Mary Sims
E931737
Mary Sims is the central protagonist of the 1928 silent film "The Crowd," whose life story illustrates the struggles and disillusionment of an ordinary man in modern urban society.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mary Sims canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11464648 — 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: Mary Sims Context triple: [The Crowd, mainCharacter, Mary Sims]
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A.
Charlotte Simpson
Charlotte Simpson is the daughter of acclaimed American actress Sigourney Weaver and stage director Jim Simpson.
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B.
Martha Simms
Martha Simms is a central family member character on the 1970s American sitcom "The Paul Lynde Show," often involved in the show's domestic and comedic situations.
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C.
Eva Simpson
Eva Simpson was the wife of Scottish novelist William Black, known primarily for her connection to the Victorian literary figure.
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D.
Mary Tomlinson
Mary Tomlinson is the birth name of American character actress Marjorie Main, best known for her comedic roles in mid-20th-century Hollywood films.
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E.
Sybil Williams
Sybil Williams was a Welsh actress and theater producer best known as the first wife of actor Richard Burton and later as a prominent New York nightclub owner.
- 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: Mary Sims Target entity description: Mary Sims is the central protagonist of the 1928 silent film "The Crowd," whose life story illustrates the struggles and disillusionment of an ordinary man in modern urban society.
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A.
Charlotte Simpson
Charlotte Simpson is the daughter of acclaimed American actress Sigourney Weaver and stage director Jim Simpson.
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B.
Martha Simms
Martha Simms is a central family member character on the 1970s American sitcom "The Paul Lynde Show," often involved in the show's domestic and comedic situations.
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C.
Eva Simpson
Eva Simpson was the wife of Scottish novelist William Black, known primarily for her connection to the Victorian literary figure.
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D.
Mary Tomlinson
Mary Tomlinson is the birth name of American character actress Marjorie Main, best known for her comedic roles in mid-20th-century Hollywood films.
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E.
Sybil Williams
Sybil Williams was a Welsh actress and theater producer best known as the first wife of actor Richard Burton and later as a prominent New York nightclub owner.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Crowd ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | drama film ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
disillusionment
ⓘ
economic hardship ⓘ family life ⓘ marital struggle ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | King Vidor ⓘ |
| filmProductionCompanyOfWork | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Crowd (1928 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Crowd
|
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn | silent film ⓘ |
| hasChild |
daughter of Mary and John Sims
ⓘ
son of Mary and John Sims ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkAppearedIn | silent (English intertitles) ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central character’s wife
ⓘ
supporting protagonist ⓘ |
| notableFor | depiction of an ordinary woman in modern urban society ⓘ |
| occupation | housewife ⓘ |
| partOf | The Crowd (narrative) ⓘ |
| partOfWorkType | American silent cinema ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Eleanor Boardman ⓘ |
| relationshipToProtagonist | wife of John Sims ⓘ |
| settingOfLife | New York City ⓘ |
| spouse | John Sims ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstAppearance | 1928 ⓘ |
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: Mary Sims Description of subject: Mary Sims is the central protagonist of the 1928 silent film "The Crowd," whose life story illustrates the struggles and disillusionment of an ordinary man in modern urban society.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.