Mae Costello
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Mae Costello was an American silent film actress active in the early 20th century and the mother of actress Helene Costello.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mae Costello canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1846547 — 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: Mae Costello Context triple: [Helene Costello, mother, Mae Costello]
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A.
Donald O'Connor
Donald O'Connor was an American actor, dancer, and singer best known for his energetic comedic performances in classic Hollywood musicals.
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B.
Danny Kaye
Danny Kaye was an American actor, comedian, singer, and dancer renowned for his energetic performances in films and on stage during the mid-20th century.
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C.
Mel Blanc
Mel Blanc was a legendary American voice actor best known for bringing to life numerous iconic Looney Tunes characters, including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Porky Pig.
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D.
Red Skelton
Red Skelton was a beloved American comedian, actor, and radio and television entertainer best known for his long-running TV variety show and iconic clown characters.
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E.
Harry Karl
Harry Karl was an American shoe magnate and businessman best known for his high-profile marriages to Hollywood actresses, including Debbie Reynolds.
- 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: Mae Costello Target entity description: Mae Costello was an American silent film actress active in the early 20th century and the mother of actress Helene Costello.
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A.
Donald O'Connor
Donald O'Connor was an American actor, dancer, and singer best known for his energetic comedic performances in classic Hollywood musicals.
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B.
Danny Kaye
Danny Kaye was an American actor, comedian, singer, and dancer renowned for his energetic performances in films and on stage during the mid-20th century.
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C.
Mel Blanc
Mel Blanc was a legendary American voice actor best known for bringing to life numerous iconic Looney Tunes characters, including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Porky Pig.
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D.
Red Skelton
Red Skelton was a beloved American comedian, actor, and radio and television entertainer best known for his long-running TV variety show and iconic clown characters.
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E.
Harry Karl
Harry Karl was an American shoe magnate and businessman best known for his high-profile marriages to Hollywood actresses, including Debbie Reynolds.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
ⓘ
human ⓘ silent film actress ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| era | silent film era ⓘ |
| familyName | Costello ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
acting
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motion pictures ⓘ |
| genre | silent cinema ⓘ |
| givenName | Mae ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| motherOf |
Dolores Costello
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Helene Costello ⓘ |
| name | Mae Costello ⓘ |
| notableFamily |
Costello family
ⓘ
linked to:
Costello
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| notableWork | silent films ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ silent film actor ⓘ |
| relative |
Dolores Costello
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Helene Costello ⓘ Maurice Costello ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Maurice Costello ⓘ |
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: Mae Costello Description of subject: Mae Costello was an American silent film actress active in the early 20th century and the mother of actress Helene Costello.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.