Mather
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Mather is a surname most notably associated with the prominent New England Puritan minister and author Cotton Mather and his influential family.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mather canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7447481 — 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: Mather Context triple: [Timothy Mather, familyName, Mather]
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A.
Arbella
Arbella was the flagship that carried John Winthrop and other Puritan settlers to New England during the Great Migration of 1630.
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B.
Revere
Revere is a surname most notably associated with American historical figure Paul Revere and various other individuals in politics, arts, and public life.
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C.
Kittredge
Kittredge is an English-language surname borne by various notable figures, including American writer Charmian Kittredge London.
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D.
Mather Zickel
Mather Zickel is an American actor known for his work in film and television, including roles in projects like "Rachel Getting Married" and various comedy series.
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E.
Pilgrim
"Pilgrim" is a music album produced by Simon Climie, best known for his work with Eric Clapton and other prominent artists.
- 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: Mather Target entity description: Mather is a surname most notably associated with the prominent New England Puritan minister and author Cotton Mather and his influential family.
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A.
Arbella
Arbella was the flagship that carried John Winthrop and other Puritan settlers to New England during the Great Migration of 1630.
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B.
Revere
Revere is a surname most notably associated with American historical figure Paul Revere and various other individuals in politics, arts, and public life.
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C.
Kittredge
Kittredge is an English-language surname borne by various notable figures, including American writer Charmian Kittredge London.
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D.
Mather Zickel
Mather Zickel is an American actor known for his work in film and television, including roles in projects like "Rachel Getting Married" and various comedy series.
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E.
Pilgrim
"Pilgrim" is a music album produced by Simon Climie, best known for his work with Eric Clapton and other prominent artists.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New England family
ⓘ
Puritan minister ⓘ family ⓘ person ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| category | English-language surnames ⓘ |
| child | Cotton Mather NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Colonial America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1663-02-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1728-02-13 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
ⓘ
surface form:
Harvard College
Harvard University ⓘ
surface form:
Harvard College
|
| etymologyStatus | uncertain ⓘ |
| familyName |
Mather
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mather NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Increase Mather NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Cotton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Cotton Mather NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
Cotton Mather
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Increase Mather NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVariant | Mathers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Mather family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | New England Puritanism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | Puritan religious leadership ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Magnalia Christi Americana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wonders of the Invisible World NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
clergyman ⓘ clergyman ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | President of Harvard College ⓘ |
| region | New England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Puritanism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | surname of English origin ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
Australia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
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: Mather Description of subject: Mather is a surname most notably associated with the prominent New England Puritan minister and author Cotton Mather and his influential family.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Richard Mather