Carolyn Dennis
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Carolyn Dennis is an American singer and backing vocalist best known for her work with Bob Dylan and for being his former wife.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Carolyn Dennis canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T150389 — 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: Carolyn Dennis Context triple: [Bob Dylan, spouse, Carolyn Dennis]
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A.
Patricia Spence
Patricia Spence was the second wife of British philosopher and Nobel laureate Bertrand Russell.
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B.
Ann Sadler
Ann Sadler was the wife of John Harvard, the English clergyman and benefactor after whom Harvard University is named.
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C.
Barbara Dickson
Barbara Dickson is a Scottish singer and actress known for her folk-inspired pop music and roles in musical theatre, including the hit musical "Blood Brothers."
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D.
Maria Skerrett
Maria Skerrett was the second wife of British statesman Sir Robert Walpole, serving as his companion during his later years as de facto first Prime Minister of Great Britain.
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E.
Rosemary Leith
Rosemary Leith is a Canadian-born entrepreneur and internet governance leader who co-founded the World Wide Web Foundation and serves on various boards related to technology and public policy.
- 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: Carolyn Dennis Target entity description: Carolyn Dennis is an American singer and backing vocalist best known for her work with Bob Dylan and for being his former wife.
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A.
Patricia Spence
Patricia Spence was the second wife of British philosopher and Nobel laureate Bertrand Russell.
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B.
Ann Sadler
Ann Sadler was the wife of John Harvard, the English clergyman and benefactor after whom Harvard University is named.
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C.
Barbara Dickson
Barbara Dickson is a Scottish singer and actress known for her folk-inspired pop music and roles in musical theatre, including the hit musical "Blood Brothers."
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D.
Maria Skerrett
Maria Skerrett was the second wife of British statesman Sir Robert Walpole, serving as his companion during his later years as de facto first Prime Minister of Great Britain.
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E.
Rosemary Leith
Rosemary Leith is a Canadian-born entrepreneur and internet governance leader who co-founded the World Wide Web Foundation and serves on various boards related to technology and public policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
backing vocalist
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human ⓘ singer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
live performance
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popular music ⓘ |
| genre |
gospel music
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pop music ⓘ rock music ⓘ |
| hasPartIn | Bob Dylan touring band ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableEvent | secret marriage to Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a backing vocalist for Bob Dylan
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being a former wife of Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| notableWork | backing vocals for Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| occupation |
backing vocalist
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singer ⓘ |
| residence | United States of America ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse |
Bob Dylan
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Carolyn Dennis ⓘ |
| vocalType | backing vocals ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Bob Dylan
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Boz Scaggs ⓘ Bruce Springsteen ⓘ Carole King ⓘ Kenny Loggins ⓘ Michael Jackson ⓘ Stevie Wonder ⓘ The Carpenters ⓘ |
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: Carolyn Dennis Description of subject: Carolyn Dennis is an American singer and backing vocalist best known for her work with Bob Dylan and for being his former wife.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.