Ellen MacArthur
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Ellen MacArthur is a British yachtswoman famed for breaking the world record for the fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe and for her later leadership in promoting the circular economy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ellen MacArthur canonical | 2 |
| Dame Ellen Patricia MacArthur | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7683151 — 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: Ellen MacArthur Context triple: [MacArthur, hasNotableBearer, Ellen MacArthur]
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A.
Jemima Crew
Jemima Crew was an English noblewoman of the 17th century best known as the wife of Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, a prominent naval commander and statesman during the Restoration.
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B.
Laura Weymouth
Laura Weymouth is a musician best known as a member of the new wave band Tom Tom Club.
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C.
Tracey Seaward
Tracey Seaward is a British film producer known for her work on acclaimed films such as "The Queen" and collaborations with director Stephen Frears.
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D.
Catherine Hughes
Catherine Hughes was a daughter of Charles Evans Hughes, the prominent American statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of State and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
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E.
Cheryl Morgan
Cheryl Morgan is a prominent science fiction fan writer and critic recognized for her influential contributions to fandom and genre discourse.
- 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: Ellen MacArthur Target entity description: Ellen MacArthur is a British yachtswoman famed for breaking the world record for the fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe and for her later leadership in promoting the circular economy.
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A.
Jemima Crew
Jemima Crew was an English noblewoman of the 17th century best known as the wife of Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, a prominent naval commander and statesman during the Restoration.
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B.
Laura Weymouth
Laura Weymouth is a musician best known as a member of the new wave band Tom Tom Club.
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C.
Tracey Seaward
Tracey Seaward is a British film producer known for her work on acclaimed films such as "The Queen" and collaborations with director Stephen Frears.
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D.
Catherine Hughes
Catherine Hughes was a daughter of Charles Evans Hughes, the prominent American statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of State and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
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E.
Cheryl Morgan
Cheryl Morgan is a prominent science fiction fan writer and critic recognized for her influential contributions to fandom and genre discourse.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
environmental advocate
ⓘ
founder ⓘ human ⓘ solo offshore sailor ⓘ yachtswoman ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award
ⓘ
linked to:
BBC Sports Personality of the Year
Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur ⓘ
linked to:
Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ ISAF World Sailor of the Year Award ⓘ
linked to:
World Sailing
Member of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to:
United Kingdom
|
| dateOfBirth | 1976-07-08 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Anthony Gell School ⓘ |
| familyName | MacArthur ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
circular economy
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ocean sailing ⓘ sustainable development ⓘ |
| founded | Ellen MacArthur Foundation ⓘ |
| fullName |
Dame Ellen Patricia MacArthur
ⓘ
linked to:
Ellen MacArthur
|
| givenName | Ellen ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Dame ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Ellen MacArthur ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe
ⓘ
offshore solo sailing records ⓘ promotion of the circular economy ⓘ |
| notableWork |
"Full Circle"
ⓘ
autobiography "Taking on the World" ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
environmentalist ⓘ sailor ⓘ yachtswoman ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Route du Rhum
ⓘ
Transat Jacques Vabre ⓘ Vendée Globe ⓘ
linked to:
Vendée Globe yacht race
|
| placeOfBirth |
Derbyshire
ⓘ
England ⓘ Whatstandwell ⓘ |
| positionHeld | founder of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation ⓘ |
| recordDateAchieved | 2005-02-07 ⓘ |
| recordHeld | fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe ⓘ |
| recordTime | 71 days 14 hours 18 minutes 33 seconds ⓘ |
| recordType | solo non-stop circumnavigation sailing record ⓘ |
| recordVessel |
B&Q / Castorama
ⓘ
linked to:
B&Q
|
| residence |
Cowes
ⓘ
Isle of Wight ⓘ |
| 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: Ellen MacArthur Description of subject: Ellen MacArthur is a British yachtswoman famed for breaking the world record for the fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe and for her later leadership in promoting the circular economy.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ellen MacArthur