Ellen Dolan
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Ellen Dolan is a central supporting character in the 2008 film "The Spirit," portrayed as the strong-willed daughter of the city's police commissioner and a key figure in the hero's personal life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ellen Dolan canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2129632 — 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: Ellen Dolan Context triple: [The Spirit (2008 film), character, Ellen Dolan]
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A.
Nancy Shevell
Nancy Shevell is an American businesswoman and heiress best known for her long-term relationship and marriage to musician Paul McCartney.
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B.
Margaret Cuomo
Margaret Cuomo is an American radiologist, author, and health advocate known for her work in cancer prevention and public health education.
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C.
Judith Kilpatrick
Judith Kilpatrick is a notable individual recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Kilpatrick.
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D.
Laura Bloomberg
Laura Bloomberg is an American academic leader and public policy scholar who serves as president of Cleveland State University.
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E.
Victoria Riskin
Victoria Riskin is an American television producer, screenwriter, and former psychologist, known for her work in film and TV as well as for being the daughter of actress Fay Wray and screenwriter Robert Riskin.
- 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: Ellen Dolan Target entity description: Ellen Dolan is a central supporting character in the 2008 film "The Spirit," portrayed as the strong-willed daughter of the city's police commissioner and a key figure in the hero's personal life.
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A.
Nancy Shevell
Nancy Shevell is an American businesswoman and heiress best known for her long-term relationship and marriage to musician Paul McCartney.
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B.
Margaret Cuomo
Margaret Cuomo is an American radiologist, author, and health advocate known for her work in cancer prevention and public health education.
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C.
Judith Kilpatrick
Judith Kilpatrick is a notable individual recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Kilpatrick.
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D.
Laura Bloomberg
Laura Bloomberg is an American academic leader and public policy scholar who serves as president of Cleveland State University.
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E.
Victoria Riskin
Victoria Riskin is an American television producer, screenwriter, and former psychologist, known for her work in film and TV as well as for being the daughter of actress Fay Wray and screenwriter Robert Riskin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Spirit Section
ⓘ
surface form:
The Spirit
The Spirit ⓘ
surface form:
The Spirit (2008 film)
|
| appearsInGenre |
neo-noir film
ⓘ
superhero film ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Denny Colt
ⓘ
The Spirit ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Central City ⓘ |
| basedOn | Ellen Dolan (The Spirit comic character) ⓘ |
| characterTrait | strong-willed ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdFor |
The Spirit
ⓘ
surface form:
The Spirit (2008 film adaptation)
|
| familyName | Dolan ⓘ |
| father | Commissioner Dolan ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 2008 ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Ellen ⓘ |
| keyFigureIn | the Spirit's personal life ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | live-action film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | love interest of the Spirit ⓘ |
| occupation | doctor ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise |
The Spirit (character)
ⓘ
surface form:
The Spirit franchise
|
| portrayedBy | Sarah Paulson ⓘ |
| relativeOf | Commissioner Dolan ⓘ |
| roleInWork | central supporting character ⓘ |
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: Ellen Dolan Description of subject: Ellen Dolan is a central supporting character in the 2008 film "The Spirit," portrayed as the strong-willed daughter of the city's police commissioner and a key figure in the hero's personal life.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Spirit (2008 film)