Jane Roe
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Jane Roe is the pseudonym of Norma McCorvey, the woman who was the lead plaintiff in the landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court abortion rights case Roe v. Wade.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jane Roe canonical | 3 |
| Norma McCorvey | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T60884 — 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: Jane Roe Context triple: [Roe v. Wade, hasPetitioner, Jane Roe]
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A.
Roe v. Wade
Roe v. Wade was a landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that recognized a constitutional right to abortion, profoundly shaping American law and politics until it was overturned in 2022.
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B.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a pioneering American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and became a leading advocate for gender equality and civil rights.
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C.
Lucille Sheardown
Lucille Sheardown was one of the later wives of American inventor Lee de Forest, associated with his personal life rather than his pioneering work in radio and electronics.
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D.
Maxine Singer
Maxine Singer is an American molecular biologist renowned for her pioneering work in genetics and for her leadership in shaping ethical guidelines for recombinant DNA research.
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E.
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization is the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and ended the federal constitutional right to abortion.
- 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: Jane Roe Target entity description: Jane Roe is the pseudonym of Norma McCorvey, the woman who was the lead plaintiff in the landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court abortion rights case Roe v. Wade.
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A.
Roe v. Wade
Roe v. Wade was a landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that recognized a constitutional right to abortion, profoundly shaping American law and politics until it was overturned in 2022.
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B.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a pioneering American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and became a leading advocate for gender equality and civil rights.
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C.
Lucille Sheardown
Lucille Sheardown was one of the later wives of American inventor Lee de Forest, associated with his personal life rather than his pioneering work in radio and electronics.
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D.
Maxine Singer
Maxine Singer is an American molecular biologist renowned for her pioneering work in genetics and for her leadership in shaping ethical guidelines for recombinant DNA research.
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E.
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization is the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and ended the federal constitutional right to abortion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | pseudonym ⓘ |
| associatedCourt | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| caseCitation |
Roe v. Wade
ⓘ
surface form:
Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
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| caseDecisionYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| caseOverruledBy | Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ⓘ |
| caseType | constitutional law case ⓘ |
| constitutionalBasis |
Due Process Clause
ⓘ
surface form:
Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| decisionOutcome | recognized a constitutional right to choose abortion ⓘ |
| field |
abortion rights
ⓘ
reproductive rights ⓘ |
| hasAlias |
Jane Roe
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Norma McCorvey
|
| hasGender | female ⓘ |
| involves |
right to terminate pregnancy
ⓘ
state abortion laws ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| legalDoctrine | substantive due process ⓘ |
| legalRole | plaintiff ⓘ |
| legalStanding | pregnant woman seeking abortion ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Jane Roe
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Norma McCorvey
|
| notableFor | being the lead plaintiff in Roe v. Wade ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Henry Wade ⓘ |
| overruledYear | 2022 ⓘ |
| realName |
Jane Roe
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Norma McCorvey
|
| relatedTo |
abortion in the United States
ⓘ
right to privacy ⓘ |
| roleInCase | symbolic representative of women seeking abortions ⓘ |
| topicCategory |
landmark United States Supreme Court cases
ⓘ
women’s rights in the United States ⓘ |
| usedIn | Roe v. Wade ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jane Roe Description of subject: Jane Roe is the pseudonym of Norma McCorvey, the woman who was the lead plaintiff in the landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court abortion rights case Roe v. Wade.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Norma McCorvey