Lotta Crabtree
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Lotta Crabtree was a celebrated 19th-century American actress, comedian, and vaudeville star who became one of the highest-paid performers of her era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lotta Crabtree canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2988547 — 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: Lotta Crabtree Context triple: [Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, California, United States, notableBurial, Lotta Crabtree]
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A.
Mary Elizabeth Schaefer
Mary Elizabeth Schaefer was the wife of William R. Day, an American diplomat and U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
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B.
Dorothy Lyman
Dorothy Lyman is an American actress and director best known for her roles on the soap opera "All My Children" and the sitcom "Mama's Family."
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C.
Dorothy Ely
Dorothy Ely was the wife of influential British analytic philosopher G. E. Moore.
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D.
Ethel Wayman
Ethel Wayman was the wife of British humorist and novelist P. G. Wodehouse.
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E.
Lottie Landis
Lottie Landis was an American silent-era film actress and the sister of actor Cullen Landis.
- 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: Lotta Crabtree Target entity description: Lotta Crabtree was a celebrated 19th-century American actress, comedian, and vaudeville star who became one of the highest-paid performers of her era.
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A.
Mary Elizabeth Schaefer
Mary Elizabeth Schaefer was the wife of William R. Day, an American diplomat and U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
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B.
Dorothy Lyman
Dorothy Lyman is an American actress and director best known for her roles on the soap opera "All My Children" and the sitcom "Mama's Family."
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C.
Dorothy Ely
Dorothy Ely was the wife of influential British analytic philosopher G. E. Moore.
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D.
Ethel Wayman
Ethel Wayman was the wife of British humorist and novelist P. G. Wodehouse.
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E.
Lottie Landis
Lottie Landis was an American silent-era film actress and the sister of actor Cullen Landis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actress
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ human ⓘ stage actress ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1890s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1850s ⓘ |
| awardReceived | posthumous recognition as a major 19th-century American entertainer ⓘ |
| birthName | Charlotte Mignon Crabtree ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Cambridge
ⓘ
linked to:
CAMBRIDGE
Massachusetts ⓘ Mount Auburn Cemetery ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dateOfBirth | 1847-11-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1924-09-25 ⓘ |
| education | trained as a performer in California mining camps ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | English-American ⓘ |
| father | John Ashworth Crabtree ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| givenName | Charlotte ⓘ |
| hasPart | Lotta Crabtree Fountain ⓘ |
| knownFor |
charitable donations
ⓘ
comic roles on stage ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| mother | Mary Ann Crabtree ⓘ |
| name | Lotta Crabtree ⓘ |
| namesakeOf | Lotta Crabtree Fountain ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the highest-paid performers of the 19th century
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popularity during the California Gold Rush era ⓘ |
| notableWork | comic stage performances in mining camps ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ entertainer ⓘ vaudeville performer ⓘ |
| philanthropy |
Lotta Crabtree Trust
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donations to veterans ⓘ support for aging actors ⓘ support for animals ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
New York
ⓘ
linked to:
New York City
New York City ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| placeOfDeath |
Boston
ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| religion | Unitarianism ⓘ |
| residence |
Boston
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ San Francisco ⓘ |
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: Lotta Crabtree Description of subject: Lotta Crabtree was a celebrated 19th-century American actress, comedian, and vaudeville star who became one of the highest-paid performers of her era.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.