Maureen O'Sullivan
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Maureen O'Sullivan was an Irish-American actress best known for playing Jane opposite Johnny Weissmuller in the classic Tarzan film series of the 1930s and 1940s.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maureen O’Sullivan | 6 |
| Maureen O'Sullivan canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5590949 — 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: Maureen O'Sullivan Context triple: [The Thin Man, castMember, Maureen O'Sullivan]
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A.
Maureen O'Brien
Maureen O'Brien is a British actress best known for playing the First Doctor’s companion Vicki in the classic science fiction television series Doctor Who.
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B.
Lola Kirke
Lola Kirke is an English-American actress and musician best known for her breakout role in the film "Mistress America" and her work in the series "Mozart in the Jungle."
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C.
Patricia O'Sullivan
Patricia O'Sullivan is one of the central schoolgirl protagonists in Enid Blyton’s "St. Clare’s" series, known for her lively personality and involvement in the boarding school’s adventures and dramas.
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D.
Claire Trevor
Claire Trevor was an American actress renowned for her tough yet vulnerable roles in classic Hollywood films, earning three Academy Award nominations and winning Best Supporting Actress for "Key Largo."
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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: Maureen O'Sullivan Target entity description: Maureen O'Sullivan was an Irish-American actress best known for playing Jane opposite Johnny Weissmuller in the classic Tarzan film series of the 1930s and 1940s.
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A.
Maureen O'Brien
Maureen O'Brien is a British actress best known for playing the First Doctor’s companion Vicki in the classic science fiction television series Doctor Who.
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B.
Lola Kirke
Lola Kirke is an English-American actress and musician best known for her breakout role in the film "Mistress America" and her work in the series "Mozart in the Jungle."
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C.
Patricia O'Sullivan
Patricia O'Sullivan is one of the central schoolgirl protagonists in Enid Blyton’s "St. Clare’s" series, known for her lively personality and involvement in the boarding school’s adventures and dramas.
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D.
Claire Trevor
Claire Trevor was an American actress renowned for her tough yet vulnerable roles in classic Hollywood films, earning three Academy Award nominations and winning Best Supporting Actress for "Key Largo."
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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 (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish-American person
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film actress ⓘ human ⓘ stage actress ⓘ television actress ⓘ |
| almaMater | Convent of the Sacred Heart, Roehampton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Maureen Paula O'Sullivan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | St. Francis Cemetery, Phoenix, Arizona, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | complications from heart surgery ⓘ |
| child |
John Charles Farrow
NERFINISHED
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Mia Farrow NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Damien Farrow NERFINISHED ⓘ Patrick Farrow NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephanie Farrow NERFINISHED ⓘ Tisa Farrow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Ireland
NERFINISHED
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United States of America ⓘ |
| coStarredWith | Johnny Weissmuller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1911-05-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1998-06-23 ⓘ |
| employer | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | O'Sullivan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure film
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comedy film ⓘ drama film ⓘ |
| givenName | Maureen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Maureen O'Sullivan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRole | Jane Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Tarzan Escapes
NERFINISHED
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Tarzan Finds a Son! NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarzan and His Mate NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarzan the Ape Man NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarzan's New York Adventure NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarzan's Secret Treasure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 7 ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
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film actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Scottsdale, Arizona, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | Hollywood, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
James Cushing
NERFINISHED
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John Farrow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1929–1994 ⓘ |
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: Maureen O'Sullivan Description of subject: Maureen O'Sullivan was an Irish-American actress best known for playing Jane opposite Johnny Weissmuller in the classic Tarzan film series of the 1930s and 1940s.
Referenced by (10)
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