Madeline Gail Wolfson
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Madeline Gail Wolfson, better known as Madeline Kahn, was an acclaimed American actress and comedian celebrated for her work in films like "Blazing Saddles" and "Young Frankenstein."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Madeline Gail Wolfson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11426834 — 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: Madeline Gail Wolfson Context triple: [Madeline Kahn, birthName, Madeline Gail Wolfson]
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A.
Mary Genevieve Laufersweiler
Mary Genevieve Laufersweiler was the mother of American hotel magnate Conrad Hilton and a formative influence on his early life and values.
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B.
Ellen Walsh
Ellen Walsh is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, including professionals and public figures in various fields.
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C.
Melinda Welles
Melinda Welles is a central character in the musical "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever," appearing as the elegant 18th-century past-life persona of the modern heroine.
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D.
Grace Nelson
Grace Nelson is an American political figure and philanthropist best known as the wife of former U.S. Senator and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.
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E.
Deborah Van Valkenburgh
Deborah Van Valkenburgh is an American actress best known for her roles in the cult film "The Warriors" and the 1980s sitcom "Too Close for Comfort."
- 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: Madeline Gail Wolfson Target entity description: Madeline Gail Wolfson, better known as Madeline Kahn, was an acclaimed American actress and comedian celebrated for her work in films like "Blazing Saddles" and "Young Frankenstein."
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A.
Mary Genevieve Laufersweiler
Mary Genevieve Laufersweiler was the mother of American hotel magnate Conrad Hilton and a formative influence on his early life and values.
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B.
Ellen Walsh
Ellen Walsh is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, including professionals and public figures in various fields.
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C.
Melinda Welles
Melinda Welles is a central character in the musical "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever," appearing as the elegant 18th-century past-life persona of the modern heroine.
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D.
Grace Nelson
Grace Nelson is an American political figure and philanthropist best known as the wife of former U.S. Senator and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.
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E.
Deborah Van Valkenburgh
Deborah Van Valkenburgh is an American actress best known for her roles in the cult film "The Warriors" and the 1980s sitcom "Too Close for Comfort."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actress
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comedian ⓘ film actress ⓘ human ⓘ stage actress ⓘ television actress ⓘ voice actress ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Madeline Kahn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Daytime Emmy Award
NERFINISHED
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Primetime Emmy Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Madeline Gail Wolfson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film
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television ⓘ theatre ⓘ voice acting ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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Tony Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Elizabeth (Young Frankenstein)
NERFINISHED
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Lili von Shtupp NERFINISHED ⓘ Miss White (Clue) NERFINISHED ⓘ Trixie Delight (Paper Moon) NERFINISHED ⓘ Victoria (High Anxiety) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Bug’s Life
NERFINISHED
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Blazing Saddles NERFINISHED ⓘ Clue NERFINISHED ⓘ Cosby NERFINISHED ⓘ High Anxiety NERFINISHED ⓘ History of the World, Part I NERFINISHED ⓘ Paper Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ What’s Up, Doc? NERFINISHED ⓘ Young Frankenstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
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comedian ⓘ singer ⓘ |
| partOf |
cast of Blazing Saddles
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cast of Clue ⓘ cast of Paper Moon ⓘ cast of What’s Up, Doc? ⓘ cast of Young Frankenstein ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| voiceRole | Gypsy Moth (A Bug’s Life) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Gene Wilder
NERFINISHED
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Mel Brooks NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Bogdanovich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Madeline Gail Wolfson Description of subject: Madeline Gail Wolfson, better known as Madeline Kahn, was an acclaimed American actress and comedian celebrated for her work in films like "Blazing Saddles" and "Young Frankenstein."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.