Lesley Ann Downey
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Lesley Ann Downey was a young English girl whose abduction and murder by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley in 1964 became one of the most infamous child killings in the Moors murders case.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lesley Ann Downey canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7942104 — 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: Lesley Ann Downey Context triple: [Moors murders, victim, Lesley Ann Downey]
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A.
Susan Downey
Susan Downey is an American film producer and co-founder of Team Downey, known for her work on genre films and collaborations with her husband Robert Downey Jr.
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B.
Deanna Dunagan
Deanna Dunagan is an American actress best known for her Tony Award–winning performance in the Broadway play "August: Osage County" and for her role in the horror film "The Visit."
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C.
Deanna Bowers
Deanna Bowers, better known by her stage name Dee Wallace, is an American actress recognized for her roles in films such as "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" and numerous horror movies.
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D.
Sharon Downey
Sharon Downey is an individual associated with the use of the name or term "Downey," likely as a personal or family surname.
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E.
Colleen Dewhurst
Colleen Dewhurst was a Canadian-American actress renowned for her powerful stage performances and acclaimed work in film and television, particularly in Eugene O’Neill plays and the series "Anne of Green Gables."
- 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: Lesley Ann Downey Target entity description: Lesley Ann Downey was a young English girl whose abduction and murder by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley in 1964 became one of the most infamous child killings in the Moors murders case.
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A.
Susan Downey
Susan Downey is an American film producer and co-founder of Team Downey, known for her work on genre films and collaborations with her husband Robert Downey Jr.
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B.
Deanna Dunagan
Deanna Dunagan is an American actress best known for her Tony Award–winning performance in the Broadway play "August: Osage County" and for her role in the horror film "The Visit."
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C.
Deanna Bowers
Deanna Bowers, better known by her stage name Dee Wallace, is an American actress recognized for her roles in films such as "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" and numerous horror movies.
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D.
Sharon Downey
Sharon Downey is an individual associated with the use of the name or term "Downey," likely as a personal or family surname.
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E.
Colleen Dewhurst
Colleen Dewhurst was a Canadian-American actress renowned for her powerful stage performances and acclaimed work in film and television, particularly in Eugene O’Neill plays and the series "Anne of Green Gables."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
murder victim ⓘ |
| ageAtDeath | 10 ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | 1964 child killing in the Moors murders ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Saddleworth Moor ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | murder ⓘ |
| citizenship | British ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crimeLocation |
Greater Manchester area
ⓘ
linked to:
Greater Manchester
|
| describedAs | young English girl abducted and murdered in 1964 ⓘ |
| era | 1960s ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| familyName | Downey ⓘ |
| givenName | Lesley ⓘ |
| hasLegacy | symbol of public outrage over child murders in the UK ⓘ |
| hasMediaCoverage |
British press
ⓘ
television documentaries about the Moors murders ⓘ |
| hasPerpetrator |
Ian Brady
ⓘ
Myra Hindley ⓘ |
| involvedIn | criminal case against Ian Brady and Myra Hindley ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | homicide ⓘ |
| name | Lesley Ann Downey ⓘ |
| notableFor | victim in the Moors murders ⓘ |
| partOf |
Moors murders case
ⓘ
linked to:
Moors murders
|
| placeOfBirth |
England
ⓘ
Lancashire ⓘ Manchester ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
England
ⓘ
Lancashire ⓘ Saddleworth Moor ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ near Oldham ⓘ |
| region | North West England ⓘ |
| rememberedFor | being one of the child victims of the Moors murders ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| victimOf | Moors murders ⓘ |
| victimOfCrimeType |
child abduction
ⓘ
child murder ⓘ |
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: Lesley Ann Downey Description of subject: Lesley Ann Downey was a young English girl whose abduction and murder by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley in 1964 became one of the most infamous child killings in the Moors murders case.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.