Mary Newman
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Mary Newman was the first wife of the English sea captain and explorer Sir Francis Drake in the late 16th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mary Newman canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T206742 — 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 Newman Context triple: [Francis Drake, spouse, Mary Newman]
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A.
Amy Catherine Robbins
Amy Catherine Robbins was the long-time partner and later wife of English writer H. G. Wells, known for her supportive role in his personal and professional life.
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B.
Elizabeth Flanagan
Elizabeth Flanagan was the wife of C. Everett Koop, the prominent U.S. Surgeon General known for his influential public health advocacy.
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C.
Mary Grace Slattery
Mary Grace Slattery was the first wife of American playwright Arthur Miller, whom he married before achieving his major theatrical success.
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D.
Emily Carmichael
Emily Carmichael is an American filmmaker and screenwriter known for her work on genre films such as Pacific Rim: Uprising and for her distinctive, imaginative storytelling style.
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E.
Colleen Sostorics
Colleen Sostorics is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman and three-time Olympic gold medallist who starred with the national women’s team.
- 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 Newman Target entity description: Mary Newman was the first wife of the English sea captain and explorer Sir Francis Drake in the late 16th century.
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A.
Amy Catherine Robbins
Amy Catherine Robbins was the long-time partner and later wife of English writer H. G. Wells, known for her supportive role in his personal and professional life.
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B.
Elizabeth Flanagan
Elizabeth Flanagan was the wife of C. Everett Koop, the prominent U.S. Surgeon General known for his influential public health advocacy.
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C.
Mary Grace Slattery
Mary Grace Slattery was the first wife of American playwright Arthur Miller, whom he married before achieving his major theatrical success.
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D.
Emily Carmichael
Emily Carmichael is an American filmmaker and screenwriter known for her work on genre films such as Pacific Rim: Uprising and for her distinctive, imaginative storytelling style.
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E.
Colleen Sostorics
Colleen Sostorics is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman and three-time Olympic gold medallist who starred with the national women’s team.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (21)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical figure
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Age of Discovery
ⓘ
linked to:
Age of Exploration
Elizabethan era ⓘ
linked to:
English Renaissance
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| centuryOfActivity | 16th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| floruit | late 16th century ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| marriedToNobilityTitle | Sir ⓘ |
| marriedToOccupation |
explorer
ⓘ
sea captain ⓘ |
| marriedToTitle |
English sea captain Sir Francis Drake
ⓘ
linked to:
Francis Drake
|
| name | Mary Newman ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the first wife of Sir Francis Drake ⓘ |
| occupation | housewife ⓘ |
| placeOfResidence | England ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse |
Mary Newman
ⓘ
Sir Francis Drake ⓘ
linked to:
Francis Drake
|
| spouseOrder | first wife of Sir Francis Drake ⓘ |
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 Newman Description of subject: Mary Newman was the first wife of the English sea captain and explorer Sir Francis Drake in the late 16th century.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.