Edna
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Edna is the given first name of the acclaimed American actress Ellen Burstyn.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Edna canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7567222 — 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: Edna Context triple: [Ellen Burstyn, givenName, Edna]
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A.
Edna
Edna is a tense, intrusive houseguest whose unexpected, prolonged visit heightens the emotional strain and existential unease in Edward Albee’s play "A Delicate Balance."
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B.
Edna
Edna is a biblical figure from the Book of Tobit, known as the wife of Raguel and mother of Sarah.
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C.
Edna Murphy
Edna Murphy was an American silent film actress active in the 1920s, known for her roles in numerous melodramas and comedies.
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D.
Edna Young
Edna Young is known as the mother of Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young.
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E.
Edna Best
Edna Best was a British stage and film actress known for her poised performances in 1930s and 1940s cinema and on Broadway.
- 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: Edna Target entity description: Edna is the given first name of the acclaimed American actress Ellen Burstyn.
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A.
Edna
Edna is a tense, intrusive houseguest whose unexpected, prolonged visit heightens the emotional strain and existential unease in Edward Albee’s play "A Delicate Balance."
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B.
Edna
Edna is a biblical figure from the Book of Tobit, known as the wife of Raguel and mother of Sarah.
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C.
Edna Murphy
Edna Murphy was an American silent film actress active in the 1920s, known for her roles in numerous melodramas and comedies.
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D.
Edna Young
Edna Young is known as the mother of Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young.
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E.
Edna Best
Edna Best was a British stage and film actress known for her poised performances in 1930s and 1940s cinema and on Broadway.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actress
ⓘ
feminine given name ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Actress
ⓘ
Primetime Emmy Award ⓘ
linked to:
Primetime Emmy Awards
Tony Award ⓘ |
| birthName |
Edna Rae Gillooly
ⓘ
Edna Rae Gillooly ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1932-12-07 ⓘ |
| familyName | Gillooly ⓘ |
| givenName |
Edna
ⓘ
Edna ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Hebrew ⓘ |
| meaning | pleasure ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
ⓘ
Actors Studio ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
ⓘ
linked to:
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Requiem for a Dream ⓘ The Exorcist ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Detroit, Michigan, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
|
| stageName | Ellen Burstyn ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Edna Rae Gillooly
ⓘ
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: Edna Description of subject: Edna is the given first name of the acclaimed American actress Ellen Burstyn.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.