Abigail Stephens
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Abigail Stephens was an English gentlewoman of the 17th century best known as the mother of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, a leading statesman under Queen Anne.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Abigail Stephens canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7682482 — 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: Abigail Stephens Context triple: [Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, mother, Abigail Stephens]
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A.
Mary Anne Stephens
Mary Anne Stephens is best known as the wife of legendary NFL coach Don Shula and for her involvement in various philanthropic and charitable activities.
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B.
Abigail Brooks
Abigail Brooks was a 19th-century American woman best known as the wife of Charles Francis Adams Sr. and the mother of Civil War officer and railroad executive Charles Francis Adams Jr., belonging to the prominent Adams political family.
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C.
Lavinia Steward
Lavinia Steward was a benefactor whose support and legacy were honored through the naming of the Steward Observatory.
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D.
Abigail Cruttenden
Abigail Cruttenden is an English actress known for her work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in period dramas and British TV series.
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E.
Elizabeth Parker
Elizabeth Parker is a British composer and sound designer best known for her electronic music and soundscapes created at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
- 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: Abigail Stephens Target entity description: Abigail Stephens was an English gentlewoman of the 17th century best known as the mother of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, a leading statesman under Queen Anne.
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A.
Mary Anne Stephens
Mary Anne Stephens is best known as the wife of legendary NFL coach Don Shula and for her involvement in various philanthropic and charitable activities.
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B.
Abigail Brooks
Abigail Brooks was a 19th-century American woman best known as the wife of Charles Francis Adams Sr. and the mother of Civil War officer and railroad executive Charles Francis Adams Jr., belonging to the prominent Adams political family.
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C.
Lavinia Steward
Lavinia Steward was a benefactor whose support and legacy were honored through the naming of the Steward Observatory.
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D.
Abigail Cruttenden
Abigail Cruttenden is an English actress known for her work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in period dramas and British TV series.
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E.
Elizabeth Parker
Elizabeth Parker is a British composer and sound designer best known for her electronic music and soundscapes created at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
17th-century English person
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English gentlewoman ⓘ English statesman ⓘ Queen of Great Britain ⓘ |
| child | Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of England
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Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| mother | Abigail Stephens ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the mother of a leading statesman under Queen Anne ⓘ |
| notableWork | mother of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Queen of England
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Queen of Scotland ⓘ leading statesman under Queen Anne ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
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: Abigail Stephens Description of subject: Abigail Stephens was an English gentlewoman of the 17th century best known as the mother of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, a leading statesman under Queen Anne.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Abigail Stephens