Lady Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow
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Lady Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow was a British aristocrat best known as the wife of Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (Lord Irwin), a prominent Conservative politician and Viceroy of India.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lady Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2841992 — 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: Lady Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow Context triple: [Lord Irwin, spouse, Lady Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow]
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A.
Dorothy Cavendish
Dorothy Cavendish was a British aristocrat and political hostess, best known as the wife of Conservative Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and a member of the influential Cavendish/Devonshire family.
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B.
Dorothy Savile, Countess of Burlington
Dorothy Savile, Countess of Burlington, was an 18th-century British aristocrat and artist known for her role in the cultural and social circles surrounding the influential architect and patron Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington.
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C.
Anne Hill-Trevor, Countess of Mornington
Anne Hill-Trevor, Countess of Mornington, was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat of the 18th century and the wife of Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington, making her the mother of several prominent Wellesley family members.
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D.
Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough
Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough, was an 18th–19th century British aristocrat and political hostess from the influential Spencer family, noted for her prominent social role in Georgian high society.
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E.
Lady Mary Gascoyne-Cecil
Lady Mary Gascoyne-Cecil was an English aristocrat from the influential Cecil family who became Marchioness of Hartington through marriage into the Cavendish (Duke of Devonshire) family.
- 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: Lady Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow Target entity description: Lady Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow was a British aristocrat best known as the wife of Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (Lord Irwin), a prominent Conservative politician and Viceroy of India.
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A.
Dorothy Cavendish
Dorothy Cavendish was a British aristocrat and political hostess, best known as the wife of Conservative Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and a member of the influential Cavendish/Devonshire family.
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B.
Dorothy Savile, Countess of Burlington
Dorothy Savile, Countess of Burlington, was an 18th-century British aristocrat and artist known for her role in the cultural and social circles surrounding the influential architect and patron Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington.
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C.
Anne Hill-Trevor, Countess of Mornington
Anne Hill-Trevor, Countess of Mornington, was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat of the 18th century and the wife of Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington, making her the mother of several prominent Wellesley family members.
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D.
Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough
Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough, was an 18th–19th century British aristocrat and political hostess from the influential Spencer family, noted for her prominent social role in Georgian high society.
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E.
Lady Mary Gascoyne-Cecil
Lady Mary Gascoyne-Cecil was an English aristocrat from the influential Cecil family who became Marchioness of Hartington through marriage into the Cavendish (Duke of Devonshire) family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British aristocrat
ⓘ
noblewoman ⓘ |
| associatedWithHistoricalPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| associatedWithPosition | Viceroy of India ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion | British India ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| familyName | Onslow ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Dorothy ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| memberOfNobleFamily | Onslow family ⓘ |
| middleName |
Augusta
ⓘ
Evelyn ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Lady ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the wife of Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
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role in British aristocratic society ⓘ |
| residence | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| socialClass | British peerage ⓘ |
| spouse | Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax ⓘ |
| spouseAlternativeName | Lord Irwin ⓘ |
| spouseNobleTitle |
Baron Irwin
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Earl of Halifax ⓘ Viscount Halifax ⓘ |
| spouseOccupation | Conservative politician ⓘ |
| spouseOfTitle | Viceroy of India ⓘ |
| spousePoliticalParty | Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ |
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: Lady Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow Description of subject: Lady Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow was a British aristocrat best known as the wife of Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (Lord Irwin), a prominent Conservative politician and Viceroy of India.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax