Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff
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Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff, better known as Doris Day, was an American actress and singer famed for her roles in mid-20th-century Hollywood films and her popular recordings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8003766 — 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: Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff Context triple: [Doris Day, birthName, Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff]
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A.
Doris Fisher Kleiner
Doris Fisher Kleiner is the wife of pioneering Silicon Valley venture capitalist and Fairchild Semiconductor co-founder Eugene Kleiner.
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B.
Fay Hauser
Fay Hauser is an American actress and director known for her work in film and television since the 1970s, including roles in notable dramas and comedies.
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C.
Dorothy Goetz
Dorothy Goetz was the first wife of American composer Irving Berlin, remembered largely for her brief marriage and early death, which deeply influenced his later work.
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D.
Edith Starr Kusch
Edith Starr Kusch was the wife of Nobel Prize–winning physicist Polykarp Kusch and a member of New York’s scientific and cultural community in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Carol Doris Schatz
Carol Doris Schatz was the longtime wife of linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky, known for her work as an educational specialist and her influence on his personal and intellectual life.
- 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: Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff Target entity description: Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff, better known as Doris Day, was an American actress and singer famed for her roles in mid-20th-century Hollywood films and her popular recordings.
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A.
Doris Fisher Kleiner
Doris Fisher Kleiner is the wife of pioneering Silicon Valley venture capitalist and Fairchild Semiconductor co-founder Eugene Kleiner.
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B.
Fay Hauser
Fay Hauser is an American actress and director known for her work in film and television since the 1970s, including roles in notable dramas and comedies.
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C.
Dorothy Goetz
Dorothy Goetz was the first wife of American composer Irving Berlin, remembered largely for her brief marriage and early death, which deeply influenced his later work.
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D.
Edith Starr Kusch
Edith Starr Kusch was the wife of Nobel Prize–winning physicist Polykarp Kusch and a member of New York’s scientific and cultural community in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Carol Doris Schatz
Carol Doris Schatz was the longtime wife of linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky, known for her work as an educational specialist and her influence on his personal and intellectual life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actress
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animal rights activist ⓘ film actress ⓘ human ⓘ recording artist ⓘ television actress ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Golden Globe Award
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Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Presidential Medal of Freedom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pneumonia ⓘ |
| child | Terry Melcher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1922-04-03 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2019-05-13 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German American ⓘ |
| familyName | Kappelhoff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founded |
Doris Day Animal Foundation
NERFINISHED
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Doris Day Animal League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
big band
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easy listening ⓘ jazz ⓘ traditional pop ⓘ |
| givenName | Doris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument | voice ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Calamity Jane
NERFINISHED
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Love Me or Leave Me NERFINISHED ⓘ Move Over, Darling NERFINISHED ⓘ Pillow Talk NERFINISHED ⓘ Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Doris Day Show NERFINISHED ⓘ The Man Who Knew Too Much NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
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animal rights activist ⓘ film actor ⓘ singer ⓘ television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Cincinnati, Ohio, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Carmel Valley, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christian Science NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse |
Al Jorden
NERFINISHED
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Barry Comden NERFINISHED ⓘ George Weidler NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Melcher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stageName | Doris Day NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1939–2019 ⓘ |
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: Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff Description of subject: Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff, better known as Doris Day, was an American actress and singer famed for her roles in mid-20th-century Hollywood films and her popular recordings.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.