Phyllis de Young
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Phyllis de Young was a member of the prominent de Young family associated with San Francisco journalism and philanthropy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Phyllis de Young canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12255296 — 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: Phyllis de Young Context triple: [Michael Henry de Young, hasChild, Phyllis de Young]
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A.
Phyllis Garr
Phyllis Garr is the mother of American actress and comedian Teri Garr.
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B.
Phyllis Ralph
Phyllis Ralph was the wife of English stage and film actor Lionel Atwill, known for his prominent roles in early 20th-century horror and mystery films.
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C.
Phyllis Kirk
Phyllis Kirk was an American actress best known for her roles in 1950s film noir and horror, including the classic 3D film "House of Wax."
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D.
Phyllis Carlyle
Phyllis Carlyle was a film producer best known for her work on influential 1990s movies, including the psychological thriller "Seven."
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E.
Phyllis Logan
Phyllis Logan is a Scottish actress best known for her award-winning film and television roles, including her portrayal of housekeeper Mrs. Hughes in the series "Downton Abbey."
- 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: Phyllis de Young Target entity description: Phyllis de Young was a member of the prominent de Young family associated with San Francisco journalism and philanthropy.
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A.
Phyllis Garr
Phyllis Garr is the mother of American actress and comedian Teri Garr.
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B.
Phyllis Ralph
Phyllis Ralph was the wife of English stage and film actor Lionel Atwill, known for his prominent roles in early 20th-century horror and mystery films.
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C.
Phyllis Kirk
Phyllis Kirk was an American actress best known for her roles in 1950s film noir and horror, including the classic 3D film "House of Wax."
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D.
Phyllis Carlyle
Phyllis Carlyle was a film producer best known for her work on influential 1990s movies, including the psychological thriller "Seven."
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E.
Phyllis Logan
Phyllis Logan is a Scottish actress best known for her award-winning film and television roles, including her portrayal of housekeeper Mrs. Hughes in the series "Downton Abbey."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (14)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | San Francisco ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| familyName | de Young ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | philanthropy ⓘ |
| givenName | Phyllis ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | American ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | philanthropist ⓘ |
| knownFor | being part of the de Young newspaper family ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | de Young family ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with San Francisco journalism
ⓘ
association with philanthropy ⓘ |
| partOf | prominent San Francisco family ⓘ |
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: Phyllis de Young Description of subject: Phyllis de Young was a member of the prominent de Young family associated with San Francisco journalism and philanthropy.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.