Josephine Dunn
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Josephine Dunn was an American film and stage actress of the late silent and early sound era, known for her roles in musical and dramatic pictures of the 1920s and 1930s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Josephine Dunn canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T315413 — 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: Josephine Dunn Context triple: [The Singing Fool, starring, Josephine Dunn]
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A.
Maxine Albro
Maxine Albro was an American muralist and painter associated with the New Deal era, best known for her vibrant frescoes and contributions to public art in San Francisco.
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B.
Jane Wyatt
Jane Wyatt was an American actress best known for her roles in the film "Gentleman's Agreement" and the television series "Father Knows Best."
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C.
Dorothy McGuire
Dorothy McGuire was an American film and stage actress known for her sensitive, understated performances in classic mid-20th-century Hollywood dramas.
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D.
Cecilia DeMille Harper
Cecilia DeMille Harper was the daughter of legendary American film director and producer Cecil B. DeMille.
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E.
Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford was a pioneering Canadian-American silent film actress, producer, and co-founder of United Artists, often called "America's Sweetheart" and regarded as one of early Hollywood's most influential stars.
- 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: Josephine Dunn Target entity description: Josephine Dunn was an American film and stage actress of the late silent and early sound era, known for her roles in musical and dramatic pictures of the 1920s and 1930s.
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A.
Maxine Albro
Maxine Albro was an American muralist and painter associated with the New Deal era, best known for her vibrant frescoes and contributions to public art in San Francisco.
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B.
Jane Wyatt
Jane Wyatt was an American actress best known for her roles in the film "Gentleman's Agreement" and the television series "Father Knows Best."
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C.
Dorothy McGuire
Dorothy McGuire was an American film and stage actress known for her sensitive, understated performances in classic mid-20th-century Hollywood dramas.
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D.
Cecilia DeMille Harper
Cecilia DeMille Harper was the daughter of legendary American film director and producer Cecil B. DeMille.
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E.
Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford was a pioneering Canadian-American silent film actress, producer, and co-founder of United Artists, often called "America's Sweetheart" and regarded as one of early Hollywood's most influential stars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
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film actress ⓘ human ⓘ silent film actor ⓘ stage actress ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
early sound film era
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late silent film era ⓘ |
| artisticDiscipline | performing arts ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Dunn ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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musical film ⓘ |
| givenName | Josephine ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
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theatre ⓘ |
| name | Josephine Dunn self-link ⓘ |
| notability |
known for roles in dramatic pictures of the 1920s and 1930s
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known for roles in musical pictures of the 1920s and 1930s ⓘ |
| notableWorkPeriod |
1920s
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1930s ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
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film actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| workedIn | Hollywood ⓘ |
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: Josephine Dunn Description of subject: Josephine Dunn was an American film and stage actress of the late silent and early sound era, known for her roles in musical and dramatic pictures of the 1920s and 1930s.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Singing Fool