Dorothy Adams
E851217
Dorothy Adams was an American character actress known for her numerous supporting roles in Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1950s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dorothy Adams canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8291582 — 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: Dorothy Adams Context triple: [No Time for Love, castMember, Dorothy Adams]
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A.
Dorothy Harvey
Dorothy Harvey was the first wife of acclaimed American film director and screenwriter John Huston.
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B.
Dorothy Revier
Dorothy Revier was an American silent and early sound film actress known for her roles in adventure and drama films of the 1920s and 1930s.
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C.
Dorothy Good
Dorothy Good was a young child accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials in colonial Massachusetts.
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D.
Dorothy Bussy
Dorothy Bussy was an English novelist and translator best known for her close association with French writer André Gide and for translating many of his works into English.
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E.
Dorothy Squires
Dorothy Squires was a Welsh singer known for her powerful voice and dramatic torch songs, who enjoyed significant popularity in the mid-20th century.
- 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: Dorothy Adams Target entity description: Dorothy Adams was an American character actress known for her numerous supporting roles in Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1950s.
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A.
Dorothy Harvey
Dorothy Harvey was the first wife of acclaimed American film director and screenwriter John Huston.
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B.
Dorothy Revier
Dorothy Revier was an American silent and early sound film actress known for her roles in adventure and drama films of the 1920s and 1930s.
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C.
Dorothy Good
Dorothy Good was a young child accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials in colonial Massachusetts.
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D.
Dorothy Bussy
Dorothy Bussy was an English novelist and translator best known for her close association with French writer André Gide and for translating many of his works into English.
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E.
Dorothy Squires
Dorothy Squires was a Welsh singer known for her powerful voice and dramatic torch songs, who enjoyed significant popularity in the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
ⓘ
character actor ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1950s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1930s ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employedIn |
Hollywood film industry
ⓘ
linked to:
United States entertainment industry
|
| genre |
crime film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ film noir ⓘ |
| hasRole |
character actor
ⓘ
supporting actor ⓘ |
| industry | film industry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
character parts
ⓘ
supporting roles in Hollywood films ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Best Years of Our Lives
ⓘ
The Big Sleep (1946 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Big Sleep
The Human Comedy (1943 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Human Comedy
The Killing (1956 film) ⓘ The Reckless Moment ⓘ The Searching Wind ⓘ The Ten Commandments (1956 film) ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| partOf |
Golden Age of Hollywood
ⓘ
linked to:
Hollywood Golden Age
|
| relative | Byron Foulger ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Byron Foulger ⓘ |
| workLocation | Hollywood ⓘ |
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: Dorothy Adams Description of subject: Dorothy Adams was an American character actress known for her numerous supporting roles in Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1950s.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.