Frances Propper
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Frances Propper was the first wife of acclaimed British actor Claude Rains, to whom he was married in the early 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Frances Propper canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2326744 — 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: Frances Propper Context triple: [Claude Rains, spouse, Frances Propper]
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A.
Frances Thornhurst
Frances Thornhurst was an English gentlewoman of the 17th century best known as the mother of Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough and confidante of Queen Anne.
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B.
Judith Nelson
Judith Nelson was an American soprano known for her pioneering work and acclaimed performances in the early music and Baroque repertoire.
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C.
Louise Treadwell
Louise Treadwell was an American actress and philanthropist best known as the longtime wife of actor Spencer Tracy and co-founder of the John Tracy Clinic for children with hearing impairments.
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D.
Myra Kraft
Myra Kraft was an American philanthropist and community leader best known for her extensive charitable work in the Boston area and her role in guiding the philanthropic efforts of the Kraft family.
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E.
Frances Stevens
Frances Stevens is a fictional socialite character best known as Grace Kelly’s witty and glamorous role in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1955 film "To Catch a Thief."
- 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: Frances Propper Target entity description: Frances Propper was the first wife of acclaimed British actor Claude Rains, to whom he was married in the early 20th century.
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A.
Frances Thornhurst
Frances Thornhurst was an English gentlewoman of the 17th century best known as the mother of Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough and confidante of Queen Anne.
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B.
Judith Nelson
Judith Nelson was an American soprano known for her pioneering work and acclaimed performances in the early music and Baroque repertoire.
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C.
Louise Treadwell
Louise Treadwell was an American actress and philanthropist best known as the longtime wife of actor Spencer Tracy and co-founder of the John Tracy Clinic for children with hearing impairments.
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D.
Myra Kraft
Myra Kraft was an American philanthropist and community leader best known for her extensive charitable work in the Boston area and her role in guiding the philanthropic efforts of the Kraft family.
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E.
Frances Stevens
Frances Stevens is a fictional socialite character best known as Grace Kelly’s witty and glamorous role in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1955 film "To Catch a Thief."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (11)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| endTimeOfMarriageWithClaudeRains | 1915 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| marriageOrderWithClaudeRains | first wife of Claude Rains ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the first wife of actor Claude Rains ⓘ |
| occupation |
film actress
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silent film actress ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Claude Rains ⓘ |
| startTimeOfMarriageWithClaudeRains | 1913 ⓘ |
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: Frances Propper Description of subject: Frances Propper was the first wife of acclaimed British actor Claude Rains, to whom he was married in the early 20th century.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.