Mary
E1011034
Mary is the given first name of American actress, author, and radio host Marilu Henner.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mary canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12917129 — 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: Mary Context triple: [Marilu Henner, givenName, Mary]
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A.
Mary
Mary is the given name of the American suspense novelist Mary Higgins Clark, known for her bestselling mystery and thriller books.
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B.
Mary
Mary is the given name of Mary Catherine Bateson, an American cultural anthropologist and writer known for her work on learning and the human life cycle.
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C.
Mary
Mary of Lancaster was a 14th-century English noblewoman, daughter of Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, and a member of the influential House of Lancaster.
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D.
Mary
Mary is the middle name of Joseph Plunkett, the Irish nationalist, poet, and 1916 Easter Rising leader.
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E.
Mary
Mary is the birth name of American actress, comedian, and writer Lily Tomlin, known for her groundbreaking work in television, film, and theater.
- 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: Mary Target entity description: Mary is the given first name of American actress, author, and radio host Marilu Henner.
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A.
Mary
Mary is the birth name of American actress, comedian, and writer Lily Tomlin, known for her groundbreaking work in television, film, and theater.
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B.
Mary
Mary is the given first name of the acclaimed American actress Meryl Streep.
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C.
Mary
Mary is the given name of American character actress Marjorie Main, known for her roles in classic Hollywood films.
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D.
Mary
Mary is the given first name of American actress Marg Helgenberger, known for her role on the television series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation."
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E.
Mary
Mary is the given name of American actress and singer-songwriter Mare Winningham, known for her work in film, television, and music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | given name ⓘ |
| associatedWithReligiousFigure |
Mary, mother of Jesus
ⓘ
linked to:
Virgin Mary
|
| category |
English feminine given names
ⓘ
Theophoric names ⓘ |
| cognateInLanguage |
Maria
ⓘ
Mariam ⓘ Marie ⓘ María ⓘ Mária ⓘ |
| commonInCentury |
19th century
ⓘ
20th century ⓘ |
| commonInCountry |
Canada
ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| derivedFrom | Hebrew name Miryam ⓘ |
| genderAssociation | feminine given name ⓘ |
| givenNameOf | Marilu Henner ⓘ |
| hasMeaning |
beloved
ⓘ
bitter ⓘ rebelliousness ⓘ |
| hasReligiousSignificanceIn |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| nameDayInSomeTraditions | August 15 ⓘ |
| shortForm |
May
ⓘ
Molly ⓘ Polly ⓘ |
| usedByNotablePerson |
Mary J. Blige
ⓘ
Mary Queen of Scots ⓘ
linked to:
Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary Shelley ⓘ Mary Tyler Moore ⓘ Mary Wollstonecraft ⓘ |
| variantOf | Miriam ⓘ |
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: Mary Description of subject: Mary is the given first name of American actress, author, and radio host Marilu Henner.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.