Primrose Shipman
E360142
Primrose Shipman is the wife of British serial killer and former general practitioner Harold Shipman, who was convicted of murdering numerous patients.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Primrose Shipman canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2745548 — 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: Primrose Shipman Context triple: [Harold Shipman, spouse, Primrose Shipman]
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A.
Elizabeth Eldridge
Elizabeth Eldridge was the wife of Salem Village minister Samuel Parris, associated with the period of the Salem witch trials in late 17th-century Massachusetts.
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B.
Anne Ashmond
Anne Ashmond is a fictional character appearing in the film "Royal Wedding."
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C.
Elisabeth Risdon
Elisabeth Risdon was a British-born character actress of stage and screen, active in early 20th-century theatre and Hollywood films.
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D.
Abigail Cruttenden
Abigail Cruttenden is an English actress known for her work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in period dramas and British TV series.
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E.
Margaret Carter
Margaret "Peggy" Carter is a British intelligence officer and prominent Marvel Comics and Marvel Cinematic Universe character known for her World War II work alongside Captain America and her later role in founding S.H.I.E.L.D.
- 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: Primrose Shipman Target entity description: Primrose Shipman is the wife of British serial killer and former general practitioner Harold Shipman, who was convicted of murdering numerous patients.
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A.
Elizabeth Eldridge
Elizabeth Eldridge was the wife of Salem Village minister Samuel Parris, associated with the period of the Salem witch trials in late 17th-century Massachusetts.
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B.
Anne Ashmond
Anne Ashmond is a fictional character appearing in the film "Royal Wedding."
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C.
Elisabeth Risdon
Elisabeth Risdon was a British-born character actress of stage and screen, active in early 20th-century theatre and Hollywood films.
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D.
Abigail Cruttenden
Abigail Cruttenden is an English actress known for her work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in period dramas and British TV series.
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E.
Margaret Carter
Margaret "Peggy" Carter is a British intelligence officer and prominent Marvel Comics and Marvel Cinematic Universe character known for her World War II work alongside Captain America and her later role in founding S.H.I.E.L.D.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
spouse ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| familyName | Shipman ⓘ |
| givenName | Primrose ⓘ |
| hasChild | child of Primrose and Harold Shipman ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| name | Primrose Shipman self-link ⓘ |
| notableEvent | husband Harold Shipman convicted of murdering numerous patients ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the wife of serial killer Harold Shipman ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 4 ⓘ |
| occupation | housewife ⓘ |
| residence |
Hyde, Greater Manchester
ⓘ
West Yorkshire ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Harold Shipman ⓘ |
| spouseConviction | murder ⓘ |
| spouseConvictionJurisdiction | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| spouseConvictionPenalty | life imprisonment ⓘ |
| spouseCountryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| spouseEmployer | National Health Service ⓘ |
| spouseFieldOfWork | medicine ⓘ |
| spouseOccupation |
general practitioner
ⓘ
serial killer ⓘ |
| spousePlaceOfWork | Hyde, Greater Manchester ⓘ |
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: Primrose Shipman Description of subject: Primrose Shipman is the wife of British serial killer and former general practitioner Harold Shipman, who was convicted of murdering numerous patients.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.