Mary Kies
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Mary Kies was an early 19th-century American inventor known as the first woman in the United States to receive a patent, for a method of weaving straw with silk.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mary Kies canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21659840 — 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 Kies Context triple: [Margaret Lindsay, hasSibling, Mary Kies]
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A.
Margaret Kies
Margaret Kies, better known by her stage name Margaret Lindsay, was an American film actress prominent in the 1930s and 1940s, noted for her roles in dramas and crime films.
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B.
Mary Easty
Mary Easty was a respected Salem, Massachusetts woman who was falsely accused of witchcraft and executed during the 1692 Salem witch trials, later remembered for her dignified plea for justice.
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C.
Helen Kies
Helen Kies was the sister of American film actress Margaret Lindsay and a member of the same theatrical family background.
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D.
Rosalie Vanderpoel
Rosalie Vanderpoel is the American heiress protagonist of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s novel "The Shuttle," whose strength and determination drive the story’s exploration of transatlantic marriage and social class.
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E.
Mollie Steimer
Mollie Steimer was a Russian-born Jewish anarchist and political activist in the United States, known for her anti-war agitation, prosecution under the Espionage Act, and eventual deportation for her radical beliefs.
- 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 Kies Target entity description: Mary Kies was an early 19th-century American inventor known as the first woman in the United States to receive a patent, for a method of weaving straw with silk.
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A.
Margaret Kies
Margaret Kies, better known by her stage name Margaret Lindsay, was an American film actress prominent in the 1930s and 1940s, noted for her roles in dramas and crime films.
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B.
Mary Easty
Mary Easty was a respected Salem, Massachusetts woman who was falsely accused of witchcraft and executed during the 1692 Salem witch trials, later remembered for her dignified plea for justice.
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C.
Helen Kies
Helen Kies was the sister of American film actress Margaret Lindsay and a member of the same theatrical family background.
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D.
Rosalie Vanderpoel
Rosalie Vanderpoel is the American heiress protagonist of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s novel "The Shuttle," whose strength and determination drive the story’s exploration of transatlantic marriage and social class.
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E.
Mollie Steimer
Mollie Steimer was a Russian-born Jewish anarchist and political activist in the United States, known for her anti-war agitation, prosecution under the Espionage Act, and eventual deportation for her radical beliefs.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.