Dorothy in Thief
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Dorothy in *Thief* is the character portrayed by Tuesday Weld in Michael Mann’s 1981 neo-noir crime film *Thief*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dorothy in Thief canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9720539 — 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: Dorothy in Thief Context triple: [Tuesday Weld, notableRole, Dorothy in Thief]
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A.
Valerie
Valerie is a feminine given name of Latin origin, commonly associated with strength and valor.
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B.
Valerie
"Valerie" is a 1957 American Western film starring Sterling Hayden, loosely inspired by the Rashomon-style multiple-perspective narrative.
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C.
Valerie
"Valerie" is a song by the artist Rumble Doll.
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D.
Valerie
Valerie is a sharp-tongued, quick-witted character in "The Princess Bride," known for helping her husband Miracle Max revive the hero Westley.
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E.
Kara Knack
Kara Knack is best known as the former wife of American actor Pernell Roberts, who starred as Adam Cartwright on the classic TV series "Bonanza."
- 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: Dorothy in Thief Target entity description: Dorothy in *Thief* is the character portrayed by Tuesday Weld in Michael Mann’s 1981 neo-noir crime film *Thief*.
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A.
Valerie
"Valerie" is a 1957 American Western film starring Sterling Hayden, loosely inspired by the Rashomon-style multiple-perspective narrative.
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B.
Valerie
Valerie is a feminine given name of Latin origin, commonly associated with strength and valor.
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C.
Valerie
"Valerie" is a song by the artist Rumble Doll.
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D.
Valerie
Valerie is a sharp-tongued, quick-witted character in "The Princess Bride," known for helping her husband Miracle Max revive the hero Westley.
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E.
Kara Knack
Kara Knack is best known as the former wife of American actor Pernell Roberts, who starred as Adam Cartwright on the classic TV series "Bonanza."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Thief (1981 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Thief
|
| basedOnAuthor | Frank Hohimer ⓘ |
| basedOnWork | The Home Invaders: Confessions of a Cat Burglar ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Michael Mann ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | neo-noir crime film ⓘ |
| hasComposerOfWork | Tangerine Dream ⓘ |
| hasCoStar |
James Belushi
ⓘ
linked to:
Jim Belushi
Robert Prosky ⓘ Willie Nelson ⓘ |
| hasDirectorOfWork | Michael Mann ⓘ |
| hasDistributorOfWork | United Artists ⓘ |
| hasGenreOfWork |
crime drama film
ⓘ
heist film ⓘ |
| hasLeadActorCoStar | James Caan ⓘ |
| hasProductionCompanyOfWork | Associated Film Distribution ⓘ |
| hasTitleOfWork | Thief ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeUniverse |
Thief (film universe)
ⓘ
linked to:
Thief
|
| partOfCastEnsemble |
Thief (1981 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Thief
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| portrayedBy | Tuesday Weld ⓘ |
| yearOfWorkRelease | 1981 ⓘ |
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: Dorothy in Thief Description of subject: Dorothy in *Thief* is the character portrayed by Tuesday Weld in Michael Mann’s 1981 neo-noir crime film *Thief*.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.