Midge Wood
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Midge Wood is a supportive yet unrequited love interest and close friend of the protagonist in Alfred Hitchcock’s film "Vertigo," known for her warmth, wit, and emotional depth.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Midge Wood canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3884183 — 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: Midge Wood Context triple: [Vertigo, character, Midge Wood]
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A.
Freda Miller
Freda Miller is known primarily as the former spouse of American television and radio host Larry King.
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B.
Dolores Fuller
Dolores Fuller was an American actress, songwriter, and longtime muse and partner of cult filmmaker Ed Wood, known for her roles in his low-budget films and for writing songs recorded by Elvis Presley.
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C.
Joan Flanagan
Joan Flanagan is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Flanagan.
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D.
Frances Dee
Frances Dee was an American film actress of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her poised, refined screen presence in dramas and literary adaptations.
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E.
Alice Arlen
Alice Arlen was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing acclaimed films such as "Silkwood" and "Alamo Bay."
- 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: Midge Wood Target entity description: Midge Wood is a supportive yet unrequited love interest and close friend of the protagonist in Alfred Hitchcock’s film "Vertigo," known for her warmth, wit, and emotional depth.
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A.
Freda Miller
Freda Miller is known primarily as the former spouse of American television and radio host Larry King.
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B.
Dolores Fuller
Dolores Fuller was an American actress, songwriter, and longtime muse and partner of cult filmmaker Ed Wood, known for her roles in his low-budget films and for writing songs recorded by Elvis Presley.
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C.
Joan Flanagan
Joan Flanagan is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Flanagan.
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D.
Frances Dee
Frances Dee was an American film actress of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her poised, refined screen presence in dramas and literary adaptations.
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E.
Alice Arlen
Alice Arlen was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing acclaimed films such as "Silkwood" and "Alamo Bay."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Vertigo ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
mystery film
ⓘ
psychological thriller ⓘ |
| caresFor | John "Scottie" Ferguson ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
emotionally perceptive
ⓘ
supportive ⓘ warm ⓘ witty ⓘ |
| closeTo | John "Scottie" Ferguson ⓘ |
| creator | Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1958 ⓘ |
| formerFiancéeOf | John "Scottie" Ferguson ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| inLoveWith | John "Scottie" Ferguson ⓘ |
| loveInterestType | unrequited love ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| nationalityInStory | American ⓘ |
| notableScene | paints herself into the Carlotta Valdes portrait ⓘ |
| occupation | commercial artist ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Barbara Bel Geddes ⓘ |
| provides | emotional support to Scottie ⓘ |
| relationshipArc | remains emotionally attached while Scottie obsesses over Madeleine ⓘ |
| relationshipToProtagonist |
close friend
ⓘ
confidante ⓘ |
| residenceInStory | San Francisco ⓘ |
| screenWriterOfWork |
Alec Coppel
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Samuel A. Taylor ⓘ |
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: Midge Wood Description of subject: Midge Wood is a supportive yet unrequited love interest and close friend of the protagonist in Alfred Hitchcock’s film "Vertigo," known for her warmth, wit, and emotional depth.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.