Mae West
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Mae West was a legendary American actress, playwright, and sex symbol of early Hollywood, famed for her witty double entendres and bold, provocative persona.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mae West canonical | 14 |
| Mae West as Flower Belle Lee | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4969696 — 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: Mae West Context triple: [Cypress Hills Cemetery, hasNotableBurial, Mae West]
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A.
Tallulah Bankhead
Tallulah Bankhead was a flamboyant American stage and film actress known for her husky voice, sharp wit, and larger-than-life personality during the early to mid-20th century.
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B.
Dolores Costello
Dolores Costello was a prominent American silent film and early sound-era actress, often called the "Goddess of the Silent Screen," and a member of the famous Barrymore acting family.
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C.
Claudette Colbert
Claudette Colbert was a French-American actress and major Hollywood star of the 1930s and 1940s, renowned for her work in both screwball comedies and dramas and for winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for "It Happened One Night."
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D.
Billie Dove
Billie Dove was a popular American silent film actress of the 1920s, celebrated for her beauty and leading roles in romantic and adventure films.
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E.
ZaSu Pitts
ZaSu Pitts was an American actress known for her distinctive comedic persona and expressive features, who appeared in both silent films and talkies throughout a long Hollywood career.
- 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: Mae West Target entity description: Mae West was a legendary American actress, playwright, and sex symbol of early Hollywood, famed for her witty double entendres and bold, provocative persona.
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A.
Tallulah Bankhead
Tallulah Bankhead was a flamboyant American stage and film actress known for her husky voice, sharp wit, and larger-than-life personality during the early to mid-20th century.
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B.
Dolores Costello
Dolores Costello was a prominent American silent film and early sound-era actress, often called the "Goddess of the Silent Screen," and a member of the famous Barrymore acting family.
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C.
Claudette Colbert
Claudette Colbert was a French-American actress and major Hollywood star of the 1930s and 1940s, renowned for her work in both screwball comedies and dramas and for winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for "It Happened One Night."
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D.
Billie Dove
Billie Dove was a popular American silent film actress of the 1920s, celebrated for her beauty and leading roles in romantic and adventure films.
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E.
ZaSu Pitts
ZaSu Pitts was an American actress known for her distinctive comedic persona and expressive features, who appeared in both silent films and talkies throughout a long Hollywood career.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (71)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ film actress ⓘ human ⓘ playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ sex symbol ⓘ singer ⓘ stage actress ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Broadway theatre
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hollywood cinema ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stroke ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| coStarredWith |
Cary Grant
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
George Raft NERFINISHED ⓘ W. C. Fields NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1893-08-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1980-11-22 ⓘ |
| era | Pre-Code Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
German American
ⓘ
Irish American ⓘ |
| familyName | West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| famousQuote |
Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?
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When I’m good, I’m very good, but when I’m bad, I’m better. ⓘ |
| fullName | Mary Jane West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStarOn | Hollywood Walk of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Bette Midler
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Madonna NERFINISHED ⓘ Marilyn Monroe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movement | Vaudeville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
provocative persona
ⓘ
witty double entendres ⓘ |
| notableWorkAdaptedToFilm | Diamond Lil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
author ⓘ comedian ⓘ playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ singer ⓘ |
| parent |
John Patrick West
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Matilda Doelger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Brooklyn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Los Angeles ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Hollywood
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ |
| starredIn |
Belle of the Nineties
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Every Day’s a Holiday NERFINISHED ⓘ Go West, Young Man NERFINISHED ⓘ Goin’ to Town NERFINISHED ⓘ I’m No Angel NERFINISHED ⓘ Klondike Annie NERFINISHED ⓘ My Little Chickadee NERFINISHED ⓘ Myra Breckinridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Sextette NERFINISHED ⓘ She Done Him Wrong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
double entendre
ⓘ
risqué humor ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
biographical films
ⓘ
biographies ⓘ |
| wroteWork |
Diamond Lil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sex NERFINISHED ⓘ The Drag NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1890s–1970s ⓘ |
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: Mae West Description of subject: Mae West was a legendary American actress, playwright, and sex symbol of early Hollywood, famed for her witty double entendres and bold, provocative persona.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Cypress Hills Cemetery
subject surface form:
Cypress Hills Cemetery
this entity surface form:
Mae West as Flower Belle Lee