Odile Speed
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Odile Speed was a British artist and the wife of molecular biologist Francis Crick, noted for her role in the social and intellectual circles surrounding the discovery of DNA’s structure.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Odile Speed canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T625253 — 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: Odile Speed Context triple: [Francis Crick, spouse, Odile Speed]
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A.
Veronique Passani
Veronique Passani was a French-born journalist and arts patron best known as the second wife of American actor Gregory Peck.
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B.
Stella Gonet
Stella Gonet is a Scottish actress known for her work in British television, film, and theatre, including prominent roles in series such as "House of Cards" and "The House of Eliott."
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C.
Andrée Fort
Andrée Fort was the wife of French Post-Impressionist painter and writer Émile Bernard.
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D.
Dominique Horwitz
Dominique Horwitz is a German-French actor and singer known for his roles in European cinema and television, particularly in war and historical dramas.
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E.
Carine
Carine is a feminine given name, often considered a variant of names like Catherine or Karine, used in various European languages.
- 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: Odile Speed Target entity description: Odile Speed was a British artist and the wife of molecular biologist Francis Crick, noted for her role in the social and intellectual circles surrounding the discovery of DNA’s structure.
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A.
Veronique Passani
Veronique Passani was a French-born journalist and arts patron best known as the second wife of American actor Gregory Peck.
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B.
Stella Gonet
Stella Gonet is a Scottish actress known for her work in British television, film, and theatre, including prominent roles in series such as "House of Cards" and "The House of Eliott."
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C.
Andrée Fort
Andrée Fort was the wife of French Post-Impressionist painter and writer Émile Bernard.
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D.
Dominique Horwitz
Dominique Horwitz is a German-French actor and singer known for his roles in European cinema and television, particularly in war and historical dramas.
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E.
Carine
Carine is a feminine given name, often considered a variant of names like Catherine or Karine, used in various European languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British person
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artist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Francis Crick
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discovery of DNA double helix ⓘ |
| associatedWithInstitution | University of Cambridge scientific community ⓘ |
| citizenship | British ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | art ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasNotableConnectionTo | history of molecular biology ⓘ |
| knownFor | hosting and participating in gatherings of scientists and intellectuals ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married to Francis Crick ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor | participation in social and intellectual circles around the discovery of DNA structure ⓘ |
| occupation | artist ⓘ |
| residence | Cambridge ⓘ |
| roleInHistory | figure in the social milieu of the DNA structure discovery ⓘ |
| socialCircle |
Cambridge scientific community
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molecular biologists ⓘ |
| spouse |
Francis Crick
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Odile Speed ⓘ |
| spouseNotableFor | co-discovery of the structure of DNA ⓘ |
| spouseOccupation | molecular biologist ⓘ |
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: Odile Speed Description of subject: Odile Speed was a British artist and the wife of molecular biologist Francis Crick, noted for her role in the social and intellectual circles surrounding the discovery of DNA’s structure.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Odile Speed