Maw Maw
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Maw Maw is the eccentric, foul-mouthed great-grandmother in the sitcom "Raising Hope," known for her senility, unpredictable behavior, and scene-stealing comic moments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Maw Maw canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7257056 — 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: Maw Maw Context triple: [Raising Hope, mainCharacter, Maw Maw]
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A.
Mamayi
Mamayi was a powerful 14th-century military and political leader of the Golden Horde who played a central role in its internal power struggles and conflicts with emerging Russian principalities.
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B.
Mamu
Mamu is a notable Odia novel by Fakir Mohan Senapati that satirically portrays social and political life in colonial Odisha.
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C.
Mama Warerkar
Mama Warerkar was a prominent Marathi playwright known for his influential contributions to early 20th-century Marathi theatre.
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D.
Mameyal
Mameyal is a coastal barrio (neighborhood) of the municipality of Dorado in Puerto Rico, known for its seaside setting and local community character.
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E.
Putana
Putana is a demoness from Hindu mythology best known for attempting to kill the infant Krishna by breastfeeding him poisoned milk, only to be slain and ultimately granted salvation by him.
- 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: Maw Maw Target entity description: Maw Maw is the eccentric, foul-mouthed great-grandmother in the sitcom "Raising Hope," known for her senility, unpredictable behavior, and scene-stealing comic moments.
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A.
Mamayi
Mamayi was a powerful 14th-century military and political leader of the Golden Horde who played a central role in its internal power struggles and conflicts with emerging Russian principalities.
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B.
Mamu
Mamu is a notable Odia novel by Fakir Mohan Senapati that satirically portrays social and political life in colonial Odisha.
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C.
Mama Warerkar
Mama Warerkar was a prominent Marathi playwright known for his influential contributions to early 20th-century Marathi theatre.
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D.
Mameyal
Mameyal is a coastal barrio (neighborhood) of the municipality of Dorado in Puerto Rico, known for its seaside setting and local community character.
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E.
Putana
Putana is a demoness from Hindu mythology best known for attempting to kill the infant Krishna by breastfeeding him poisoned milk, only to be slain and ultimately granted salvation by him.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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television character ⓘ |
| ageGroup | elderly ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Raising Hope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsOnNetwork | Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardConnection | Cloris Leachman received Emmy nomination for role as Maw Maw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characteristic |
comic
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eccentric ⓘ foul-mouthed ⓘ senile ⓘ unpredictable ⓘ |
| comicFunction | provides absurdist humor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| createdBy | Greg Garcia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyRole | great-grandmother ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceIn | Raising Hope season 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Barbara June Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | comedy ⓘ |
| hairColor | gray ⓘ |
| hasMedicalCondition | dementia ⓘ |
| household | Chance family household ⓘ |
| knownFor |
bizarre behavior
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inappropriate comments ⓘ scene-stealing comic moments ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| name | Maw Maw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
confuses past and present
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frequent non sequiturs ⓘ often seen in underwear or nightgown ⓘ |
| occupation | retired ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Cloris Leachman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Trace Garcia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationshipToBurtChance | grandmother-in-law ⓘ |
| relationshipToHopeChance | great-great-grandmother ⓘ |
| relationshipToJimmyChance | great-grandmother ⓘ |
| relationshipToVirginiaChance | grandmother ⓘ |
| relativeOf |
Burt Chance
NERFINISHED
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Hope Chance NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimmy Chance NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia Chance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residesIn | Natesville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesRunEndYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| seriesRunStartYear | 2010 ⓘ |
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: Maw Maw Description of subject: Maw Maw is the eccentric, foul-mouthed great-grandmother in the sitcom "Raising Hope," known for her senility, unpredictable behavior, and scene-stealing comic moments.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.