Mary Matthews
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Mary Matthews is the idealistic socialite protagonist of the 1945 political drama film "State of the Union," who becomes entangled in her husband's bid for the U.S. presidency.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mary Matthews canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4374610 — 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: Mary Matthews Context triple: [State of the Union, hasMainCharacter, Mary Matthews]
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A.
Ann Pamela Cunningham
Ann Pamela Cunningham was a 19th-century American preservationist best known for leading the effort to save George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate and founding the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association.
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B.
Martha McMillan Roberts
Martha McMillan Roberts was a Farm Security Administration photographer known for documenting American life during the Great Depression era.
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C.
Elizabeth Porter
Elizabeth Porter was the wife of English writer Samuel Johnson, remembered as his older, widowed partner whose marriage to him significantly influenced his early life and career.
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D.
Elizabeth McCord
Elizabeth McCord is the principled and pragmatic U.S. Secretary of State at the center of the political drama series "Madam Secretary," known for her diplomatic skill and moral conviction.
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E.
Mary Frances Reynolds
Mary Frances Reynolds, better known as Debbie Reynolds, was an American actress, singer, and dancer famed for her roles in classic Hollywood films such as "Singin' in the Rain."
- 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: Mary Matthews Target entity description: Mary Matthews is the idealistic socialite protagonist of the 1945 political drama film "State of the Union," who becomes entangled in her husband's bid for the U.S. presidency.
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A.
Ann Pamela Cunningham
Ann Pamela Cunningham was a 19th-century American preservationist best known for leading the effort to save George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate and founding the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association.
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B.
Martha McMillan Roberts
Martha McMillan Roberts was a Farm Security Administration photographer known for documenting American life during the Great Depression era.
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C.
Elizabeth Porter
Elizabeth Porter was the wife of English writer Samuel Johnson, remembered as his older, widowed partner whose marriage to him significantly influenced his early life and career.
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D.
Elizabeth McCord
Elizabeth McCord is the principled and pragmatic U.S. Secretary of State at the center of the political drama series "Madam Secretary," known for her diplomatic skill and moral conviction.
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E.
Mary Frances Reynolds
Mary Frances Reynolds, better known as Debbie Reynolds, was an American actress, singer, and dancer famed for her roles in classic Hollywood films such as "Singin' in the Rain."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn | State of the Union ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
ethics in democracy
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idealism vs. political compromise ⓘ marital loyalty ⓘ |
| basedInFictionalLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| characterTrait | idealistic ⓘ |
| conflictWith | political corruption ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdForWork | State of the Union ⓘ |
| entangledIn | her husband's bid for the U.S. presidency ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn | political drama film ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Matthews ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Mary ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipWith | Kay Thorndyke ⓘ |
| involvedIn | U.S. presidential campaign ⓘ |
| mediumOfAppearance | film ⓘ |
| moralStance | integrity in politics ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | moral center of the story ⓘ |
| occupation | socialite ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Katharine Hepburn ⓘ |
| roleInWork | protagonist of the film "State of the Union" ⓘ |
| spouse | Grant Matthews ⓘ |
| yearOfWorkFirstAppearance | 1948 ⓘ |
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: Mary Matthews Description of subject: Mary Matthews is the idealistic socialite protagonist of the 1945 political drama film "State of the Union," who becomes entangled in her husband's bid for the U.S. presidency.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.