Joan B. Kroc
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Joan B. Kroc was an American philanthropist and widow of McDonald’s CEO Ray Kroc, renowned for her large-scale charitable donations to causes such as peace, education, and social justice.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Joan Kroc | 5 |
| Joan B. Kroc canonical | 2 |
| Ethel Kroc | 1 |
| Marilyn Kroc | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12785392 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joan B. Kroc Context triple: [Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies, namedAfter, Joan B. Kroc]
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A.
Catherine Filene Shouse
Catherine Filene Shouse was an American philanthropist and arts patron best known for founding and developing the Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts.
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B.
Winona Kirk
Winona Kirk is the mother of James T. Kirk in the Star Trek franchise’s alternate Kelvin Timeline continuity.
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C.
Marjorie Merriweather Post
Marjorie Merriweather Post was a prominent American businesswoman, socialite, and philanthropist who inherited and greatly expanded the Post cereal fortune and became known for her lavish estates and art patronage.
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D.
Linda Potter Shriver
Linda Potter Shriver is the wife of Special Olympics chairman Timothy Shriver and a member of the prominent Kennedy–Shriver family circle.
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E.
Abigail S. Wexner
Abigail S. Wexner is an American philanthropist and attorney known for her leadership in charitable, educational, and community initiatives, particularly in Ohio.
- 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: Joan B. Kroc Target entity description: Joan B. Kroc was an American philanthropist and widow of McDonald’s CEO Ray Kroc, renowned for her large-scale charitable donations to causes such as peace, education, and social justice.
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A.
Catherine Filene Shouse
Catherine Filene Shouse was an American philanthropist and arts patron best known for founding and developing the Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts.
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B.
Winona Kirk
Winona Kirk is the mother of James T. Kirk in the Star Trek franchise’s alternate Kelvin Timeline continuity.
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C.
Marjorie Merriweather Post
Marjorie Merriweather Post was a prominent American businesswoman, socialite, and philanthropist who inherited and greatly expanded the Post cereal fortune and became known for her lavish estates and art patronage.
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D.
Linda Potter Shriver
Linda Potter Shriver is the wife of Special Olympics chairman Timothy Shriver and a member of the prominent Kennedy–Shriver family circle.
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E.
Abigail S. Wexner
Abigail S. Wexner is an American philanthropist and attorney known for her leadership in charitable, educational, and community initiatives, particularly in Ohio.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American philanthropist
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human ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | brain cancer ⓘ |
| citizenship | American ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1928-08-27 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2003-10-12 ⓘ |
| donatedTo |
National Public Radio
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Salvation Army ⓘ University of Notre Dame ⓘ University of San Diego ⓘ education initiatives ⓘ peace studies programs ⓘ social justice organizations ⓘ |
| familyName | Kroc ⓘ |
| givenName | Joan ⓘ |
| hasPart | Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies ⓘ |
| knownFor |
major donations to public radio
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major donations to the Salvation Army ⓘ major donations to universities ⓘ |
| marriedTo | Ray Kroc ⓘ |
| movement |
nuclear disarmament movement
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linked to:
global anti-nuclear movement
peace movement ⓘ |
| name | Joan B. Kroc ⓘ |
| namesakeOf |
Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
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Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice ⓘ
linked to:
Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies
Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies ⓘ Kroc Centers of the Salvation Army ⓘ
linked to:
The Salvation Army Kroc Centers
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| notableFor |
large-scale charitable donations
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support for education ⓘ support for peace initiatives ⓘ support for social justice causes ⓘ |
| occupation | philanthropist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
West St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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linked to:
West St. Paul, Minnesota
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| placeOfDeath | Rancho Santa Fe, California, United States ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Rancho Santa Fe, California, United States
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San Diego, California, United States ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Ray Kroc ⓘ |
| spouseOf |
McDonald’s CEO Ray Kroc
ⓘ
linked to:
Ray Kroc
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| supportedCause |
higher education
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international peace ⓘ nuclear disarmament ⓘ public broadcasting ⓘ social services for the poor ⓘ |
| wealthFrom | McDonald’s franchise fortune ⓘ |
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: Joan B. Kroc Description of subject: Joan B. Kroc was an American philanthropist and widow of McDonald’s CEO Ray Kroc, renowned for her large-scale charitable donations to causes such as peace, education, and social justice.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Joan B. Kroc
linked to: Joan B. Kroc
subject linked to:
El Camino Memorial Park, San Diego, California, United States
linked to: Joan B. Kroc
linked to: Joan B. Kroc