
Stonehaven
Stonehaven is a coastal town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, known for its picturesque harbor, historic Dunnottar Castle nearby, and role as a gateway between the Highlands and Lowlands.
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B.
Nightcliff
Nightcliff is a coastal suburb of Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory, known for its scenic foreshore, jetty, and relaxed residential atmosphere.
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C.
Dixon
Dixon is a small agricultural city in Northern California known historically for sheep ranching and its annual May Fair.
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D.
Loomis
Loomis is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as science, law, and the arts.
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E.
Streeterville
Streeterville is a vibrant neighborhood on Chicago’s Near North Side known for its lakefront attractions, high-rise buildings, and major cultural and tourist destinations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
theatrical character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Philadelphia Story ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
C. K. Dexter-Haven
ⓘ
surface form:
C. K. Dexter Haven
Tracy Samantha Lord ⓘ
surface form:
Tracy Lord
|
| characterTrait |
charming
ⓘ
flawed ⓘ |
| creator | Philip Barry ⓘ |
| fullNameVariant |
C. K. Dexter-Haven
ⓘ
surface form:
C. K. Dexter Haven
|
| genre | romantic comedy ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Philadelphia Story
ⓘ
surface form:
The Philadelphia Story (1940 film)
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| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American theatre ⓘ |
| medium | stage play ⓘ |
| narrativeArc | redemption and maturity ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | protagonist ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation | socialite ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Cary Grant ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
The Philadelphia Story
ⓘ
surface form:
The Philadelphia Story (1940 film)
|
| relationshipType | former husband of Tracy Lord ⓘ |
| roleInWork | central character in The Philadelphia Story ⓘ |
| romanticEntanglementsDrivePlotOf | The Philadelphia Story ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity | Philadelphia high society ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
class
ⓘ
love ⓘ personal growth ⓘ |
| workForm | stage play character ⓘ |
| workPublishedYear | 1939 ⓘ |
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: Dexter Haven Description of subject: Dexter Haven is the central character of Philip Barry’s play “The Philadelphia Story,” a charming yet flawed socialite whose romantic entanglements drive the story’s exploration of love, class, and personal growth.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.