Ruth Ellis
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Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be executed in the United Kingdom, whose 1955 murder case became a symbol of controversy over capital punishment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ruth Ellis canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20160820 — 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: Ruth Ellis Context triple: [Dance with a Stranger, mainSubject, Ruth Ellis]
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A.
Myra Hindley
Myra Hindley was a British serial killer, infamously known for her role in the Moors murders committed with Ian Brady in the 1960s.
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B.
Mary Bell
Mary Bell is a British woman who, as a child in 1968, was convicted of the manslaughter of two young boys in a notorious case that has since been widely examined in criminology and true-crime literature.
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C.
Aileen Wuornos
Aileen Wuornos was an American serial killer who murdered several men in Florida between 1989 and 1990 and became one of the most infamous female criminals in U.S. history.
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D.
Ethel Doherty
Ethel Doherty was an American screenwriter active during the silent and early sound film era, known for contributing to numerous Hollywood productions in the 1920s and 1930s.
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E.
Susan Clark
Susan Clark is a Canadian actress known for her film and television work from the 1960s through the 1980s, including prominent roles in dramas and disaster films.
- 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: Ruth Ellis Target entity description: Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be executed in the United Kingdom, whose 1955 murder case became a symbol of controversy over capital punishment.
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A.
Myra Hindley
Myra Hindley was a British serial killer, infamously known for her role in the Moors murders committed with Ian Brady in the 1960s.
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B.
Mary Bell
Mary Bell is a British woman who, as a child in 1968, was convicted of the manslaughter of two young boys in a notorious case that has since been widely examined in criminology and true-crime literature.
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C.
Aileen Wuornos
Aileen Wuornos was an American serial killer who murdered several men in Florida between 1989 and 1990 and became one of the most infamous female criminals in U.S. history.
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D.
Ethel Doherty
Ethel Doherty was an American screenwriter active during the silent and early sound film era, known for contributing to numerous Hollywood productions in the 1920s and 1930s.
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E.
Susan Clark
Susan Clark is a Canadian actress known for her film and television work from the 1960s through the 1980s, including prominent roles in dramas and disaster films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.