Joy Foster
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Joy Foster is the birth name of Joy Harjo, the acclaimed Native American poet, musician, and former U.S. Poet Laureate.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Joy Foster canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4866643 — 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: Joy Foster Context triple: [Joy Harjo, birthName, Joy Foster]
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A.
Meg Foster
Meg Foster is an American actress known for her striking pale blue eyes and roles in films and television series such as "They Live," "Masters of the Universe," and numerous genre productions.
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B.
Amy Ferson
Amy Ferson is an American journalist and commentator best known as the first wife of television personality and news anchor T. J. Holmes.
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C.
Rosemary Woodruff
Rosemary Woodruff was an American counterculture figure and activist best known for her involvement in the 1960s psychedelic movement alongside Timothy Leary.
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D.
Lindy Robbins
Lindy Robbins is an American songwriter known for crafting hit pop songs for major artists across the contemporary music industry.
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E.
Joy Parker
Joy Parker was the wife of acclaimed English actor Paul Scofield, with whom she shared a long marriage and family life.
- 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: Joy Foster Target entity description: Joy Foster is the birth name of Joy Harjo, the acclaimed Native American poet, musician, and former U.S. Poet Laureate.
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A.
Meg Foster
Meg Foster is an American actress known for her striking pale blue eyes and roles in films and television series such as "They Live," "Masters of the Universe," and numerous genre productions.
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B.
Amy Ferson
Amy Ferson is an American journalist and commentator best known as the first wife of television personality and news anchor T. J. Holmes.
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C.
Rosemary Woodruff
Rosemary Woodruff was an American counterculture figure and activist best known for her involvement in the 1960s psychedelic movement alongside Timothy Leary.
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D.
Lindy Robbins
Lindy Robbins is an American songwriter known for crafting hit pop songs for major artists across the contemporary music industry.
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E.
Joy Parker
Joy Parker was the wife of acclaimed English actor Paul Scofield, with whom she shared a long marriage and family life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | person ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
American Book Award
ⓘ
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize ⓘ Wallace Stevens Award ⓘ |
| birthName | Joy Foster ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Iowa
ⓘ
University of New Mexico ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Native American ⓘ |
| familyName | Harjo ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Native American literature
ⓘ
contemporary poetry ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
ⓘ
memoir ⓘ poetry ⓘ |
| givenName | Joy ⓘ |
| hasAlias | Joy Foster ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Muscogee (Creek) Nation
ⓘ
linked to:
Creek (Muscogee) Nation
|
| movement | Native American Renaissance ⓘ |
| notableRole | first Native American U.S. Poet Laureate ⓘ |
| notableWork |
An American Sunrise
ⓘ
Crazy Brave ⓘ How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems ⓘ In Mad Love and War ⓘ She Had Some Horses ⓘ The Woman Who Fell From the Sky ⓘ |
| occupation |
musician
ⓘ
poet ⓘ professor ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| playsInstrument |
flute
ⓘ
saxophone ⓘ |
| positionHeld | United States Poet Laureate ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Joy Foster Description of subject: Joy Foster is the birth name of Joy Harjo, the acclaimed Native American poet, musician, and former U.S. Poet Laureate.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Joy Foster
subject linked to:
Joy Foster