Mary Robinson
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Mary Robinson was the mother of English industrialist Matthew Robinson Boulton, connecting her to the prominent Boulton family involved in the early Industrial Revolution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mary Robinson canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5943218 — 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 Robinson Context triple: [Matthew Robinson Boulton, mother, Mary Robinson]
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A.
Mary Robinson
Mary Robinson is an Irish lawyer and politician who served as the first female President of Ireland and later as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, renowned globally for her advocacy on human rights and social justice.
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B.
Helena Kennedy
Helena Kennedy is a prominent British barrister, Labour peer, and human rights advocate known for her work on civil liberties, social justice, and legal reform.
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C.
Kathleen Power
Kathleen Power is a notable individual distinguished enough in her field or public life to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Power.
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D.
Claire Higgins
Claire Higgins is an acclaimed English actress known for her work in film, television, and especially on the stage, including award-winning performances in London theatre.
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E.
Clare Short
Clare Short is a British politician and former Labour MP who served as Secretary of State for International Development, known for her outspoken views on poverty, international aid, and the Iraq War.
- 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 Robinson Target entity description: Mary Robinson was the mother of English industrialist Matthew Robinson Boulton, connecting her to the prominent Boulton family involved in the early Industrial Revolution.
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A.
Mary Robinson
Mary Robinson is an Irish lawyer and politician who served as the first female President of Ireland and later as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, renowned globally for her advocacy on human rights and social justice.
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B.
Helena Kennedy
Helena Kennedy is a prominent British barrister, Labour peer, and human rights advocate known for her work on civil liberties, social justice, and legal reform.
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C.
Kathleen Power
Kathleen Power is a notable individual distinguished enough in her field or public life to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Power.
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D.
Claire Higgins
Claire Higgins is an acclaimed English actress known for her work in film, television, and especially on the stage, including award-winning performances in London theatre.
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E.
Clare Short
Clare Short is a British politician and former Labour MP who served as Secretary of State for International Development, known for her outspoken views on poverty, international aid, and the Iraq War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (12)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| givenName | Mary ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Robinson ⓘ |
| memberOf | Boulton family ⓘ |
| motherOf | Matthew Robinson Boulton ⓘ |
| notableRelative | Matthew Boulton ⓘ |
| occupation | homemaker ⓘ |
| partOf | early Industrial Revolution social milieu ⓘ |
| placeOfResidence |
Birmingham
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England ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
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 Robinson Description of subject: Mary Robinson was the mother of English industrialist Matthew Robinson Boulton, connecting her to the prominent Boulton family involved in the early Industrial Revolution.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.