Sara Plummer Lemmon
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Sara Plummer Lemmon was a 19th-century American botanist and illustrator known for her extensive plant-collecting work in the American West and for helping to popularize and document the flora of Arizona and California.
All labels observed (1)
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| Sara Plummer Lemmon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sara Plummer Lemmon Context triple: [Mount Lemmon, namedAfter, Sara Plummer Lemmon]
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Florence McFadden
Florence McFadden was the wife of American actor and vaudevillian Jack Haley, best known for his role as the Tin Man in the classic film "The Wizard of Oz."
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Rosemary Hoyt
Rosemary Hoyt is a young American film actress in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel "Tender Is the Night," whose infatuation with Dick Diver catalyzes much of the story’s romantic and psychological tension.
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Florence Dempsey
Florence Dempsey is a spirited young reporter character in the 1933 horror film "Mystery of the Wax Museum," known for her sharp wit and investigative tenacity.
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D.
Elinor Donahue
Elinor Donahue is an American actress best known for her work in classic television sitcoms of the 1950s and 1960s.
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Mary Benedict Cushing
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sara Plummer Lemmon Target entity description: Sara Plummer Lemmon was a 19th-century American botanist and illustrator known for her extensive plant-collecting work in the American West and for helping to popularize and document the flora of Arizona and California.
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A.
Florence McFadden
Florence McFadden was the wife of American actor and vaudevillian Jack Haley, best known for his role as the Tin Man in the classic film "The Wizard of Oz."
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B.
Rosemary Hoyt
Rosemary Hoyt is a young American film actress in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel "Tender Is the Night," whose infatuation with Dick Diver catalyzes much of the story’s romantic and psychological tension.
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C.
Florence Dempsey
Florence Dempsey is a spirited young reporter character in the 1933 horror film "Mystery of the Wax Museum," known for her sharp wit and investigative tenacity.
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D.
Elinor Donahue
Elinor Donahue is an American actress best known for her work in classic television sitcoms of the 1950s and 1960s.
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E.
Mary Benedict Cushing
Mary Benedict Cushing was a prominent American socialite from the influential Cushing family, known for her high-profile marriages into wealthy dynasties including that of Vincent Astor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American botanist
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botanist ⓘ human ⓘ illustrator ⓘ scientific illustrator ⓘ |
| activeIn |
19th century
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American West NERFINISHED ⓘ Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Sara Allen Plummer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectedSpecimensFor |
Smithsonian Institution
NERFINISHED
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United States Department of Agriculture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1836-09-03 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1923-01-15 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Cooper Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Victorian era ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| familyName | Lemmon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
botanical illustration
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botany ⓘ |
| givenName | Sara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNamesake |
Baccharis plummerae
NERFINISHED
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Calochortus plummerae NERFINISHED ⓘ Lemmon’s paintbrush NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Lemmon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
botanical exploration of Arizona
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botanical exploration of California ⓘ botanical illustrations of Western plants ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | California Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | American women in science ⓘ |
| name | Sara Plummer Lemmon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
co-led botanical expeditions in Arizona with John Gill Lemmon
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helped secure the naming of Mount Lemmon in Arizona ⓘ |
| notableFor |
extensive plant-collecting in the American West
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popularizing Western North American flora ⓘ |
| notableWork |
documentation of the flora of Arizona
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documentation of the flora of California ⓘ |
| occupation |
botanist
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illustrator ⓘ |
| partnerInScience | John Gill Lemmon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Maine, United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Oakland, California, United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Oakland, California, United States of America
NERFINISHED
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Santa Barbara, California, United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | John Gill Lemmon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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