Herbert Leigh Holman
E361278
Herbert Leigh Holman was a British barrister best known as the first husband of acclaimed actress Vivien Leigh.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Herbert Leigh Holman canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1614207 — 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: Herbert Leigh Holman Context triple: [Vivien Leigh, spouse, Herbert Leigh Holman]
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A.
G. E. H. Palmer
G. E. H. Palmer was a British scholar and translator best known for co-translating the influential Eastern Orthodox spiritual anthology *The Philokalia* into English.
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B.
J. Herbert Hollomon
J. Herbert Hollomon was an American engineer, scientist, and academic leader known for his contributions to materials science and industrial research, including service as U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Science and Technology.
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C.
Philip G. Hodge
Philip G. Hodge was an American engineer and applied mechanician known for his influential contributions to the theory of elasticity and plasticity.
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D.
Henry William Stisted
Henry William Stisted was a British army officer and colonial administrator who became the first Lieutenant Governor of Ontario after Canadian Confederation.
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E.
Frederick H. Gillett
Frederick H. Gillett was an American figure notable for helping establish the American Cancer Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
- 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: Herbert Leigh Holman Target entity description: Herbert Leigh Holman was a British barrister best known as the first husband of acclaimed actress Vivien Leigh.
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A.
G. E. H. Palmer
G. E. H. Palmer was a British scholar and translator best known for co-translating the influential Eastern Orthodox spiritual anthology *The Philokalia* into English.
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B.
J. Herbert Hollomon
J. Herbert Hollomon was an American engineer, scientist, and academic leader known for his contributions to materials science and industrial research, including service as U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Science and Technology.
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C.
Philip G. Hodge
Philip G. Hodge was an American engineer and applied mechanician known for his influential contributions to the theory of elasticity and plasticity.
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D.
Henry William Stisted
Henry William Stisted was a British army officer and colonial administrator who became the first Lieutenant Governor of Ontario after Canadian Confederation.
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E.
Frederick H. Gillett
Frederick H. Gillett was an American figure notable for helping establish the American Cancer Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British person
ⓘ
barrister ⓘ human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| employedIn | British legal system ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | law ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Holman ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Herbert ⓘ |
| hasMiddleName | Leigh ⓘ |
| hasSpouseWhoIs |
Academy Award-winning actress
ⓘ
actress ⓘ |
| knownFor | marriage to Vivien Leigh ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalProfession | barrister ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | divorced ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableAssociation | Vivien Leigh ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the first husband of Vivien Leigh ⓘ |
| occupation | barrister ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | England ⓘ |
| relative | Vivien Leigh ⓘ |
| residence | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Herbert Leigh Holman
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Vivien Leigh ⓘ |
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: Herbert Leigh Holman Description of subject: Herbert Leigh Holman was a British barrister best known as the first husband of acclaimed actress Vivien Leigh.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Vivian Mary Hartley
subject linked to:
Herbert Leigh Holman
subject linked to:
Robin Neville Farrington