Narcissa Whitman
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Narcissa Whitman was a 19th-century American missionary and one of the first white women to cross the Rocky Mountains, known for her work among the Cayuse people in the Oregon Country.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Narcissa Whitman canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19571518 — 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: Narcissa Whitman Context triple: [Marcus Whitman, spouse, Narcissa Whitman]
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A.
Marcus Whitman
Marcus Whitman was a 19th-century American physician and Protestant missionary best known for his work in the Pacific Northwest and his role in early Oregon Trail migration.
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B.
Tamsen Donner
Tamsen Donner was a member of the ill-fated Donner Party and the wife of its leader George Donner, remembered for her tragic death during the expedition’s entrapment in the Sierra Nevada in 1846–47.
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C.
Frances Slocum
Frances Slocum was a young American girl of Quaker descent who was kidnapped by Native Americans in the 18th century and later became known for fully assimilating into the Miami tribe.
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D.
Ann Hasseltine Judson
Ann Hasseltine Judson was a pioneering early 19th-century American Baptist missionary, best known for her groundbreaking work in Burma (Myanmar) alongside her husband Adoniram Judson.
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E.
Martha Warren Beckwith
Martha Warren Beckwith was an American folklorist and ethnographer known for her pioneering studies of Jamaican and Hawaiian folklore and mythology.
- 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: Narcissa Whitman Target entity description: Narcissa Whitman was a 19th-century American missionary and one of the first white women to cross the Rocky Mountains, known for her work among the Cayuse people in the Oregon Country.
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A.
Marcus Whitman
Marcus Whitman was a 19th-century American physician and Protestant missionary best known for his work in the Pacific Northwest and his role in early Oregon Trail migration.
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B.
Tamsen Donner
Tamsen Donner was a member of the ill-fated Donner Party and the wife of its leader George Donner, remembered for her tragic death during the expedition’s entrapment in the Sierra Nevada in 1846–47.
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C.
Frances Slocum
Frances Slocum was a young American girl of Quaker descent who was kidnapped by Native Americans in the 18th century and later became known for fully assimilating into the Miami tribe.
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D.
Ann Hasseltine Judson
Ann Hasseltine Judson was a pioneering early 19th-century American Baptist missionary, best known for her groundbreaking work in Burma (Myanmar) alongside her husband Adoniram Judson.
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E.
Martha Warren Beckwith
Martha Warren Beckwith was an American folklorist and ethnographer known for her pioneering studies of Jamaican and Hawaiian folklore and mythology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.