Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton
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Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton, better known by her stage name Dorothy Lamour, was an American actress and singer famed for her roles in the "Road to..." comedy films alongside Bing Crosby and Bob Hope.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5787612 — 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: Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton Context triple: [Dorothy Lamour, birthName, Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton]
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A.
Mary Grace Slattery
Mary Grace Slattery was the first wife of American playwright Arthur Miller, whom he married before achieving his major theatrical success.
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B.
Rosalie Slaughter Morton
Rosalie Slaughter Morton was an American physician and pioneering female surgeon known for her contributions to public health, medical education, and cancer advocacy.
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C.
Mary Frances Reynolds
Mary Frances Reynolds, better known as Debbie Reynolds, was an American actress, singer, and dancer famed for her roles in classic Hollywood films such as "Singin' in the Rain."
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D.
Mary Louise Wilson
Mary Louise Wilson is an American actress and comedian known for her work on stage, film, and television, including a Tony Award-winning performance in the Broadway musical "Grey Gardens."
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E.
Margaret Howell Davis
Margaret Howell Davis was the daughter of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Varina Howell Davis, known primarily for her connection to this prominent American Civil War–era family.
- 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: Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton Target entity description: Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton, better known by her stage name Dorothy Lamour, was an American actress and singer famed for her roles in the "Road to..." comedy films alongside Bing Crosby and Bob Hope.
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A.
Mary Grace Slattery
Mary Grace Slattery was the first wife of American playwright Arthur Miller, whom he married before achieving his major theatrical success.
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B.
Rosalie Slaughter Morton
Rosalie Slaughter Morton was an American physician and pioneering female surgeon known for her contributions to public health, medical education, and cancer advocacy.
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C.
Mary Frances Reynolds
Mary Frances Reynolds, better known as Debbie Reynolds, was an American actress, singer, and dancer famed for her roles in classic Hollywood films such as "Singin' in the Rain."
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D.
Mary Louise Wilson
Mary Louise Wilson is an American actress and comedian known for her work on stage, film, and television, including a Tony Award-winning performance in the Broadway musical "Grey Gardens."
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E.
Margaret Howell Davis
Margaret Howell Davis was the daughter of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Varina Howell Davis, known primarily for her connection to this prominent American Civil War–era family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actress
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human ⓘ radio actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| birthName | Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cardiovascular disease ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1914-12-10 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1996-09-22 ⓘ |
| employer | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| genre |
popular music
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traditional pop ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned | English ⓘ |
| marriageEnd | 1939 ⓘ |
| marriageStart |
1935
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1943 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
I Remember You
NERFINISHED
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It’s a Big, Wide, Wonderful World NERFINISHED ⓘ Jungle Princess NERFINISHED ⓘ Moonlight and Shadows NERFINISHED ⓘ On a Tropic Night NERFINISHED ⓘ Personality ⓘ Road to Bali NERFINISHED ⓘ Road to Morocco NERFINISHED ⓘ Road to Rio NERFINISHED ⓘ Road to Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ Road to Utopia NERFINISHED ⓘ Road to Zanzibar NERFINISHED ⓘ The Hurricane NERFINISHED ⓘ The Road to Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ The Road to Morocco (song performance) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
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film actor ⓘ radio actor ⓘ singer ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse |
Herbert S. Yates
NERFINISHED
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William Ross Howard III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stageName | Dorothy Lamour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workPeriodEnd | 1980s ⓘ |
| workPeriodStart | 1930s ⓘ |
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: Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton Description of subject: Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton, better known by her stage name Dorothy Lamour, was an American actress and singer famed for her roles in the "Road to..." comedy films alongside Bing Crosby and Bob Hope.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.