Dorothy Vaughan
E1054538
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Dorothy Vaughan was an African American mathematician and NASA “human computer” who became one of the agency’s first Black female supervisors and a pioneering expert in early computer programming.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dorothy Vaughan canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13694538 — 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 Vaughan Context triple: [Hidden Figures, mainSubject, Dorothy Vaughan]
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A.
Katherine Johnson
Katherine Johnson was an African American mathematician whose critical orbital mechanics calculations for NASA enabled early U.S. crewed spaceflights, including John Glenn’s historic mission.
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B.
Mary Evelyn Pickering
Mary Evelyn Pickering, better known as Evelyn De Morgan, was a British Pre-Raphaelite painter renowned for her allegorical and spiritually themed works.
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C.
Henrietta Hill Swope
Henrietta Hill Swope was an American astronomer known for her pioneering work on variable stars and for being one of the first women to make significant contributions to modern observational astronomy.
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D.
Margaret Swope
Margaret Swope was the wife of prominent American editor and journalist Herbert Bayard Swope, associated with early 20th-century New York society.
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E.
Margaret Hamilton
Margaret Hamilton was an American character actress best known for her iconic portrayal of the Wicked Witch of the West in the classic 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz."
- 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 Vaughan Target entity description: Dorothy Vaughan was an African American mathematician and NASA “human computer” who became one of the agency’s first Black female supervisors and a pioneering expert in early computer programming.
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A.
Katherine Johnson
Katherine Johnson was an African American mathematician whose critical orbital mechanics calculations for NASA enabled early U.S. crewed spaceflights, including John Glenn’s historic mission.
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B.
Mary Evelyn Pickering
Mary Evelyn Pickering, better known as Evelyn De Morgan, was a British Pre-Raphaelite painter renowned for her allegorical and spiritually themed works.
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C.
Henrietta Hill Swope
Henrietta Hill Swope was an American astronomer known for her pioneering work on variable stars and for being one of the first women to make significant contributions to modern observational astronomy.
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D.
Margaret Swope
Margaret Swope was the wife of prominent American editor and journalist Herbert Bayard Swope, associated with early 20th-century New York society.
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E.
Margaret Hamilton
Margaret Hamilton was an American character actress best known for her iconic portrayal of the Wicked Witch of the West in the classic 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.