Fannie N. Smith
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Fannie N. Smith was the first wife of African American educator and leader Booker T. Washington, with whom she shared the early years of his rise to prominence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fannie N. Smith canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5886819 — 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: Fannie N. Smith Context triple: [Booker T. Washington, spouse, Fannie N. Smith]
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A.
Alma Johnson Powell
Alma Johnson Powell is an American audiologist and education advocate best known as the longtime wife of former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and for her leadership in children’s and literacy initiatives.
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B.
Selma Florence Smith
Selma Florence Smith was the wife of Harold H. Burton, an American politician and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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C.
Florence Eldridge
Florence Eldridge was an American stage and film actress known for her distinguished Broadway career and frequent collaborations with her husband, actor Fredric March.
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D.
Mildred Thompson
Mildred Thompson was the wife of civil rights leader James Forman, associated with the mid-20th-century American civil rights movement.
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E.
Ida Jackson
Ida Jackson is a character in James Baldwin’s play "The Amen Corner," representing the struggles and moral complexities within a Harlem Pentecostal community.
- 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: Fannie N. Smith Target entity description: Fannie N. Smith was the first wife of African American educator and leader Booker T. Washington, with whom she shared the early years of his rise to prominence.
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A.
Alma Johnson Powell
Alma Johnson Powell is an American audiologist and education advocate best known as the longtime wife of former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and for her leadership in children’s and literacy initiatives.
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B.
Selma Florence Smith
Selma Florence Smith was the wife of Harold H. Burton, an American politician and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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C.
Florence Eldridge
Florence Eldridge was an American stage and film actress known for her distinguished Broadway career and frequent collaborations with her husband, actor Fredric March.
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D.
Mildred Thompson
Mildred Thompson was the wife of civil rights leader James Forman, associated with the mid-20th-century American civil rights movement.
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E.
Ida Jackson
Ida Jackson is a character in James Baldwin’s play "The Amen Corner," representing the struggles and moral complexities within a Harlem Pentecostal community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (19)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical figure
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
African American education
ⓘ
Booker T. Washington ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| ethnicGroup |
African American
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
|
| familyName | Smith ⓘ |
| givenName | Fannie ⓘ |
| lifePartnerOf | Booker T. Washington ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married (historical) to Booker T. Washington ⓘ |
| name | Fannie N. Smith ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the first wife of Booker T. Washington
ⓘ
sharing the early years of Booker T. Washington’s rise to prominence ⓘ |
| partOf | early life of Booker T. Washington ⓘ |
| positionInFamily | first wife of Booker T. Washington ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse |
Booker T. Washington
ⓘ
Fannie N. Smith ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century United States ⓘ |
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: Fannie N. Smith Description of subject: Fannie N. Smith was the first wife of African American educator and leader Booker T. Washington, with whom she shared the early years of his rise to prominence.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.