Viola Farber
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Viola Farber was an influential American modern dancer and choreographer, best known as a founding member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and later as a prominent teacher and creator of her own experimental works.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Viola Farber canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12589925 — 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: Viola Farber Context triple: [Angelin Preljocaj, studiedUnder, Viola Farber]
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A.
Fannie Cohn
Fannie Cohn was a prominent labor organizer and leader in the American garment industry, known for her influential role in advancing workers’ rights through the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
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B.
Mildred Berk
Mildred Berk was the wife of Lawrence Berk, founder of the Berklee College of Music, and a partner in the early development of the institution.
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C.
Bernice Frankel
Bernice Frankel, better known by her stage name Bea Arthur, was an American actress and comedian famed for her sharp-witted roles in the television series "Maude" and "The Golden Girls."
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D.
Neva Abelson
Neva Abelson was an American physician and research scientist best known for co-developing the Rh blood factor test, which greatly reduced newborn mortality from hemolytic disease.
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E.
Gertrude Shapiro
Gertrude Shapiro is recognized as the founder of Southern New Hampshire University, a private institution known for its extensive online and on-campus degree programs.
- 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: Viola Farber Target entity description: Viola Farber was an influential American modern dancer and choreographer, best known as a founding member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and later as a prominent teacher and creator of her own experimental works.
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A.
Fannie Cohn
Fannie Cohn was a prominent labor organizer and leader in the American garment industry, known for her influential role in advancing workers’ rights through the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
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B.
Mildred Berk
Mildred Berk was the wife of Lawrence Berk, founder of the Berklee College of Music, and a partner in the early development of the institution.
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C.
Bernice Frankel
Bernice Frankel, better known by her stage name Bea Arthur, was an American actress and comedian famed for her sharp-witted roles in the television series "Maude" and "The Golden Girls."
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D.
Neva Abelson
Neva Abelson was an American physician and research scientist best known for co-developing the Rh blood factor test, which greatly reduced newborn mortality from hemolytic disease.
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E.
Gertrude Shapiro
Gertrude Shapiro is recognized as the founder of Southern New Hampshire University, a private institution known for its extensive online and on-campus degree programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
choreographer
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dance teacher ⓘ human ⓘ modern dancer ⓘ |
| artisticDiscipline |
choreography
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dance ⓘ |
| basedOn | Cunningham technique ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
choreography
ⓘ
dance education ⓘ performance ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary dance
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experimental dance ⓘ |
| hasRole |
choreographer
ⓘ
performer ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Merce Cunningham ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Merce Cunningham Dance Company ⓘ |
| movement | modern dance ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a founding member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company
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creating experimental choreographic works ⓘ teaching modern dance ⓘ |
| notableWork | experimental dance works ⓘ |
| occupation |
choreographer
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dance teacher ⓘ dancer ⓘ |
| positionHeld | founding member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company ⓘ |
| style |
avant-garde dance
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experimental choreography ⓘ |
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: Viola Farber Description of subject: Viola Farber was an influential American modern dancer and choreographer, best known as a founding member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and later as a prominent teacher and creator of her own experimental works.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.