Elvira Ann "Peggy" McKenna
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Elvira Ann "Peggy" McKenna was the wife of American character actor Elisha Cook Jr., known for his roles in classic film noir and Hollywood cinema.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Elvira Ann "Peggy" McKenna canonical | 3 |
| Elvira Ann McKenna | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10299027 — 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: Elvira Ann "Peggy" McKenna Context triple: [Elisha Cook Jr., spouse, Elvira Ann "Peggy" McKenna]
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A.
Peggy Moran
Peggy Moran was an American film actress of the late 1930s and early 1940s, known for her roles in B-movies and for being commemorated in a statue featured in several films directed by her husband, Henry Koster.
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B.
Joan McCracken
Joan McCracken was an American actress and dancer known for her comic talent and influential work in mid-20th-century Broadway musicals.
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C.
Peg Fenwick
Peg Fenwick was an American screenwriter best known for her work on mid-20th-century Hollywood melodramas.
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D.
Wanda Muir
Wanda Muir was the daughter of naturalist and conservationist John Muir, known primarily for her connection to his legacy.
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E.
Kitty McHugh
Kitty McHugh was an American character actress active in early 20th-century film and theater, known for her supporting roles and as a member of the McHugh acting family.
- 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: Elvira Ann "Peggy" McKenna Target entity description: Elvira Ann "Peggy" McKenna was the wife of American character actor Elisha Cook Jr., known for his roles in classic film noir and Hollywood cinema.
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A.
Peggy Moran
Peggy Moran was an American film actress of the late 1930s and early 1940s, known for her roles in B-movies and for being commemorated in a statue featured in several films directed by her husband, Henry Koster.
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B.
Joan McCracken
Joan McCracken was an American actress and dancer known for her comic talent and influential work in mid-20th-century Broadway musicals.
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C.
Peg Fenwick
Peg Fenwick was an American screenwriter best known for her work on mid-20th-century Hollywood melodramas.
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D.
Wanda Muir
Wanda Muir was the daughter of naturalist and conservationist John Muir, known primarily for her connection to his legacy.
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E.
Kitty McHugh
Kitty McHugh was an American character actress active in early 20th-century film and theater, known for her supporting roles and as a member of the McHugh acting family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (13)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
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human ⓘ spouse ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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United States of America ⓘ |
| name |
Elvira Ann McKenna
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linked to:
Elvira Ann "Peggy" McKenna
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| nickname | Peggy ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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character actor ⓘ |
| spouse |
Elisha Cook Jr.
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Elvira Ann "Peggy" McKenna ⓘ |
| spouseOf |
Elisha Cook Jr.
ⓘ
Elvira Ann "Peggy" McKenna ⓘ |
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: Elvira Ann "Peggy" McKenna Description of subject: Elvira Ann "Peggy" McKenna was the wife of American character actor Elisha Cook Jr., known for his roles in classic film noir and Hollywood cinema.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Elvira Ann "Peggy" McKenna
subject linked to:
Elvira Ann "Peggy" McKenna
subject linked to:
Elvira Ann "Peggy" McKenna