Ann Sheridan
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Ann Sheridan was an American film actress and singer of the 1930s and 1940s, nicknamed "The Oomph Girl" for her sultry screen presence in numerous Hollywood classics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ann Sheridan canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4763732 — 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: Ann Sheridan Context triple: [They Drive by Night, starring, Ann Sheridan]
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A.
Audrey Harrison
Audrey Harrison was the mother of British historian Charles Townshend, known for his work on modern Irish and British political history.
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B.
Janis Paige
Janis Paige was an American film, stage, and television actress and singer best known for her work in 1940s–1950s Hollywood musicals and Broadway productions such as "The Pajama Game."
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C.
Lucille La Verne
Lucille La Verne was an American stage and film actress best remembered for providing the voice of the Evil Queen in Disney’s classic animated film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."
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D.
June Allyson
June Allyson was an American film and stage actress best known for her girl-next-door persona in 1940s and 1950s Hollywood musicals and dramas.
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E.
Jean Simmons
Jean Simmons was a British actress acclaimed for her versatile performances in classic films from the 1940s through the 1960s, including major roles in both British cinema and Hollywood epics.
- 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: Ann Sheridan Target entity description: Ann Sheridan was an American film actress and singer of the 1930s and 1940s, nicknamed "The Oomph Girl" for her sultry screen presence in numerous Hollywood classics.
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A.
Audrey Harrison
Audrey Harrison was the mother of British historian Charles Townshend, known for his work on modern Irish and British political history.
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B.
Janis Paige
Janis Paige was an American film, stage, and television actress and singer best known for her work in 1940s–1950s Hollywood musicals and Broadway productions such as "The Pajama Game."
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C.
Lucille La Verne
Lucille La Verne was an American stage and film actress best remembered for providing the voice of the Evil Queen in Disney’s classic animated film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."
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D.
June Allyson
June Allyson was an American film and stage actress best known for her girl-next-door persona in 1940s and 1950s Hollywood musicals and dramas.
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E.
Jean Simmons
Jean Simmons was a British actress acclaimed for her versatile performances in classic films from the 1940s through the 1960s, including major roles in both British cinema and Hollywood epics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
ⓘ
film actress ⓘ human ⓘ stage actress ⓘ television actress ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath |
esophageal cancer
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liver cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1915-02-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1967-01-21 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of North Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Sheridan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Clara Lou Sheridan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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drama film ⓘ film noir ⓘ |
| givenName | Clara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hairColor | red ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nickname | The Oomph Girl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic | sultry screen presence ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Angels with Dirty Faces
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dodge City NERFINISHED ⓘ I Was a Male War Bride NERFINISHED ⓘ Kings Row NERFINISHED ⓘ Nora Prentiss NERFINISHED ⓘ Pistols for Breakfast NERFINISHED ⓘ Stella NERFINISHED ⓘ The Man Who Came to Dinner NERFINISHED ⓘ They Drive by Night NERFINISHED ⓘ Woman on the Run NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film actor ⓘ singer ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Golden Age of Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Denton, Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles
ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
|
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse |
Edward Norris
NERFINISHED
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George Brent NERFINISHED ⓘ Scott McKay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1934–1967 ⓘ |
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: Ann Sheridan Description of subject: Ann Sheridan was an American film actress and singer of the 1930s and 1940s, nicknamed "The Oomph Girl" for her sultry screen presence in numerous Hollywood classics.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.