Michael Dorsey
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Michael Dorsey is the struggling, perfectionist New York actor who disguises himself as a woman to land a soap-opera role in the 1982 film "Tootsie."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Michael Dorsey canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2919308 — 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: Michael Dorsey Context triple: [Tootsie, mainCharacter, Michael Dorsey]
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A.
Brad Dorros
Brad Dorros is a film and television producer known for his work on projects such as the thriller "The Fifth Estate."
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B.
Michael Graydon
Michael Graydon is a retired senior Royal Air Force officer who served as a leading commander of British fighter aviation during the late 20th century.
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C.
Dan Janvey
Dan Janvey is an American film producer known for his work on acclaimed independent films, including the Academy Award–winning "Nomadland."
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D.
Eric Bates
Eric Bates is the young, wealthy boy in the 1982 comedy film "The Toy" who whimsically "purchases" a man as his personal companion, driving much of the movie’s plot and humor.
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E.
Neal Dodson
Neal Dodson is an American film producer known for his work on acclaimed independent and genre films, frequently collaborating with director J.C. Chandor.
- 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: Michael Dorsey Target entity description: Michael Dorsey is the struggling, perfectionist New York actor who disguises himself as a woman to land a soap-opera role in the 1982 film "Tootsie."
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A.
Brad Dorros
Brad Dorros is a film and television producer known for his work on projects such as the thriller "The Fifth Estate."
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B.
Michael Graydon
Michael Graydon is a retired senior Royal Air Force officer who served as a leading commander of British fighter aviation during the late 20th century.
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C.
Dan Janvey
Dan Janvey is an American film producer known for his work on acclaimed independent films, including the Academy Award–winning "Nomadland."
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D.
Eric Bates
Eric Bates is the young, wealthy boy in the 1982 comedy film "The Toy" who whimsically "purchases" a man as his personal companion, driving much of the movie’s plot and humor.
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E.
Neal Dodson
Neal Dodson is an American film producer known for his work on acclaimed independent and genre films, frequently collaborating with director J.C. Chandor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ male actor character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Tootsie ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
comedy
ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium | film ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
feminism
ⓘ
identity ⓘ professional struggle ⓘ |
| centralConflict | must disguise himself as a woman to get acting work ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
perfectionist
ⓘ
struggling ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Don McGuire
ⓘ
Larry Gelbart ⓘ Murray Schisgal ⓘ |
| disguisesAs | woman ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| goal | to land a role on a soap opera ⓘ |
| hasLoveInterest | Julie Nichols ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
commentary on gender roles
ⓘ
cross-dressing disguise ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| partOf | Tootsie characters ensemble ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Dustin Hoffman ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| usesAlias | Dorothy Michaels ⓘ |
| worksOn | Daytime soap opera within the film ⓘ |
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: Michael Dorsey Description of subject: Michael Dorsey is the struggling, perfectionist New York actor who disguises himself as a woman to land a soap-opera role in the 1982 film "Tootsie."
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.