Vinessa Shaw
E269274
Vinessa Shaw is an American actress known for her roles in films such as "Hocus Pocus," "Eyes Wide Shut," and "The Hills Have Eyes."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vinessa Shaw canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2351895 — 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: Vinessa Shaw Context triple: [40 Days and 40 Nights, starring, Vinessa Shaw]
-
A.
Veanne Cox
Veanne Cox is an American actress and singer known for her work in musical theatre, film, and television, often recognized for her comedic and character roles.
-
B.
Tanita Strahan
Tanita Strahan is an American visual artist and the eldest daughter of former NFL star and television personality Michael Strahan.
-
C.
Vina Wray
Vina Wray is an alternate name for Fay Wray, the Canadian-American actress best known for her iconic role in the 1933 film "King Kong."
-
D.
Chantay Savage
Chantay Savage is an American R&B singer and songwriter best known for her soulful vocals and 1990s hits like her cover of "I Will Survive."
-
E.
Valerie Fleming
Valerie Fleming is a Swiss long-distance runner who has competed internationally in events such as the marathon.
- 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: Vinessa Shaw Target entity description: Vinessa Shaw is an American actress known for her roles in films such as "Hocus Pocus," "Eyes Wide Shut," and "The Hills Have Eyes."
-
A.
Veanne Cox
Veanne Cox is an American actress and singer known for her work in musical theatre, film, and television, often recognized for her comedic and character roles.
-
B.
Tanita Strahan
Tanita Strahan is an American visual artist and the eldest daughter of former NFL star and television personality Michael Strahan.
-
C.
Vina Wray
Vina Wray is an alternate name for Fay Wray, the Canadian-American actress best known for her iconic role in the 1933 film "King Kong."
-
D.
Chantay Savage
Chantay Savage is an American R&B singer and songwriter best known for her soulful vocals and 1990s hits like her cover of "I Will Survive."
-
E.
Valerie Fleming
Valerie Fleming is a Swiss long-distance runner who has competed internationally in events such as the marathon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actress
ⓘ
film actress ⓘ human ⓘ television actress ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Hollywood film industry
ⓘ
linked to:
Hollywood
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Shaw ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film acting
ⓘ
television acting ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ horror film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| givenName | Vinessa ⓘ |
| hasEthnicity | American ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Vinessa Shaw ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
role as Allison in Hocus Pocus
ⓘ
role in Eyes Wide Shut ⓘ role in The Hills Have Eyes ⓘ |
| notableWork |
3:10 to Yuma
ⓘ
40 Days and 40 Nights ⓘ Big Miracle ⓘ Cold in July ⓘ Eyes Wide Shut ⓘ Hocus Pocus ⓘ Ray Donovan ⓘ The Hills Have Eyes ⓘ Two Lovers ⓘ Vegas (TV series) ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
model ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
3:10 to Yuma
ⓘ
40 Days and 40 Nights ⓘ Big Miracle ⓘ Cold in July ⓘ Eyes Wide Shut ⓘ Hocus Pocus ⓘ Ray Donovan ⓘ The Hills Have Eyes ⓘ Two Lovers ⓘ Vegas (TV series) ⓘ |
| residence | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
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: Vinessa Shaw Description of subject: Vinessa Shaw is an American actress known for her roles in films such as "Hocus Pocus," "Eyes Wide Shut," and "The Hills Have Eyes."
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.