Elsie Ann Ford
E156799
Elsie Ann Ford was an American actress and the mother of actor Robert Downey Jr.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Elsie Ann Ford canonical | 6 |
| Elsie Downey | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T560714 — 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: Elsie Ann Ford Context triple: [Robert Downey Jr., parent, Elsie Ann Ford]
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A.
Clara Jane Bryant Ford
Clara Jane Bryant Ford was an American philanthropist and social activist best known as the longtime wife and partner of industrialist Henry Ford.
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B.
Ann Fleming
Ann Fleming was a British socialite and literary hostess best known as the wife of James Bond creator Ian Fleming and for her influential role in mid-20th-century London cultural circles.
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C.
Mary Elizabeth Ellis
Mary Elizabeth Ellis is an American actress and comedian best known for her recurring role as The Waitress on the TV series "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
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D.
Ethel Wayman
Ethel Wayman was the wife of British humorist and novelist P. G. Wodehouse.
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E.
Ruth Snyder
Ruth Snyder was an American woman infamously executed in 1928 for the murder of her husband, a case that became notorious due to a secretly photographed image of her electrocution published in the press.
- 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: Elsie Ann Ford Target entity description: Elsie Ann Ford was an American actress and the mother of actor Robert Downey Jr.
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A.
Clara Jane Bryant Ford
Clara Jane Bryant Ford was an American philanthropist and social activist best known as the longtime wife and partner of industrialist Henry Ford.
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B.
Ann Fleming
Ann Fleming was a British socialite and literary hostess best known as the wife of James Bond creator Ian Fleming and for her influential role in mid-20th-century London cultural circles.
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C.
Mary Elizabeth Ellis
Mary Elizabeth Ellis is an American actress and comedian best known for her recurring role as The Waitress on the TV series "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
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D.
Ethel Wayman
Ethel Wayman was the wife of British humorist and novelist P. G. Wodehouse.
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E.
Ruth Snyder
Ruth Snyder was an American woman infamously executed in 1928 for the murder of her husband, a case that became notorious due to a secretly photographed image of her electrocution published in the press.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (12)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actress
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| child | Robert Downey Jr. ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Chafed Elbows
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Greaser's Palace ⓘ
linked to:
Greaser’s Palace
Pound ⓘ Up the Academy ⓘ |
| occupation | actress ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Robert Downey Sr. ⓘ |
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: Elsie Ann Ford Description of subject: Elsie Ann Ford was an American actress and the mother of actor Robert Downey Jr.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.