Dorothy McEwen
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Dorothy McEwen was an American businesswoman and philanthropist known for co-founding Digital Research with her then-husband Gary Kildall and later supporting numerous cultural and community initiatives in California.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dorothy McEwen canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8118089 — 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: Dorothy McEwen Context triple: [Gary Kildall, spouse, Dorothy McEwen]
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A.
Dorothy Shaw
Dorothy Shaw is the witty, down-to-earth brunette showgirl and best friend of Lorelei Lee in the musical comedy "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes."
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B.
Frances Dee
Frances Dee was an American film actress of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her poised, refined screen presence in dramas and literary adaptations.
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C.
Dorothy Wilson
Dorothy Wilson was an American film actress of the 1930s known for her roles in Hollywood dramas and adventure films.
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D.
Dolores Fuller
Dolores Fuller was an American actress, songwriter, and longtime muse and partner of cult filmmaker Ed Wood, known for her roles in his low-budget films and for writing songs recorded by Elvis Presley.
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E.
Virginia Duigan
Virginia Duigan is an Australian writer and former journalist best known for her novels and short stories, often exploring psychological and social themes.
- 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: Dorothy McEwen Target entity description: Dorothy McEwen was an American businesswoman and philanthropist known for co-founding Digital Research with her then-husband Gary Kildall and later supporting numerous cultural and community initiatives in California.
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A.
Dorothy Shaw
Dorothy Shaw is the witty, down-to-earth brunette showgirl and best friend of Lorelei Lee in the musical comedy "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes."
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B.
Frances Dee
Frances Dee was an American film actress of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her poised, refined screen presence in dramas and literary adaptations.
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C.
Dorothy Wilson
Dorothy Wilson was an American film actress of the 1930s known for her roles in Hollywood dramas and adventure films.
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D.
Dolores Fuller
Dolores Fuller was an American actress, songwriter, and longtime muse and partner of cult filmmaker Ed Wood, known for her roles in his low-budget films and for writing songs recorded by Elvis Presley.
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E.
Virginia Duigan
Virginia Duigan is an Australian writer and former journalist best known for her novels and short stories, often exploring psychological and social themes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
businesswoman
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human ⓘ |
| basedIn | Monterey County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| businessPartner | Gary Kildall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coFounded | Digital Research NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | Digital Research NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | computer software industry ⓘ |
| genreOfPhilanthropy |
arts and culture
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community development ⓘ |
| knownFor |
supporting community initiatives in California
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supporting cultural initiatives in California ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | divorced from Gary Kildall ⓘ |
| notableFor | role in early microcomputer software industry ⓘ |
| notableWork | co-founding Digital Research ⓘ |
| occupation |
business executive
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entrepreneur ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
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| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Gary Kildall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supported |
community programs in California
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local cultural organizations in California ⓘ |
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: Dorothy McEwen Description of subject: Dorothy McEwen was an American businesswoman and philanthropist known for co-founding Digital Research with her then-husband Gary Kildall and later supporting numerous cultural and community initiatives in California.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.