Jobyna Ralston
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Jobyna Ralston was an American silent film actress best known as Harold Lloyd’s leading lady in several popular 1920s comedies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jobyna Ralston canonical | 13 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7809186 — 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: Jobyna Ralston Context triple: [The Freshman, starring, Jobyna Ralston]
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A.
Mary Frances Reynolds
Mary Frances Reynolds, better known as Debbie Reynolds, was an American actress, singer, and dancer famed for her roles in classic Hollywood films such as "Singin' in the Rain."
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B.
Elizabeth McCord
Elizabeth McCord is the principled and pragmatic U.S. Secretary of State at the center of the political drama series "Madam Secretary," known for her diplomatic skill and moral conviction.
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C.
Jeanette Hutchinson
Jeanette Hutchinson is an actress known for her role in the classic British television police drama "Dixon of Dock Green."
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D.
Marie H. Reed
Marie H. Reed was a community leader and educator in Washington, D.C., recognized for her contributions to local education and civic life.
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E.
Mary Matthews
Mary Matthews is the idealistic socialite protagonist of the 1945 political drama film "State of the Union," who becomes entangled in her husband's bid for the U.S. presidency.
- 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: Jobyna Ralston Target entity description: Jobyna Ralston was an American silent film actress best known as Harold Lloyd’s leading lady in several popular 1920s comedies.
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A.
Mary Frances Reynolds
Mary Frances Reynolds, better known as Debbie Reynolds, was an American actress, singer, and dancer famed for her roles in classic Hollywood films such as "Singin' in the Rain."
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B.
Elizabeth McCord
Elizabeth McCord is the principled and pragmatic U.S. Secretary of State at the center of the political drama series "Madam Secretary," known for her diplomatic skill and moral conviction.
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C.
Jeanette Hutchinson
Jeanette Hutchinson is an actress known for her role in the classic British television police drama "Dixon of Dock Green."
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D.
Marie H. Reed
Marie H. Reed was a community leader and educator in Washington, D.C., recognized for her contributions to local education and civic life.
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E.
Mary Matthews
Mary Matthews is the idealistic socialite protagonist of the 1945 political drama film "State of the Union," who becomes entangled in her husband's bid for the U.S. presidency.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
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film actress ⓘ human ⓘ silent film actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1930s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1910s ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pneumonia ⓘ |
| child |
Richard Arlen Jr.
ⓘ
linked to:
Richard Arlen
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1899-11-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1967-01-22 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | Ralston ⓘ |
| genre |
romantic comedy film
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silent comedy film ⓘ |
| givenName | Jobyna ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| name | Jobyna Ralston ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | starred in the first Academy Award-winning Best Picture film "Wings" ⓘ |
| notableFor | being Harold Lloyd’s leading lady in several 1920s comedies ⓘ |
| notableRole |
leading lady opposite Harold Lloyd in "For Heaven’s Sake"
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leading lady opposite Harold Lloyd in "Girl Shy" ⓘ leading lady opposite Harold Lloyd in "The Freshman" ⓘ leading lady opposite Harold Lloyd in "The Kid Brother" ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Feet of Mud
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For Heaven’s Sake ⓘ
linked to:
For Heaven's Sake
Girl Shy ⓘ Hot Water ⓘ Safety Last! (supporting role, uncredited/early appearance) ⓘ The Freshman ⓘ The Kid Brother ⓘ The Strong Man ⓘ Why Worry? ⓘ Wings ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
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film actor ⓘ silent film actor ⓘ |
| participatedIn | silent film era of Hollywood ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
South Pittsburg, Tennessee, United States
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linked to:
South Pittsburg, Tennessee
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| placeOfDeath | Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Los Angeles
|
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Richard Arlen ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Charles Chaplin (indirectly via studio era; small/early work association often cited)
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linked to:
Charlie Chaplin
Frank Capra ⓘ Harold Lloyd ⓘ Richard Arlen ⓘ |
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: Jobyna Ralston Description of subject: Jobyna Ralston was an American silent film actress best known as Harold Lloyd’s leading lady in several popular 1920s comedies.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.