Jean Maitland
E284968
Jean Maitland is a central character in the 1936 stage play and 1937 film "Stage Door," portrayed as an aspiring actress navigating the struggles and camaraderie of young women in a New York theatrical boarding house.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jean Maitland canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2546651 — 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: Jean Maitland Context triple: [Stage Door, mainCharacter, Jean Maitland]
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A.
M. H. Baillie Scott
M. H. Baillie Scott was a British architect and designer renowned for his influential domestic architecture and interiors that helped define the Arts and Crafts aesthetic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Alexander McDougall
Alexander McDougall was a Scottish-born American merchant, political leader, and Revolutionary War officer who became a prominent patriot voice in New York before and during the American Revolution.
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C.
Robert Carleton-Munro
Robert Carleton-Munro was the husband of classic Hollywood film star Veronica Lake.
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D.
Don Jamieson
Don Jamieson was a Canadian Liberal politician and cabinet minister who served prominently in federal government roles, including in foreign affairs, during the latter half of the 20th century.
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E.
John Mathieson
John Mathieson is a British cinematographer known for his visually striking work on major films, particularly in collaboration with directors like Ridley Scott and Guy Ritchie.
- 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: Jean Maitland Target entity description: Jean Maitland is a central character in the 1936 stage play and 1937 film "Stage Door," portrayed as an aspiring actress navigating the struggles and camaraderie of young women in a New York theatrical boarding house.
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A.
M. H. Baillie Scott
M. H. Baillie Scott was a British architect and designer renowned for his influential domestic architecture and interiors that helped define the Arts and Crafts aesthetic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Alexander McDougall
Alexander McDougall was a Scottish-born American merchant, political leader, and Revolutionary War officer who became a prominent patriot voice in New York before and during the American Revolution.
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C.
Robert Carleton-Munro
Robert Carleton-Munro was the husband of classic Hollywood film star Veronica Lake.
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D.
Don Jamieson
Don Jamieson was a Canadian Liberal politician and cabinet minister who served prominently in federal government roles, including in foreign affairs, during the latter half of the 20th century.
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E.
John Mathieson
John Mathieson is a British cinematographer known for his visually striking work on major films, particularly in collaboration with directors like Ridley Scott and Guy Ritchie.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ theatre character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Stage Door (1937 film)
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linked to:
Stage Door
Stage Door (play) ⓘ
linked to:
Stage Door
|
| basedOnWork |
Stage Door (play) character
ⓘ
linked to:
Stage Door
|
| countryOfFictionalSetting |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdForWork | Stage Door ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Stage Door ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
comedy-drama
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
camaraderie among women
ⓘ
struggles of young actresses ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium |
feature film
ⓘ
stage play ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
life in a theatrical boarding house
ⓘ
pursuit of acting career ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central character ⓘ |
| occupation | aspiring actress ⓘ |
| portrayedInFilmBy | Ginger Rogers ⓘ |
| residesAt | theatrical boarding house ⓘ |
| settingOfActivities | New York City ⓘ |
| yearOfIntroduction | 1936 ⓘ |
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: Jean Maitland Description of subject: Jean Maitland is a central character in the 1936 stage play and 1937 film "Stage Door," portrayed as an aspiring actress navigating the struggles and camaraderie of young women in a New York theatrical boarding house.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.