Mary Banneky
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Mary Banneky was the mother of African American scientist and almanac author Benjamin Banneker, and is believed to have been a free Black woman of mixed African and possibly English descent in colonial Maryland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mary Banneky canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20617764 — 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 Banneky Context triple: [Benjamin Banneker, mother, Mary Banneky]
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A.
Sarah Parker Remond
Sarah Parker Remond was a prominent 19th-century African American abolitionist, lecturer, and women's rights advocate who campaigned internationally against slavery and racial discrimination.
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B.
Mary Esther Lee
Mary Esther Lee was an American-born heiress and socialite who became a prominent figure in European high society through her marriage to German Field Marshal Alfred von Waldersee.
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C.
Stella Bridger
Stella Bridger is a skilled safecracker and the daughter of veteran thief John Bridger in the 2003 heist film "The Italian Job."
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D.
Mary Reynolds Babcock
Mary Reynolds Babcock was an American philanthropist and heiress of the R.J. Reynolds tobacco fortune, known for her charitable work and the foundation that bears her name.
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E.
Jean Barker
Jean Barker is a journalist best known for serving as editor of the publication *The Beachcomber*.
- 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 Banneky Target entity description: Mary Banneky was the mother of African American scientist and almanac author Benjamin Banneker, and is believed to have been a free Black woman of mixed African and possibly English descent in colonial Maryland.
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A.
Sarah Parker Remond
Sarah Parker Remond was a prominent 19th-century African American abolitionist, lecturer, and women's rights advocate who campaigned internationally against slavery and racial discrimination.
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B.
Mary Esther Lee
Mary Esther Lee was an American-born heiress and socialite who became a prominent figure in European high society through her marriage to German Field Marshal Alfred von Waldersee.
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C.
Stella Bridger
Stella Bridger is a skilled safecracker and the daughter of veteran thief John Bridger in the 2003 heist film "The Italian Job."
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D.
Mary Reynolds Babcock
Mary Reynolds Babcock was an American philanthropist and heiress of the R.J. Reynolds tobacco fortune, known for her charitable work and the foundation that bears her name.
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E.
Jean Barker
Jean Barker is a journalist best known for serving as editor of the publication *The Beachcomber*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.