Sally
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Sally is the given name of English actress Sally Hawkins, known for her acclaimed performances in films such as "Happy-Go-Lucky" and "The Shape of Water."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sally canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8515335 — 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: Sally Context triple: [Sally Hawkins, givenName, Sally]
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A.
Sally
Sally is the rag-doll heroine of Tim Burton’s animated film "The Nightmare Before Christmas," known for her resourcefulness, independence, and unrequited love for Jack Skellington.
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B.
Sally
"Sally" is a comedic stage play by British-American playwright Guy Bolton, known for its lighthearted plot and contribution to early 20th-century musical theatre.
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C.
Sally
Sally is the given name of Sally K. Ride, the American physicist and astronaut who became the first American woman in space.
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D.
Sally
Sally is the Allied reporting name for the Mitsubishi Ki-21, a Japanese twin-engine army bomber used extensively during World War II.
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E.
Sally
Sally is one of the young children who serve as primary protagonists in Dr. Seuss's classic children's book "The Cat in the Hat."
- 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: Sally Target entity description: Sally is the given name of English actress Sally Hawkins, known for her acclaimed performances in films such as "Happy-Go-Lucky" and "The Shape of Water."
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Sally
Sally is a common feminine given name, often used in English-speaking countries as a diminutive of Sarah.
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B.
Sally
Sally is the given name of Sally K. Ride, the American physicist and astronaut who became the first American woman in space.
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C.
Sally
Sally is the rag-doll heroine of Tim Burton’s animated film "The Nightmare Before Christmas," known for her resourcefulness, independence, and unrequited love for Jack Skellington.
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D.
Sally
"Sally" is a comedic stage play by British-American playwright Guy Bolton, known for its lighthearted plot and contribution to early 20th-century musical theatre.
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E.
Sally
Sally is one of the young children who serve as primary protagonists in Dr. Seuss's classic children's book "The Cat in the Hat."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actress
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film actress ⓘ human ⓘ stage actress ⓘ television actress ⓘ |
| activeIn |
film
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television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award nomination for Best Actress
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Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy NERFINISHED ⓘ Silver Bear for Best Actress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | British ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ⓘ |
| familyName | Hawkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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drama film ⓘ independent film ⓘ |
| givenName | Sally NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
collaborations with director Mike Leigh
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portraying optimistic and quirky characters ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Sally Hawkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
BAFTA Award
NERFINISHED
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Screen Actors Guild Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRole |
Elisa Esposito in The Shape of Water
NERFINISHED
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Ginger in Blue Jasmine NERFINISHED ⓘ Maud Lewis in Maudie ⓘ Poppy Cross in Happy-Go-Lucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
All or Nothing
NERFINISHED
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Blue Jasmine NERFINISHED ⓘ Cassandra's Dream NERFINISHED ⓘ Fingersmith NERFINISHED ⓘ Godzilla NERFINISHED ⓘ Godzilla: King of the Monsters NERFINISHED ⓘ Happy-Go-Lucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Jane Eyre NERFINISHED ⓘ Layer Cake NERFINISHED ⓘ Made in Dagenham NERFINISHED ⓘ Maudie NERFINISHED ⓘ Paddington NERFINISHED ⓘ Paddington 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Persuasion NERFINISHED ⓘ Submarine NERFINISHED ⓘ The Shape of Water NERFINISHED ⓘ Vera Drake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | actress ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| workLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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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: Sally Description of subject: Sally is the given name of English actress Sally Hawkins, known for her acclaimed performances in films such as "Happy-Go-Lucky" and "The Shape of Water."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.