Ally Sheedy
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Ally Sheedy is an American actress and author best known as a member of the 1980s "Brat Pack," with notable roles in films such as The Breakfast Club and WarGames.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ally Sheedy canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6814077 — 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: Ally Sheedy Context triple: [St. Elmo's Fire, hasCastMember, Ally Sheedy]
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A.
Molly Ringwald
Molly Ringwald is an American actress best known as a defining teen star of the 1980s for her roles in John Hughes films such as "Sixteen Candles," "The Breakfast Club," and "Pretty in Pink."
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B.
Alicia Silverstone
Alicia Silverstone is an American actress best known for her breakout role in the 1995 teen comedy film "Clueless," which made her a pop culture icon of the 1990s.
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C.
Winona Ryder
Winona Ryder is an American actress known for her roles in films like "Beetlejuice," "Edward Scissorhands," and "Girl, Interrupted," as well as the TV series "Stranger Things."
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D.
Alicia Witt
Alicia Witt is an American actress, singer-songwriter, and pianist known for her roles in film and television, including appearances in projects like "Mr. Holland's Opus," "Dune," and "The Walking Dead."
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E.
Lauren Holly
Lauren Holly is an American-Canadian actress best known for her roles in films like "Dumb and Dumber" and the TV series "NCIS."
- 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: Ally Sheedy Target entity description: Ally Sheedy is an American actress and author best known as a member of the 1980s "Brat Pack," with notable roles in films such as The Breakfast Club and WarGames.
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A.
Molly Ringwald
Molly Ringwald is an American actress best known as a defining teen star of the 1980s for her roles in John Hughes films such as "Sixteen Candles," "The Breakfast Club," and "Pretty in Pink."
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B.
Alicia Silverstone
Alicia Silverstone is an American actress best known for her breakout role in the 1995 teen comedy film "Clueless," which made her a pop culture icon of the 1990s.
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C.
Winona Ryder
Winona Ryder is an American actress known for her roles in films like "Beetlejuice," "Edward Scissorhands," and "Girl, Interrupted," as well as the TV series "Stranger Things."
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D.
Alicia Witt
Alicia Witt is an American actress, singer-songwriter, and pianist known for her roles in film and television, including appearances in projects like "Mr. Holland's Opus," "Dune," and "The Walking Dead."
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E.
Lauren Holly
Lauren Holly is an American-Canadian actress best known for her roles in films like "Dumb and Dumber" and the TV series "NCIS."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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film actress ⓘ human ⓘ stage actress ⓘ television actress ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1970s ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
Bad Boys (1983 film)
NERFINISHED
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Fear (1990 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ High Art NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyle XY NERFINISHED ⓘ Maid to Order NERFINISHED ⓘ Psych (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ Short Circuit NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Elmo's Fire NERFINISHED ⓘ The Breakfast Club NERFINISHED ⓘ WarGames NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceivedFor | High Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Beckett Lansbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1962-06-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfMarriage | 1992 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia University
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University of Southern California ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Irish American
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Jewish American ⓘ |
| familyName | Sheedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Alexandra Elizabeth Sheedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | young adult literature ⓘ |
| givenName | Alexandra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Brat Pack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Saturn Award for Best Actress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedForWork | WarGames NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being a member of the 1980s Brat Pack ⓘ |
| notableWork |
High Art
NERFINISHED
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Short Circuit NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Elmo's Fire NERFINISHED ⓘ The Breakfast Club NERFINISHED ⓘ WarGames NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
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author ⓘ teacher ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New York City ⓘ |
| relative |
Angela Lansbury
NERFINISHED
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Edgar Lansbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | David Lansbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wrote | She Was Nice to Mice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Ally Sheedy Description of subject: Ally Sheedy is an American actress and author best known as a member of the 1980s "Brat Pack," with notable roles in films such as The Breakfast Club and WarGames.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.