Ruth
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Ruth is a supporting character in the disaster film "Dante's Peak," known as the stubborn grandmother who initially refuses to evacuate despite the impending volcanic eruption.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ruth canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10470605 — 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: Ruth Context triple: [Dante's Peak, character, Ruth]
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A.
Ruth
Ruth is a book of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that tells the story of a Moabite woman whose loyalty and faith lead to her becoming an ancestor of King David.
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B.
Ruth
Ruth is the surname of Babe Ruth, the legendary American baseball player widely regarded as one of the greatest hitters in the sport's history.
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C.
Ruth
Ruth is a central female character in Herman Melville’s epic poem "Clarel," embodying themes of faith, love, and spiritual conflict.
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D.
Ruth
Ruth is a character in Alan Ayckbourn's comedic play trilogy "The Norman Conquests," known for its interlinked domestic farce and intricate relationship dynamics.
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E.
Ruth
Ruth is the given name of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the pioneering U.S. Supreme Court Justice and prominent advocate for gender equality and civil rights.
- 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: Ruth Target entity description: Ruth is a supporting character in the disaster film "Dante's Peak," known as the stubborn grandmother who initially refuses to evacuate despite the impending volcanic eruption.
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Ruth
Ruth is a supporting character in the comedy Western film "A Million Ways to Die in the West," known for being a devout Christian prostitute engaged to the protagonist's best friend.
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Ruth
Ruth is a central female character in Herman Melville’s epic poem "Clarel," embodying themes of faith, love, and spiritual conflict.
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C.
Ruth
Ruth is the central protagonist of the 1989 German drama film "The Rose Garden," around whom the story’s emotional and moral conflicts revolve.
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D.
Ruth
Ruth is the given name of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the pioneering U.S. Supreme Court Justice and prominent advocate for gender equality and civil rights.
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E.
Ruth
Ruth is a character in Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera "The Pirates of Penzance," known as the pirate apprentice Frederic's former nursemaid and a source of much of the opera's humor and confusion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Dante's Peak ⓘ |
| appearsInYearReleasedFilm | 1997 ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | eruption of the volcano at Dante's Peak ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | injuries from acidified lake during volcanic eruption ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
protective
ⓘ
self‑sacrificing ⓘ stubborn ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Rachel Wando ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| diesIn | Dante's Peak ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Graham Wando
ⓘ
Harry Dalton ⓘ Lauren Wando ⓘ Rachel Wando ⓘ |
| initialAction | refuses to evacuate despite warnings of volcanic eruption ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| laterAction | helps family escape across the volcanic lake ⓘ |
| loyaltyTo | her home near Dante's Peak ⓘ |
| medium | live‑action film ⓘ |
| notableScene | boat crossing of the acidified lake ⓘ |
| portrayedInFilmGenre | disaster film ⓘ |
| reasonForConflict | disagreement over leaving her home and the town ⓘ |
| relationshipToGrahamWando | grandmother ⓘ |
| relationshipToLaurenWando | grandmother ⓘ |
| relationshipToRachelWando | mother‑in‑law ⓘ |
| residence | cabin near the lake on Dante's Peak ⓘ |
| roleInWork | supporting character in the film "Dante's Peak" ⓘ |
| sacrifice | jumps into the acidified lake to pull the boat to shore ⓘ |
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: Ruth Description of subject: Ruth is a supporting character in the disaster film "Dante's Peak," known as the stubborn grandmother who initially refuses to evacuate despite the impending volcanic eruption.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.