Jessie Gillespie Herndon
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Jessie Gillespie Herndon was the wife of Atlanta businessman and former enslaved entrepreneur Alonzo Herndon, associated with one of the most prominent African American families of the early 20th century.
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| Jessie Gillespie Herndon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15604697 — 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: Jessie Gillespie Herndon Context triple: [Alonzo Herndon, spouse, Jessie Gillespie Herndon]
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A.
Marion Boyd
Marion Boyd was a Scottish noblewoman of the late 15th and early 16th centuries, known primarily as a royal mistress of King James IV of Scotland and the mother of several of his illegitimate children.
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B.
Emily Munroe McNair
Emily Munroe McNair was the first wife of American actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr., with whom she had two children before her early death in 1950.
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C.
Eleanor Criswell
Eleanor Criswell is an American psychologist and educator known for her work in somatic psychology and biofeedback, and for her marriage to actor Pernell Roberts.
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D.
Corliss Williamson
Corliss Williamson is a former American NBA forward best known for his strong post play off the bench and key contributions to the Sacramento Kings and Detroit Pistons.
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E.
Sallie Vann Rogers
Sallie Vann Rogers was the wife of William Charles Rogers, a prominent Cherokee leader and politician in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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: Jessie Gillespie Herndon Target entity description: Jessie Gillespie Herndon was the wife of Atlanta businessman and former enslaved entrepreneur Alonzo Herndon, associated with one of the most prominent African American families of the early 20th century.
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A.
Marion Boyd
Marion Boyd was a Scottish noblewoman of the late 15th and early 16th centuries, known primarily as a royal mistress of King James IV of Scotland and the mother of several of his illegitimate children.
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B.
Emily Munroe McNair
Emily Munroe McNair was the first wife of American actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr., with whom she had two children before her early death in 1950.
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C.
Eleanor Criswell
Eleanor Criswell is an American psychologist and educator known for her work in somatic psychology and biofeedback, and for her marriage to actor Pernell Roberts.
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D.
Corliss Williamson
Corliss Williamson is a former American NBA forward best known for his strong post play off the bench and key contributions to the Sacramento Kings and Detroit Pistons.
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E.
Sallie Vann Rogers
Sallie Vann Rogers was the wife of William Charles Rogers, a prominent Cherokee leader and politician in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.