Ruth Johnson
E1006578
Ruth Johnson was the first wife of famed comedian Groucho Marx, to whom he was married from 1920 to 1942.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ruth Johnson canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11666592 — 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: Ruth Johnson Context triple: [Groucho Marx, spouse, Ruth Johnson]
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A.
Ruth Jamison
Ruth Jamison is a central, compassionate character in the novel and film "Fried Green Tomatoes," known for her deep friendship with Idgie Threadgoode and her role in the story’s themes of love, resilience, and female solidarity.
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B.
Ruth Wilcox
Ruth Wilcox is a central figure in E.M. Forster's novel "Howards End," an idealistic, gentle matriarch whose deep attachment to her country home symbolizes the novel’s themes of heritage, connection, and the passing of values between generations.
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C.
Rita Johnson
Rita Johnson was an American character actress active in the 1930s and 1940s, known for her supporting roles in Hollywood films.
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D.
Ruth Ellsworth
Ruth Ellsworth is a composer known for creating the musical score for the game Crossfire.
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E.
Della Myers
Della Myers is the suburban housewife protagonist of the thriller film "While She Was Out," who is forced into a violent struggle for survival after a routine errand turns deadly.
- 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: Ruth Johnson Target entity description: Ruth Johnson was the first wife of famed comedian Groucho Marx, to whom he was married from 1920 to 1942.
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A.
Ruth Jamison
Ruth Jamison is a central, compassionate character in the novel and film "Fried Green Tomatoes," known for her deep friendship with Idgie Threadgoode and her role in the story’s themes of love, resilience, and female solidarity.
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B.
Ruth Wilcox
Ruth Wilcox is a central figure in E.M. Forster's novel "Howards End," an idealistic, gentle matriarch whose deep attachment to her country home symbolizes the novel’s themes of heritage, connection, and the passing of values between generations.
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C.
Rita Johnson
Rita Johnson was an American character actress active in the 1930s and 1940s, known for her supporting roles in Hollywood films.
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D.
Ruth Ellsworth
Ruth Ellsworth is a composer known for creating the musical score for the game Crossfire.
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E.
Della Myers
Della Myers is the suburban housewife protagonist of the thriller film "While She Was Out," who is forced into a violent struggle for survival after a routine errand turns deadly.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedian
ⓘ
human ⓘ human ⓘ spouse of a celebrity ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| endTimeOfMarriage | 1942 ⓘ |
| marriageEndTimeWithRuthJohnson | 1942 ⓘ |
| marriageStartTimeWithRuthJohnson | 1920 ⓘ |
| marriedTo | Groucho Marx ⓘ |
| memberOf | Marx Brothers ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the first wife of Groucho Marx ⓘ |
| occupation | comedian ⓘ |
| spouse |
Groucho Marx
ⓘ
Ruth Johnson ⓘ |
| startTimeOfMarriage | 1920 ⓘ |
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: Ruth Johnson Description of subject: Ruth Johnson was the first wife of famed comedian Groucho Marx, to whom he was married from 1920 to 1942.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.