Joanne Siegel
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Joanne Siegel was an American model and the inspiration for Lois Lane, later becoming the wife of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel and an advocate for creators’ rights.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Joanne Siegel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12125567 — 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)
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Target entity: Joanne Siegel Context triple: [Jerry Siegel, spouse, Joanne Siegel]
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A.
Amy Lippman
Amy Lippman is an American television writer and producer best known for co-creating the teen drama series "Party of Five" and its spin-off "Time of Your Life."
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B.
Barbara Siegel
Barbara Siegel is an American author best known for co-writing numerous science fiction and fantasy novels and game-related books, often in collaboration with her husband Scott Siegel.
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C.
Adrienne Nesser
Adrienne Nesser is an American activist and former boutique owner best known as the longtime wife of Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong.
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D.
Carol Seaver
Carol Seaver is the intelligent, ambitious, and sometimes neurotic teenage daughter in the family sitcom "Growing Pains."
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E.
Patricia Dane
Patricia Dane was an American film actress of the 1940s who appeared in several MGM productions and was briefly married to bandleader Tommy Dorsey.
- 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: Joanne Siegel Target entity description: Joanne Siegel was an American model and the inspiration for Lois Lane, later becoming the wife of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel and an advocate for creators’ rights.
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A.
Amy Lippman
Amy Lippman is an American television writer and producer best known for co-creating the teen drama series "Party of Five" and its spin-off "Time of Your Life."
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B.
Barbara Siegel
Barbara Siegel is an American author best known for co-writing numerous science fiction and fantasy novels and game-related books, often in collaboration with her husband Scott Siegel.
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C.
Adrienne Nesser
Adrienne Nesser is an American activist and former boutique owner best known as the longtime wife of Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong.
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D.
Carol Seaver
Carol Seaver is the intelligent, ambitious, and sometimes neurotic teenage daughter in the family sitcom "Growing Pains."
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E.
Patricia Dane
Patricia Dane was an American film actress of the 1940s who appeared in several MGM productions and was briefly married to bandleader Tommy Dorsey.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
creators’ rights advocate
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human ⓘ model ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
Superman creators’ rights
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financial compensation for Superman’s creators ⓘ |
| ageAtDeath | 93 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Joanne Carter
NERFINISHED
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Joanne Kovacs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
DC Comics
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Superman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Jolan Kovacs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart failure ⓘ |
| child | Laura Siegel Larson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1917-12-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2011-02-12 ⓘ |
| era |
20th century
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21st century ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Hungarian Jewish ⓘ |
| genreOfActivism | copyright and creators’ rights ⓘ |
| influenced | public awareness of comic book creators’ rights ⓘ |
| inspiredCharacter | Lois Lane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | campaigning for Jerry Siegel’s share of Superman profits ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| marriageStart | 1948 ⓘ |
| met | Jerry Siegel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metJerrySiegelWhen | as a teenage model posing for Lois Lane ⓘ |
| name | Joanne Siegel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the inspiration for Lois Lane ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
Jerry Siegel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Laura Siegel Larson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
creators’ rights activist
ⓘ
model ⓘ |
| partnerOf | Jerry Siegel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Cleveland, Ohio, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Santa Monica, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence |
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| spouse | Jerry Siegel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedAs | illustration model ⓘ |
| workedFor | Cleveland artists and illustrators ⓘ |
| wroteLettersTo | Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Joanne Siegel Description of subject: Joanne Siegel was an American model and the inspiration for Lois Lane, later becoming the wife of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel and an advocate for creators’ rights.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.