Patti Koon
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Patti Koon was the first wife of American author James A. Michener, whom he married in the 1930s before achieving his literary fame.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Patti Koon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2188773 — 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: Patti Koon Context triple: [James A. Michener, spouse, Patti Koon]
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A.
Patti Hansen
Patti Hansen is an American model and actress who rose to prominence in the 1970s fashion world and later married Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards.
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B.
Cheryl Alley
Cheryl Alley, also known as Cheryl Howard, is an American writer and actress best known as the longtime wife of filmmaker Ron Howard.
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C.
Shelly Peiken
Shelly Peiken is an American songwriter best known for penning numerous pop and R&B hits for major artists in the 1990s and 2000s.
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D.
Donna Moss
Donna Moss is a key fictional character on the television series "The West Wing," known for her role as Josh Lyman’s witty and capable assistant who evolves into a significant political operative.
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E.
Kay Van Riper
Kay Van Riper was an American screenwriter and radio writer active in the 1930s and 1940s, known for her work on several classic Hollywood films.
- 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: Patti Koon Target entity description: Patti Koon was the first wife of American author James A. Michener, whom he married in the 1930s before achieving his literary fame.
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A.
Patti Hansen
Patti Hansen is an American model and actress who rose to prominence in the 1970s fashion world and later married Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards.
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B.
Cheryl Alley
Cheryl Alley, also known as Cheryl Howard, is an American writer and actress best known as the longtime wife of filmmaker Ron Howard.
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C.
Shelly Peiken
Shelly Peiken is an American songwriter best known for penning numerous pop and R&B hits for major artists in the 1990s and 2000s.
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D.
Donna Moss
Donna Moss is a key fictional character on the television series "The West Wing," known for her role as Josh Lyman’s witty and capable assistant who evolves into a significant political operative.
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E.
Kay Van Riper
Kay Van Riper was an American screenwriter and radio writer active in the 1930s and 1940s, known for her work on several classic Hollywood films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (11)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the first wife of American author James A. Michener ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse |
James A. Michener
ⓘ
linked to:
James Michener
|
| spouseOfNationality | American ⓘ |
| spouseOfNotableWork |
Hawaii
ⓘ
Tales of the South Pacific ⓘ The Source ⓘ |
| spouseOfOccupation | writer ⓘ |
| spouseStartTime | 1930s ⓘ |
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: Patti Koon Description of subject: Patti Koon was the first wife of American author James A. Michener, whom he married in the 1930s before achieving his literary fame.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
James Michener