Linda May
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Linda May is a real-life modern nomad who appears as herself in the acclaimed film "Nomadland," representing the community of American van-dwellers and itinerant workers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Linda May canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2215058 — 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: Linda May Context triple: [Nomadland, castMember, Linda May]
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A.
Margo Anderson
Margo Anderson is best known as a former wife of American country music star Kenny Rogers.
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B.
Emily Drinkard
Emily Drinkard, better known as Cissy Houston, is an American soul and gospel singer and the mother of Whitney Houston.
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C.
Marla Maples
Marla Maples is an American actress and television personality best known for her high-profile marriage to businessman and future U.S. President Donald Trump in the 1990s.
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D.
Linda Lee Thomas
Linda Lee Thomas was an American socialite and wealthy heiress best known as the elegant and influential wife and muse of composer Cole Porter.
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E.
Dorothy Ann Blank
Dorothy Ann Blank was an American screenwriter best known for contributing to the screenplay of Disney’s pioneering animated feature film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."
- 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: Linda May Target entity description: Linda May is a real-life modern nomad who appears as herself in the acclaimed film "Nomadland," representing the community of American van-dwellers and itinerant workers.
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A.
Margo Anderson
Margo Anderson is best known as a former wife of American country music star Kenny Rogers.
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B.
Emily Drinkard
Emily Drinkard, better known as Cissy Houston, is an American soul and gospel singer and the mother of Whitney Houston.
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C.
Marla Maples
Marla Maples is an American actress and television personality best known for her high-profile marriage to businessman and future U.S. President Donald Trump in the 1990s.
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D.
Linda Lee Thomas
Linda Lee Thomas was an American socialite and wealthy heiress best known as the elegant and influential wife and muse of composer Cole Porter.
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E.
Dorothy Ann Blank
Dorothy Ann Blank was an American screenwriter best known for contributing to the screenplay of Disney’s pioneering animated feature film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American nomad
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itinerant worker ⓘ person ⓘ van dweller ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Nomadland ⓘ |
| basedOn | real-life experiences as a nomad ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| depicts | life of American nomads ⓘ |
| employedIn | seasonal and temporary jobs ⓘ |
| genre | nonfiction film performance ⓘ |
| hasRole | supporting role in Nomadland ⓘ |
| knownFor |
modern nomadic lifestyle
ⓘ
participation in American van-dweller community ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century
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surface form:
Nomadland
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| occupation | seasonal worker ⓘ |
| participatedIn | production of Nomadland ⓘ |
| partOf |
American van-dweller community
ⓘ
modern nomad community in the United States ⓘ |
| portrays | herself ⓘ |
| residence |
recreational vehicle
ⓘ
van ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Nomadland
ⓘ
surface form:
Nomadland (film)
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| workLocation | United States of America ⓘ |
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: Linda May Description of subject: Linda May is a real-life modern nomad who appears as herself in the acclaimed film "Nomadland," representing the community of American van-dwellers and itinerant workers.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.