Lillian Rogers Parks
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Lillian Rogers Parks was a longtime White House maid and seamstress who became known for her memoirs detailing life behind the scenes of multiple presidential administrations.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lillian Rogers Parks canonical | 4 |
| Lillian Rogers Parks in Backstairs at the White House | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T173350 — 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: Lillian Rogers Parks Context triple: [Backstairs at the White House, authorOfSourceWork, Lillian Rogers Parks]
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A.
Verna Fields
Verna Fields was an American film editor best known for her Oscar-winning work on the blockbuster thriller "Jaws" and her influential role in New Hollywood cinema.
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B.
Laurey Williams
Laurey Williams is the spirited young farm girl who serves as the romantic heroine in the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "Oklahoma!".
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C.
Fanny Davis Whitfield
Fanny Davis Whitfield was the mother of Louise Whitfield Carnegie, who became the wife of industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
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D.
Mary Lee Woods
Mary Lee Woods was a British mathematician and computer scientist who worked on early computers at Ferranti and was the mother of World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee.
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E.
Lil Hardin Armstrong
Lil Hardin Armstrong was an influential American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader, and early collaborator who helped shape Louis Armstrong’s career during the 1920s and 1930s.
- 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: Lillian Rogers Parks Target entity description: Lillian Rogers Parks was a longtime White House maid and seamstress who became known for her memoirs detailing life behind the scenes of multiple presidential administrations.
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A.
Verna Fields
Verna Fields was an American film editor best known for her Oscar-winning work on the blockbuster thriller "Jaws" and her influential role in New Hollywood cinema.
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B.
Laurey Williams
Laurey Williams is the spirited young farm girl who serves as the romantic heroine in the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "Oklahoma!".
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C.
Fanny Davis Whitfield
Fanny Davis Whitfield was the mother of Louise Whitfield Carnegie, who became the wife of industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
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D.
Mary Lee Woods
Mary Lee Woods was a British mathematician and computer scientist who worked on early computers at Ferranti and was the mother of World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee.
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E.
Lil Hardin Armstrong
Lil Hardin Armstrong was an influential American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader, and early collaborator who helped shape Louis Armstrong’s career during the 1920s and 1930s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
ⓘ
memoirist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| basedOn | television miniseries Backstairs at the White House was based on her memoir ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| employer |
White House
ⓘ
surface form:
Executive Residence of the White House
White House ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
domestic service in the White House
ⓘ
presidential history memoirs ⓘ |
| genre |
memoir
ⓘ
nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | behind-the-scenes view of U.S. presidents ⓘ |
| hasRole |
White House maid
ⓘ
White House seamstress ⓘ |
| inspiredWork | Backstairs at the White House ⓘ |
| knownFor |
detailed accounts of life behind the scenes at the White House
ⓘ
recollections of multiple presidential families ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mother | Maggie Rogers ⓘ |
| motherOccupation | White House maid ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Backstairs at the White House
ⓘ
surface form:
My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House
The Roosevelts: A Family in Turmoil ⓘ
surface form:
My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House: A Personal Account of Life in the White House
The Roosevelts: A Family in Turmoil ⓘ |
| occupation |
domestic worker
ⓘ
maid ⓘ seamstress ⓘ |
| placeOfWork | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
historical discussions of White House staff
ⓘ
television miniseries Backstairs at the White House ⓘ |
| workContext | 20th-century White House history ⓘ |
| workedOn |
Eisenhower administration
ⓘ
Herbert Hoover administration ⓘ
surface form:
Hoover administration
Roosevelt administration ⓘ Truman administration ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
Dwight D. Eisenhower
ⓘ
Eleanor Roosevelt ⓘ President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
President Harry S. Truman ⓘ
surface form:
Harry S. Truman
White House domestic staff ⓘ daily life in the Executive Residence ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lillian Rogers Parks Description of subject: Lillian Rogers Parks was a longtime White House maid and seamstress who became known for her memoirs detailing life behind the scenes of multiple presidential administrations.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lillian Rogers Parks in Backstairs at the White House