Clarissa Selwynne
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Clarissa Selwynne was a British-born character actress of the early 20th century, known for her supporting roles in silent and early sound films.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Clarissa Selwynne canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5043171 — 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: Clarissa Selwynne Context triple: [The Twin Pawns, hasCastMember, Clarissa Selwynne]
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A.
Clarissa Vaughan
Clarissa Vaughan is a New York editor in Michael Cunningham’s novel "The Hours," whose day mirrors that of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway as she prepares for a party while reflecting on love, mortality, and past relationships.
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B.
Elizabeth Erving
Elizabeth Erving was the wife of American statesman and Massachusetts governor James Bowdoin, connecting her to a prominent colonial New England political family.
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C.
Clarissa Luard
Clarissa Luard was a British literary editor and arts administrator known for her work supporting contemporary writers and for her marriage to novelist Salman Rushdie.
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D.
Anabella Drummond
Anabella Drummond was a 14th-century Scottish queen consort, noted for her political influence and as the wife of King Robert III of Scotland.
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E.
Elizabeth Cranfield
Elizabeth Cranfield was an English noblewoman of the early 17th century, best known as the mother of John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby.
- 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: Clarissa Selwynne Target entity description: Clarissa Selwynne was a British-born character actress of the early 20th century, known for her supporting roles in silent and early sound films.
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A.
Clarissa Vaughan
Clarissa Vaughan is a New York editor in Michael Cunningham’s novel "The Hours," whose day mirrors that of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway as she prepares for a party while reflecting on love, mortality, and past relationships.
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B.
Elizabeth Erving
Elizabeth Erving was the wife of American statesman and Massachusetts governor James Bowdoin, connecting her to a prominent colonial New England political family.
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C.
Clarissa Luard
Clarissa Luard was a British literary editor and arts administrator known for her work supporting contemporary writers and for her marriage to novelist Salman Rushdie.
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D.
Anabella Drummond
Anabella Drummond was a 14th-century Scottish queen consort, noted for her political influence and as the wife of King Robert III of Scotland.
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E.
Elizabeth Cranfield
Elizabeth Cranfield was an English noblewoman of the early 17th century, best known as the mother of John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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character actor ⓘ film actor ⓘ person ⓘ stage actor ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| era |
early sound era
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silent era ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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drama film ⓘ |
| industry | film industry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium |
silent film
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sound film ⓘ |
| notability | supporting character roles ⓘ |
| notableFor |
supporting roles in early sound films
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supporting roles in silent films ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Bat (1926 film)
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The Bells (1926 film) ⓘ The Blackbird (1926 film) ⓘ The Cat Creeps (1930 film) ⓘ The Cat and the Canary (1927 film) ⓘ The Monster (1925 film) ⓘ The Old Dark House (1932 film) ⓘ The Unholy Three (1925 film) ⓘ |
| occupation | actress ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Hollywood
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United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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How these facts were elicited
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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: Clarissa Selwynne Description of subject: Clarissa Selwynne was a British-born character actress of the early 20th century, known for her supporting roles in silent and early sound films.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.