Anna Davenport Raines
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Anna Davenport Raines was a prominent Southern civic leader and memorialist best known as a co-founder of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Anna Davenport Raines canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1066419 — 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: Anna Davenport Raines Context triple: [United Daughters of the Confederacy, foundedBy, Anna Davenport Raines]
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A.
Sarah Cloyce
Sarah Cloyce was a woman accused during the Salem witch trials, known for being the sister of fellow accused Rebecca Nurse and for later helping to challenge the legitimacy of the proceedings.
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B.
Laura Lyons
Laura Lyons is the mother of American fashion model Lily Aldridge.
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C.
Mary Carr
Mary Carr was an American character actress of the silent and early sound film era, often cast as kindly maternal figures.
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D.
Sarah Amory
Sarah Amory was the mother of American planter and statesman Henry Middleton, a prominent figure in colonial South Carolina.
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E.
Rachel Leona White
Rachel Leona White was the wife of Sherman Adams, the former Governor of New Hampshire and White House Chief of Staff under President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
- 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: Anna Davenport Raines Target entity description: Anna Davenport Raines was a prominent Southern civic leader and memorialist best known as a co-founder of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
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A.
Sarah Cloyce
Sarah Cloyce was a woman accused during the Salem witch trials, known for being the sister of fellow accused Rebecca Nurse and for later helping to challenge the legitimacy of the proceedings.
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B.
Laura Lyons
Laura Lyons is the mother of American fashion model Lily Aldridge.
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C.
Mary Carr
Mary Carr was an American character actress of the silent and early sound film era, often cast as kindly maternal figures.
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D.
Sarah Amory
Sarah Amory was the mother of American planter and statesman Henry Middleton, a prominent figure in colonial South Carolina.
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E.
Rachel Leona White
Rachel Leona White was the wife of Sherman Adams, the former Governor of New Hampshire and White House Chief of Staff under President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American civic leader
ⓘ
Confederate memorialist ⓘ memorialist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
United Confederate Veterans
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surface form:
Confederate veterans
Southern women’s heritage groups ⓘ |
| cause | preservation of Confederate memory ⓘ |
| coFounderOf | United Daughters of the Confederacy ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | Raines ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
civic organizing
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memorialization of Confederate history ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Anna ⓘ |
| ideology | Southern Confederate commemoration ⓘ |
| knownFor | promoting Confederate monuments and memory ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| movement | Lost Cause of the Confederacy ⓘ |
| name | Anna Davenport Raines self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
co-founding the United Daughters of the Confederacy
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leadership in Southern civic life ⓘ |
| notableRole | early leader in the United Daughters of the Confederacy ⓘ |
| occupation |
civic leader
ⓘ
memorialist ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Southern United States ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | pro-Confederate ⓘ |
| region |
Southern United States
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surface form:
American South
|
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | Southern United States ⓘ |
| sphereOfInfluence | Confederate memorial organizations ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Anna Davenport Raines Description of subject: Anna Davenport Raines was a prominent Southern civic leader and memorialist best known as a co-founder of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.