Vivian Cash
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Vivian Cash was the first wife of country music legend Johnny Cash, known for her influential yet often overshadowed role in his early life and career.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Vivian Cash canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12869714 — 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: Vivian Cash Context triple: [Jennifer Michelle Goodwin, playedCharacter, Vivian Cash]
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A.
Rosalind Cash
Rosalind Cash was an American actress best known for her work in film, television, and theater from the 1960s through the 1990s, often portraying strong, trailblazing Black women.
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B.
Donna Dixon
Donna Dixon is an American actress and former model known for her roles in 1980s comedies and for her long career in film and television.
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C.
Carrie Cash
Carrie Cash was the mother of country music legend Johnny Cash and a significant influence on his life and faith.
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D.
Betsy Garth
Betsy Garth is a central character in the Western television series "The Virginian," known for her close connection to the Shiloh Ranch and its core cast.
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E.
Dan Peek
Dan Peek was an American musician and singer-songwriter best known as a founding member of the soft rock band America, contributing to their early 1970s hits before pursuing a solo Christian music career.
- 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: Vivian Cash Target entity description: Vivian Cash was the first wife of country music legend Johnny Cash, known for her influential yet often overshadowed role in his early life and career.
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A.
Rosalind Cash
Rosalind Cash was an American actress best known for her work in film, television, and theater from the 1960s through the 1990s, often portraying strong, trailblazing Black women.
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B.
Donna Dixon
Donna Dixon is an American actress and former model known for her roles in 1980s comedies and for her long career in film and television.
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C.
Carrie Cash
Carrie Cash was the mother of country music legend Johnny Cash and a significant influence on his life and faith.
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D.
Betsy Garth
Betsy Garth is a central character in the Western television series "The Virginian," known for her close connection to the Shiloh Ranch and its core cast.
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E.
Dan Peek
Dan Peek was an American musician and singer-songwriter best known as a founding member of the soft rock band America, contributing to their early 1970s hits before pursuing a solo Christian music career.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | person ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Vivian Liberto Cash
NERFINISHED
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Vivian Liberto Distin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Vivian Liberto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, United States ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | complications from lung surgery ⓘ |
| child |
Cindy Cash
NERFINISHED
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Kathy Cash NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosanne Cash NERFINISHED ⓘ Tara Cash NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coAuthor | Ann Sharpsteen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1934-04-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2005-05-24 ⓘ |
| describedIn | Rosanne Cash’s memoir Composed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| divorcedFrom | Johnny Cash NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engagementToJohnnyCash | 1951 ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Italian-American ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasGenre | memoir ⓘ |
| heritageDetail |
father of Sicilian descent
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mother of German-Irish descent ⓘ |
| inspiredWork | songs by Johnny Cash including early love songs ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the first wife of Johnny Cash
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influential role in Johnny Cash’s early life and career ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| marriageEnd | 1966 ⓘ |
| marriageStart | 1954-08-07 ⓘ |
| mediaAppearance | television and print interviews following publication of her memoir ⓘ |
| metSpouse | Johnny Cash NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metSpouseAt | roller-skating rink in San Antonio, Texas ⓘ |
| metSpouseDuring | Johnny Cash’s Air Force basic training ⓘ |
| name | Vivian Cash NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | I Walked the Line: My Life with Johnny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 4 ⓘ |
| occupation | author ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | San Antonio, Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Near Ventura, California, United States ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Ginnifer Goodwin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisherOfNotableWork | Scribner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Encino, California, United States
NERFINISHED
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Memphis, Tennessee, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Ventura County, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Dick Distin
NERFINISHED
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Johnny Cash NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | film Walk the Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfPublication | 2007 ⓘ |
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: Vivian Cash Description of subject: Vivian Cash was the first wife of country music legend Johnny Cash, known for her influential yet often overshadowed role in his early life and career.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.