Miss Almira Gulch
E239332
Miss Almira Gulch is the stern, bicycle-riding antagonist from the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz," who serves as the real-world counterpart to the Wicked Witch of the West.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Almira | 2 |
| Miss Almira Gulch canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2172279 — 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 Almira Gulch Context triple: [Margaret Hamilton, notableRole, Miss Almira Gulch]
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A.
Verna
Verna is a feminine given name that gained particular recognition through film editor Verna Fields, known for her work on movies like "Jaws."
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B.
Marla
Marla is a feminine given name most notably borne by American actress and television personality Marla Maples.
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C.
River Rose Blackstock
River Rose Blackstock is the daughter of American singer and television personality Kelly Clarkson and her ex-husband Brandon Blackstock.
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D.
Barbara
Barbara is a feminine given name of Greek origin that has been widely used in many cultures and languages.
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E.
Barbara
Barbara is a station on Paris Métro Line 4 serving the southern suburbs of the French capital.
- 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 Almira Gulch Target entity description: Miss Almira Gulch is the stern, bicycle-riding antagonist from the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz," who serves as the real-world counterpart to the Wicked Witch of the West.
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A.
Verna
Verna is a feminine given name that gained particular recognition through film editor Verna Fields, known for her work on movies like "Jaws."
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B.
Marla
Marla is a feminine given name most notably borne by American actress and television personality Marla Maples.
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C.
River Rose Blackstock
River Rose Blackstock is the daughter of American singer and television personality Kelly Clarkson and her ex-husband Brandon Blackstock.
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D.
Barbara
Barbara is a feminine given name of Greek origin that has been widely used in many cultures and languages.
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E.
Barbara
Barbara is a station on Paris Métro Line 4 serving the southern suburbs of the French capital.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| adaptationStatus | not present in L. Frank Baum’s original Oz novels as such ⓘ |
| alignment | villain ⓘ |
| antagonistIn |
The Wizard of Oz
ⓘ
surface form:
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)
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| appearsIn | The Wizard of Oz ⓘ |
| appearsInFilm |
The Wizard of Oz
ⓘ
surface form:
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)
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| basedIn | Kansas (fictional setting of the film) ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
authoritarian
ⓘ
stern ⓘ vindictive ⓘ |
| conflictsWith | Dorothy Gale ⓘ |
| costumeElement | dark, severe clothing ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdFor |
The Wizard of Oz
ⓘ
surface form:
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film adaptation)
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| fictionalUniverse |
The Wizard of Oz
ⓘ
surface form:
The Wizard of Oz (film universe)
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| name | Miss Almira Gulch self-link ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | represents real-world counterpart to Oz villain ⓘ |
| notableProp | bicycle ⓘ |
| notableScene | arrives at Gale farm to seize Toto ⓘ |
| owns | county order to take Toto ⓘ |
| parallelSceneWith |
Wicked Witch of the West
ⓘ
surface form:
Wicked Witch of the West flying on broomstick
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| portrayalStyle | melodramatic villainy typical of 1930s Hollywood ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Margaret Hamilton ⓘ |
| realWorldCounterpartOf | Wicked Witch of the West ⓘ |
| roleInPlot |
catalyst for Dorothy running away from home
ⓘ
tries to take Toto away ⓘ |
| sharesActressWith | Wicked Witch of the West ⓘ |
| transportationMode | bicycle ⓘ |
| visualAssociation | rides bicycle during storm sequence ⓘ |
| yearOfFilmRelease | 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: Miss Almira Gulch Description of subject: Miss Almira Gulch is the stern, bicycle-riding antagonist from the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz," who serves as the real-world counterpart to the Wicked Witch of the West.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Elmira
this entity surface form:
Almira
this entity surface form:
Almira