Frances Gumm
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Frances Gumm, better known by her stage name Judy Garland, was an iconic American actress and singer famed for her powerful voice and classic film roles such as Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz."
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Frances Ethel Gumm | 3 |
| Frances Gumm canonical | 1 |
| Judy Garland | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5349027 — 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: Frances Gumm Context triple: [The Gumm Sisters act, hasMember, Frances Gumm]
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A.
Deanna Durbin
Deanna Durbin was a Canadian-born American actress and singer who became one of Hollywood’s most popular musical film stars of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her clear soprano voice and girl-next-door charm.
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B.
Margaret O'Brien
Margaret O'Brien is an American former child actress best known for her acclaimed performances in 1940s films such as "Meet Me in St. Louis."
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C.
Mary Martin
Mary Martin was a celebrated American stage actress and singer best known for originating iconic musical roles on Broadway, including Maria in *The Sound of Music* and the title role in *Peter Pan*.
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D.
Lottie Pickford
Lottie Pickford was a Canadian-American silent film actress and member of the famous Pickford acting family, known as the younger sister of film star Mary Pickford.
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E.
Dorothy Lamour
Dorothy Lamour was an American actress and singer best known for her roles in the "Road to..." comedy films alongside Bing Crosby and Bob Hope.
- 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: Frances Gumm Target entity description: Frances Gumm, better known by her stage name Judy Garland, was an iconic American actress and singer famed for her powerful voice and classic film roles such as Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz."
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A.
Deanna Durbin
Deanna Durbin was a Canadian-born American actress and singer who became one of Hollywood’s most popular musical film stars of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her clear soprano voice and girl-next-door charm.
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B.
Margaret O'Brien
Margaret O'Brien is an American former child actress best known for her acclaimed performances in 1940s films such as "Meet Me in St. Louis."
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C.
Mary Martin
Mary Martin was a celebrated American stage actress and singer best known for originating iconic musical roles on Broadway, including Maria in *The Sound of Music* and the title role in *Peter Pan*.
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D.
Lottie Pickford
Lottie Pickford was a Canadian-American silent film actress and member of the famous Pickford acting family, known as the younger sister of film star Mary Pickford.
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E.
Dorothy Lamour
Dorothy Lamour was an American actress and singer best known for her roles in the "Road to..." comedy films alongside Bing Crosby and Bob Hope.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actress
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film actress ⓘ human ⓘ recording artist ⓘ stage actress ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1969 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1924 ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Juvenile Award
NERFINISHED
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Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy NERFINISHED ⓘ Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Special Tony Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Frances Ethel Gumm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | barbiturate overdose ⓘ |
| child |
Joey Luft
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Liza Minnelli NERFINISHED ⓘ Lorna Luft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1922-06-10 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1969-06-22 ⓘ |
| employer | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| genre |
show tunes
ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ vocal jazz ⓘ |
| memberOf | The Gumm Sisters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRole | Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSong | Over the Rainbow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Star Is Born (1954 film)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Babes in Arms NERFINISHED ⓘ Easter Parade NERFINISHED ⓘ Girl Crazy NERFINISHED ⓘ Judgment at Nuremberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Meet Me in St. Louis NERFINISHED ⓘ Summer Stock NERFINISHED ⓘ The Wizard of Oz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
dancer ⓘ singer ⓘ vaudeville performer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Grand Rapids, Minnesota, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | London, England, United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling |
Dorothy Virginia Gumm
NERFINISHED
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Mary Jane Gumm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
David Rose
NERFINISHED
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Mark Herron NERFINISHED ⓘ Mickey Deans NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidney Luft NERFINISHED ⓘ Vincente Minnelli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stageName | Judy Garland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| voiceType | contralto ⓘ |
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: Frances Gumm Description of subject: Frances Gumm, better known by her stage name Judy Garland, was an iconic American actress and singer famed for her powerful voice and classic film roles such as Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz."
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Frances Ethel Gumm
subject surface form:
Judy Garland
this entity surface form:
Frances Ethel Gumm
subject surface form:
Judy Garland
this entity surface form:
Frances Ethel Gumm
subject surface form:
Mary Jane Gumm
this entity surface form:
Judy Garland