Cynthia Wesley
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Cynthia Wesley was one of the four African-American girls killed in the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, a pivotal tragedy of the Civil Rights Movement.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cynthia Wesley canonical | 11 |
| Cynthia Dionne Wesley | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T123489 — 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: Cynthia Wesley Context triple: [16th Street Baptist Church, victim, Cynthia Wesley]
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A.
Sarah Cloyce
Sarah Cloyce was a woman accused during the Salem witch trials, known for being the sister of fellow accused Rebecca Nurse and for later helping to challenge the legitimacy of the proceedings.
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B.
Katherine Rogers
Katherine Rogers was the mother of John Harvard, the English clergyman whose bequest helped found Harvard College in colonial Massachusetts.
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C.
Emily Carmichael
Emily Carmichael is an American filmmaker and screenwriter known for her work on genre films such as Pacific Rim: Uprising and for her distinctive, imaginative storytelling style.
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D.
Jocelyn Howard
Jocelyn Howard is an American television and film actress best known as the daughter of filmmaker and former child star Ron Howard.
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E.
Katherine Hudson
Katherine Hudson was the wife of English explorer Henry Hudson, known primarily through historical records of his voyages and family.
- 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: Cynthia Wesley Target entity description: Cynthia Wesley was one of the four African-American girls killed in the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, a pivotal tragedy of the Civil Rights Movement.
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A.
Sarah Cloyce
Sarah Cloyce was a woman accused during the Salem witch trials, known for being the sister of fellow accused Rebecca Nurse and for later helping to challenge the legitimacy of the proceedings.
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B.
Katherine Rogers
Katherine Rogers was the mother of John Harvard, the English clergyman whose bequest helped found Harvard College in colonial Massachusetts.
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C.
Emily Carmichael
Emily Carmichael is an American filmmaker and screenwriter known for her work on genre films such as Pacific Rim: Uprising and for her distinctive, imaginative storytelling style.
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D.
Jocelyn Howard
Jocelyn Howard is an American television and film actress best known as the daughter of filmmaker and former child star Ron Howard.
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E.
Katherine Hudson
Katherine Hudson was the wife of English explorer Henry Hudson, known primarily through historical records of his voyages and family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil rights movement victim
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| adoptedBy |
Claude Wesley
ⓘ
Gertrude Wesley ⓘ |
| adoptiveFather | Claude Wesley ⓘ |
| adoptiveMother | Gertrude Wesley ⓘ |
| ageAtDeath | 14 ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Birmingham campaign
ⓘ
surface form:
1963 Birmingham campaign
|
| associatedWithPlace |
16th Street Baptist Church
ⓘ
surface form:
16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham
|
| attended | 16th Street Baptist Church ⓘ |
| birthName | Cynthia Dionne Morris ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Birmingham, Alabama, United States ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath |
church bombing
ⓘ
terrorist attack ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn | Birmingham Civil Rights Institute exhibits ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| coVictimWith |
Addie Mae Collins
ⓘ
Carole Robertson ⓘ Denise McNair ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1949-04-30 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1963-09-15 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Parker High School ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African American
|
| familyName | Wesley ⓘ |
| fullName |
Cynthia Wesley
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Cynthia Dionne Wesley
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Cynthia ⓘ |
| hasRole | Sunday school attendee ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | her death galvanized support for civil rights legislation in the United States ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | homicide ⓘ |
| memorializedBy |
16th Street Baptist Church memorials
ⓘ
Civil Rights Memorial ⓘ
surface form:
Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama
|
| movement |
American civil rights movement
ⓘ
surface form:
American Civil Rights Movement
|
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of four African-American girls killed in the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing ⓘ |
| partOf |
4 Little Girls
ⓘ
surface form:
the four girls killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
|
| placeOfBirth | Birmingham, Alabama, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Birmingham, Alabama, United States ⓘ |
| religion |
Baptists
ⓘ
surface form:
Baptist Christianity
|
| residence | Birmingham, Alabama, United States ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| victimOf |
16th Street Baptist Church
ⓘ
surface form:
16th Street Baptist Church bombing
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cynthia Wesley Description of subject: Cynthia Wesley was one of the four African-American girls killed in the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, a pivotal tragedy of the Civil Rights Movement.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cynthia Dionne Wesley
subject surface form:
Addie Mae Collins