Edna May Oliver
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Edna May Oliver was an American character actress known for her sharp-tongued, comedic roles in 1930s Hollywood films and her distinctive, austere appearance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Edna May Oliver canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2546554 — 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: Edna May Oliver Context triple: [The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, starring, Edna May Oliver]
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A.
Edna Young
Edna Young is known as the mother of Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young.
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B.
Gladys Deacon
Gladys Deacon was an American-born socialite and famed beauty of the early 20th century who became Duchess of Marlborough and was known for her eccentricity and troubled later life.
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C.
Elsie Clews Parsons
Elsie Clews Parsons was an influential American anthropologist and folklorist known for her pioneering work on Native American and African American cultures and for advancing feminist and progressive social ideas in the early 20th century.
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D.
Margaret Sims
Margaret Sims was the woman who served as the ceremonial sponsor for the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Sims (DD-409), after whom the ship was named.
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E.
Edna Thompson
Edna Thompson was the wife of legendary American jazz composer and bandleader Duke Ellington.
- 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: Edna May Oliver Target entity description: Edna May Oliver was an American character actress known for her sharp-tongued, comedic roles in 1930s Hollywood films and her distinctive, austere appearance.
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A.
Edna Young
Edna Young is known as the mother of Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young.
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B.
Gladys Deacon
Gladys Deacon was an American-born socialite and famed beauty of the early 20th century who became Duchess of Marlborough and was known for her eccentricity and troubled later life.
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C.
Elsie Clews Parsons
Elsie Clews Parsons was an influential American anthropologist and folklorist known for her pioneering work on Native American and African American cultures and for advancing feminist and progressive social ideas in the early 20th century.
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D.
Margaret Sims
Margaret Sims was the woman who served as the ceremonial sponsor for the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Sims (DD-409), after whom the ship was named.
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E.
Edna Thompson
Edna Thompson was the wife of legendary American jazz composer and bandleader Duke Ellington.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character actress
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film actress ⓘ human ⓘ stage actress ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1942 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1900 ⓘ |
| birthName | Edna May Nutter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | intestinal ailment ⓘ |
| characterRole |
Aunt March
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Betsey Trotwood NERFINISHED ⓘ Hildegarde Withers NERFINISHED ⓘ Lady Catherine de Bourgh NERFINISHED ⓘ Miss Pross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1883-11-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1942-11-09 ⓘ |
| era | 1930s American cinema ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| familyName |
Nutter
NERFINISHED
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Oliver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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drama film ⓘ |
| givenName | Edna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| marriageEnd | 1915 ⓘ |
| marriageStart | 1910 ⓘ |
| name | Edna May Oliver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
acerbic comedic roles
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distinctive austere appearance ⓘ portrayals of strong-willed spinsters ⓘ sharp-tongued screen persona ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Tale of Two Cities (1935 film)
NERFINISHED
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David Copperfield (1935 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Drums Along the Mohawk (1939 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Little Women (1933 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Murder on a Honeymoon (1935 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Murder on the Blackboard (1934 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Pride and Prejudice (1940 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Penguin Pool Murder (1932 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
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comedian ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Malden, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Malibu, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | David Welford Pratt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedIn | Hollywood ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Edna May Oliver Description of subject: Edna May Oliver was an American character actress known for her sharp-tongued, comedic roles in 1930s Hollywood films and her distinctive, austere appearance.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.