Lois Neilson
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Lois Neilson was an American actress best known for her work in silent films and for being the first wife of comedian Stan Laurel.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lois Neilson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7755730 — 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)
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Target entity: Lois Neilson Context triple: [Stan Laurel, spouse, Lois Neilson]
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A.
Diane Nelson
Diane Nelson is an American media executive best known for serving as president of DC Entertainment and overseeing the DC Comics brand at Warner Bros.
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B.
Lois Nettleton
Lois Nettleton was an American actress known for her versatile work in film, television, and theater from the 1950s through the 1990s.
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C.
Cynthia Nelson
Cynthia Nelson is an artist known for creating cover artwork, including the cover art for the work titled "Knock Knock."
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D.
Joan Allen
Joan Allen is an acclaimed American actress known for her versatile performances in film, television, and theater, including prominent roles in dramas and political thrillers.
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E.
Joanna Gleason
Joanna Gleason is a Canadian-American actress and singer best known for her Tony Award–winning performance in the original Broadway production of "Into the Woods" and her extensive work in film and television.
- 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: Lois Neilson Target entity description: Lois Neilson was an American actress best known for her work in silent films and for being the first wife of comedian Stan Laurel.
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A.
Diane Nelson
Diane Nelson is an American media executive best known for serving as president of DC Entertainment and overseeing the DC Comics brand at Warner Bros.
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B.
Lois Nettleton
Lois Nettleton was an American actress known for her versatile work in film, television, and theater from the 1950s through the 1990s.
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C.
Cynthia Nelson
Cynthia Nelson is an artist known for creating cover artwork, including the cover art for the work titled "Knock Knock."
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D.
Joan Allen
Joan Allen is an acclaimed American actress known for her versatile performances in film, television, and theater, including prominent roles in dramas and political thrillers.
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E.
Joanna Gleason
Joanna Gleason is a Canadian-American actress and singer best known for her Tony Award–winning performance in the original Broadway production of "Into the Woods" and her extensive work in film and television.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actress
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film actress ⓘ human ⓘ silent film actress ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | American ⓘ |
| familyName | Neilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
acting
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cinema ⓘ |
| genre | silent film ⓘ |
| givenName | Lois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Stan Laurel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | divorced ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| movement | silent era Hollywood ⓘ |
| name | Lois Neilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the first wife of Stan Laurel
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silent films ⓘ |
| notableWork | silent film roles ⓘ |
| occupation | actress ⓘ |
| residence | United States of America ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse |
Lois Neilson
NERFINISHED
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Stan Laurel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workPeriod | silent film era ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Lois Neilson Description of subject: Lois Neilson was an American actress best known for her work in silent films and for being the first wife of comedian Stan Laurel.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.