Mary
E14130
Mary is a central figure in Christianity, venerated as the mother of Jesus and often honored as the Virgin Mary.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mary canonical | 37 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T34928 — 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: [Jesus Christ, mother, Mary]
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A.
Eleanor
Eleanor is a feminine given name most famously borne by Eleanor Roosevelt, the influential First Lady of the United States and human rights advocate.
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B.
Eleanor
Eleanor was one of the merchant ships in Boston Harbor whose tea cargo was destroyed during the Boston Tea Party protest against British taxation in 1773.
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C.
Anna
Anna is the given first name of Eleanor Roosevelt, the influential former First Lady of the United States and human rights advocate.
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D.
Henry
Henry is the given name of Henry A. Kissinger, the influential American diplomat and political scientist who served as U.S. Secretary of State and National Security Advisor.
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E.
Anne, Queen of Great Britain
Anne, Queen of Great Britain was the last Stuart monarch, under whose reign England and Scotland were united into a single kingdom in 1707.
- 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 a central figure in Christianity, venerated as the mother of Jesus and often honored as the Virgin Mary.
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A.
Eleanor
Eleanor is a feminine given name most famously borne by Eleanor Roosevelt, the influential First Lady of the United States and human rights advocate.
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B.
Eleanor
Eleanor was one of the merchant ships in Boston Harbor whose tea cargo was destroyed during the Boston Tea Party protest against British taxation in 1773.
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C.
Anna
Anna is the given first name of Eleanor Roosevelt, the influential former First Lady of the United States and human rights advocate.
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D.
Henry
Henry is the given name of Henry A. Kissinger, the influential American diplomat and political scientist who served as U.S. Secretary of State and National Security Advisor.
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E.
Anne, Queen of Great Britain
Anne, Queen of Great Britain was the last Stuart monarch, under whose reign England and Scotland were united into a single kingdom in 1707.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian saint
ⓘ
New Testament person ⓘ biblical person ⓘ religious figure ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Virgin Mary
ⓘ
surface form:
Blessed Virgin Mary
Virgin Mary ⓘ
surface form:
Mother of God
Virgin Mary ⓘ
surface form:
Mother of Jesus
Saint Mary ⓘ Virgin Mary ⓘ
surface form:
Theotokos
Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| associatedWithDoctrine |
Assumption of Mary
ⓘ
Immaculate Conception ⓘ Perpetual Virginity of Mary ⓘ virgin birth of Jesus ⓘ |
| centralRole | mother of Jesus ⓘ |
| child |
Jesus Christ
ⓘ
surface form:
Jesus
|
| describedAs | virgin in Christian tradition ⓘ |
| feastCelebratedOn |
August 15
ⓘ
December 8 ⓘ January 1 ⓘ |
| honorificTitle |
Mother of the Church
ⓘ
Virgin Mary ⓘ
surface form:
Our Lady
Queen of Heaven ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Acts of the Apostles
ⓘ
Gospel of John ⓘ Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ |
| name | Mary ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| roleInTheology |
intercessor for believers
ⓘ
model of faith ⓘ model of obedience to God ⓘ |
| spouse | Joseph ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Marian apparitions
ⓘ
Marian devotions ⓘ Marian dogmas ⓘ Marian prayers ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
compassion
ⓘ
humility ⓘ motherhood ⓘ purity ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form:
Lutheran Churches
Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form:
Oriental Orthodox Churches
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
some other Protestant traditions ⓘ |
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 a central figure in Christianity, venerated as the mother of Jesus and often honored as the Virgin Mary.
Referenced by (37)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Maria
subject surface form:
Marié
subject surface form:
Saint Mary