The People vs. Jean Harris
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The People vs. Jean Harris is a 1981 television drama film that dramatizes the real-life murder trial of Jean Harris, with Ellen Burstyn portraying the title character.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The People vs. Jean Harris canonical | 3 |
| Scarsdale Diet Doctor murder case | 2 |
| The People vs. Jean Harris (as producer) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7567261 — 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: The People vs. Jean Harris Context triple: [Ellen Burstyn, notableWork, The People vs. Jean Harris]
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A.
The Accused
The Accused is a 1988 American legal drama film that powerfully examines sexual assault and victim-blaming, featuring an Oscar-winning performance by Jodie Foster.
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B.
Jane: A Murder
"Jane: A Murder" is a hybrid work of poetry, memoir, and true crime in which Maggie Nelson investigates the life and unsolved murder of her aunt Jane.
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C.
Presumed Innocent
Presumed Innocent is a 1990 legal thriller film, based on Scott Turow’s novel, about a prosecutor accused of murdering his colleague and former lover.
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D.
The Sleeping Beauty Killer
The Sleeping Beauty Killer is a crime novel in Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke’s "Under Suspicion" series, following a cold-case TV producer as she re-investigates a notorious murder and the woman long believed to be the killer.
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E.
To Catch a Killer
To Catch a Killer is a 1992 television crime drama film that chronicles the investigation and capture of serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
- 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: The People vs. Jean Harris Target entity description: The People vs. Jean Harris is a 1981 television drama film that dramatizes the real-life murder trial of Jean Harris, with Ellen Burstyn portraying the title character.
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A.
The Accused
The Accused is a 1988 American legal drama film that powerfully examines sexual assault and victim-blaming, featuring an Oscar-winning performance by Jodie Foster.
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B.
Jane: A Murder
"Jane: A Murder" is a hybrid work of poetry, memoir, and true crime in which Maggie Nelson investigates the life and unsolved murder of her aunt Jane.
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C.
Presumed Innocent
Presumed Innocent is a 1990 legal thriller film, based on Scott Turow’s novel, about a prosecutor accused of murdering his colleague and former lover.
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D.
The Sleeping Beauty Killer
The Sleeping Beauty Killer is a crime novel in Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke’s "Under Suspicion" series, following a cold-case TV producer as she re-investigates a notorious murder and the woman long believed to be the killer.
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E.
To Catch a Killer
To Catch a Killer is a 1992 television crime drama film that chronicles the investigation and capture of serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
legal drama
ⓘ
television film ⓘ |
| about |
Jean Harris murder case
ⓘ
trial of Jean Harris ⓘ |
| basedOn |
murder trial of Jean Harris
ⓘ
real events ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| depicts |
courtroom proceedings
ⓘ
homicide investigation ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
legal drama ⓘ |
| hasCastMember | Ellen Burstyn ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Jean Harris
ⓘ
criminal justice system ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Jean Harris ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | murder trial ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays | Jean Harris ⓘ |
| portraysRealPerson | Jean Harris ⓘ |
| productionType | made-for-television film ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| starring | Ellen Burstyn ⓘ |
| titleCharacterPortrayedBy | Ellen Burstyn ⓘ |
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: The People vs. Jean Harris Description of subject: The People vs. Jean Harris is a 1981 television drama film that dramatizes the real-life murder trial of Jean Harris, with Ellen Burstyn portraying the title character.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The People vs. Jean Harris
subject linked to:
Mrs. Harris
linked to: The People vs. Jean Harris
linked to: The People vs. Jean Harris