Lola
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Lola is the seductive, devilish femme fatale character in the musical "Damn Yankees," known for her show-stopping number "Whatever Lola Wants."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lola canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10954809 — 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: Lola Context triple: [Damn Yankees, character, Lola]
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A.
Lola
Lola is a fictional character portrayed by British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor.
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Lola
Lola is a 1981 West German drama film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, in which Armin Mueller-Stahl plays a prominent role in a story set in postwar Germany.
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C.
Lola
Lola is the charismatic drag queen and performer who serves as the central catalyst for change in the musical and film "Kinky Boots."
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D.
Lola
"Lola" is a 1970 rock song by The Kinks, famous for its catchy melody and narrative about a romantic encounter that plays with themes of gender identity and ambiguity.
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E.
Lola
Lola is a lethal, acrobatic henchwoman and primary antagonist in the action film "Transporter 2," known for her distinctive red attire and high-impact fight scenes.
- 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: Lola Target entity description: Lola is the seductive, devilish femme fatale character in the musical "Damn Yankees," known for her show-stopping number "Whatever Lola Wants."
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A.
Lola
Lola is the charismatic drag queen and performer who serves as the central catalyst for change in the musical and film "Kinky Boots."
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B.
Lola
"Lola" is a 1970 rock song by The Kinks, famous for its catchy melody and narrative about a romantic encounter that plays with themes of gender identity and ambiguity.
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C.
Lola
Lola is a lethal, acrobatic henchwoman and primary antagonist in the action film "Transporter 2," known for her distinctive red attire and high-impact fight scenes.
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D.
Lola
Lola is a 1961 French New Wave film directed by Jacques Demy, featuring Corinne Marchand in the title role as a cabaret singer in the port city of Nantes.
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E.
Lola
Lola is a fictional character portrayed by British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
femme fatale
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ stage musical character ⓘ |
| allegiance | the Devil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Lola NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | musical theatre ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Damn Yankees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedSong | Whatever Lola Wants NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWork | The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterType |
comic
ⓘ
devilish ⓘ seductive ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy |
Douglass Wallop
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
George Abbott NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerry Ross NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Adler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdForWork | Damn Yankees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| danceNumber |
Whatever Lola Wants
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Who’s Got the Pain? NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dramaticArc |
begins as loyal servant of the Devil
ⓘ
develops sympathy for Joe Hardy ⓘ ultimately helps thwart the Devil’s plan ⓘ |
| employer | Mr. Applegate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Damn Yankees (1955 stage musical) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreElement | musical comedy ⓘ |
| influencedByArchetype | classic femme fatale of film noir ⓘ |
| languageOfOriginalWork | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film adaptation
ⓘ
stage ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | to seduce Joe Hardy ⓘ |
| notableCostumeElement | revealing, glamorous outfits ⓘ |
| notableSongPerformance | Whatever Lola Wants (Lola Gets) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
expert dancer
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sultry singing style ⓘ uses seduction as a weapon ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise | Damn Yankees franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Gwen Verdon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gwen Verdon (1955 original Broadway production) NERFINISHED ⓘ Gwen Verdon (1958 film adaptation) ⓘ |
| relationshipToProtagonist | tempts Joe Hardy away from his wife ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative |
antagonist
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seductive temptress ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity | Washington Senators baseball team world ⓘ |
| songStyle | show-stopping number ⓘ |
| thematicAssociation |
deal with the Devil
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sexual allure in exchange for the soul ⓘ temptation ⓘ |
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: Lola Description of subject: Lola is the seductive, devilish femme fatale character in the musical "Damn Yankees," known for her show-stopping number "Whatever Lola Wants."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.