Hermione Gingold
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Hermione Gingold was a British-born actress and comedienne known for her sharp wit, distinctive throaty voice, and memorable character roles on stage and screen in the mid-20th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hermione Gingold canonical | 21 |
| Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2008409 — 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: Hermione Gingold Context triple: [The Pleasure of His Company, starring, Hermione Gingold]
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A.
Hermione Granger
Hermione Granger is a brilliant, studious, and resourceful young witch in the Harry Potter series, known for her intelligence, strong moral compass, and close friendship with Harry Potter and Ron Weasley.
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B.
Mary Storer Potter
Mary Storer Potter was the first wife of American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, whom he married in 1831 and who died tragically young.
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C.
Hermione
Hermione is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as the daughter of Helen of Troy and King Menelaus.
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D.
Beatrice Beckett
Beatrice Beckett was a British aristocrat best known as the first wife of future Prime Minister Anthony Eden and a prominent figure in interwar high society.
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E.
Hedwig Born
Hedwig Born was the wife of physicist Max Born and a mathematician and author in her own right, known for her contributions to his work and for co-authoring scientific and biographical writings.
- 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: Hermione Gingold Target entity description: Hermione Gingold was a British-born actress and comedienne known for her sharp wit, distinctive throaty voice, and memorable character roles on stage and screen in the mid-20th century.
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A.
Hermione Granger
Hermione Granger is a brilliant, studious, and resourceful young witch in the Harry Potter series, known for her intelligence, strong moral compass, and close friendship with Harry Potter and Ron Weasley.
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B.
Mary Storer Potter
Mary Storer Potter was the first wife of American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, whom he married in 1831 and who died tragically young.
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C.
Hermione
Hermione is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as the daughter of Helen of Troy and King Menelaus.
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D.
Beatrice Beckett
Beatrice Beckett was a British aristocrat best known as the first wife of future Prime Minister Anthony Eden and a prominent figure in interwar high society.
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E.
Hedwig Born
Hedwig Born was the wife of physicist Max Born and a mathematician and author in her own right, known for her contributions to his work and for co-authoring scientific and biographical writings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
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British actor ⓘ actress ⓘ comedian ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1897-12-09 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Maida Vale, London, England ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart failure ⓘ |
| child |
Perry Joseph
ⓘ
Stephen Joseph ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1987-05-24 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | New York City, New York, United States ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName | Gingold ⓘ |
| fullName |
Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold
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linked to:
Hermione Gingold
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| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| givenName | Hermione ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
raspy, throaty voice
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sharp, sardonic humor ⓘ |
| notableFor |
acerbic wit
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character roles ⓘ distinctive throaty voice ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Little Night Music (1977 film)
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linked to:
A Little Night Music
Bell, Book and Candle (1958 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Bell, Book and Candle
Fallen Angels (stage play revival) ⓘ Gigi (1958 film) ⓘ John Murray Anderson's Almanac ⓘ The Music Man (1962 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Music Man
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| occupation |
actress
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comedian ⓘ film actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| parent |
James Gingold
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Kate Walter ⓘ |
| performedIn |
Broadway theatre
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linked to:
Broadway theater
West End theatre ⓘ
linked to:
West End theatre district
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| residence |
London, England
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New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to:
New York City
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| spouse |
Eric Maschwitz
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Michael Joseph ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Hermione Gingold Description of subject: Hermione Gingold was a British-born actress and comedienne known for her sharp wit, distinctive throaty voice, and memorable character roles on stage and screen in the mid-20th century.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hermione Gingold