Zerelda Cobb James
E241592
Zerelda Cobb James is a character portrayed as the mother of outlaw Jesse James in the 1939 Western film "Jesse James."
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zerelda Cole James | 3 |
| Zerelda Cobb James canonical | 2 |
| Zerelda Amanda Mimms James (historical person) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1956189 — 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: Zerelda Cobb James Context triple: [Jesse James (1939 film), featuresCharacter, Zerelda Cobb James]
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A.
Leola Brown
Leola Brown was the wife of Oliver Brown, the named plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court school desegregation case Brown v. Board of Education.
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B.
Josephine Stovall
Josephine Stovall was the wife of James V. Forrestal, the first United States Secretary of Defense.
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C.
Ruby Aldridge
Ruby Aldridge is an American fashion model known for her runway and editorial work with major designers and magazines.
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D.
Arvilla Knight
Arvilla Knight was the wife of California Governor Goodwin Knight and served as the state's First Lady during his administration.
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E.
Mary McBride Smith
Mary McBride Smith was the wife of renowned American film director John Ford.
- 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: Zerelda Cobb James Target entity description: Zerelda Cobb James is a character portrayed as the mother of outlaw Jesse James in the 1939 Western film "Jesse James."
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A.
Leola Brown
Leola Brown was the wife of Oliver Brown, the named plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court school desegregation case Brown v. Board of Education.
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B.
Josephine Stovall
Josephine Stovall was the wife of James V. Forrestal, the first United States Secretary of Defense.
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C.
Ruby Aldridge
Ruby Aldridge is an American fashion model known for her runway and editorial work with major designers and magazines.
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D.
Arvilla Knight
Arvilla Knight was the wife of California Governor Goodwin Knight and served as the state's First Lady during his administration.
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E.
Mary McBride Smith
Mary McBride Smith was the wife of renowned American film director John Ford.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (16)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Jesse James (1939 film) ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Zerelda Amanda Mimms James (historical person)
ⓘ
linked to:
Zerelda Cobb James
|
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| fictionalUniverse |
Jesse James (1939 film universe)
ⓘ
linked to:
Jesse James (1939 film)
|
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn | Western film ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Frank James (character)
ⓘ
linked to:
Frank James
Jesse James (character) ⓘ
linked to:
Jesse James
|
| hasRelative |
Frank James (character)
ⓘ
linked to:
Frank James
Jesse James (character) ⓘ
linked to:
Jesse James
|
| medium | film ⓘ |
| name | Zerelda Cobb James ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
mother of Frank James
ⓘ
mother of Jesse James ⓘ |
| yearOfWork | 1939 ⓘ |
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: Zerelda Cobb James Description of subject: Zerelda Cobb James is a character portrayed as the mother of outlaw Jesse James in the 1939 Western film "Jesse James."
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Jesse James
linked to: Zerelda Cobb James
linked to: Zerelda Cobb James
linked to: Zerelda Cobb James
linked to: Zerelda Cobb James