Emily Donelson
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Emily Donelson was the niece of U.S. President Andrew Jackson who served as White House hostess and unofficial First Lady during his administration.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Emily Donelson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7736486 — 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: Emily Donelson Context triple: [Louisa Catherine Johnson, successorInRole, Emily Donelson]
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A.
Mary Johnson
Mary Johnson is the impoverished young protagonist of Stephen Crane’s novella "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets," whose tragic life in the slums of New York highlights the brutal effects of poverty and social hypocrisy.
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B.
Julia Houston
Julia Houston is a central character in the TV series "Smash," portrayed as a talented but personally conflicted Broadway songwriter and lyricist.
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C.
Hilary Geary Ross
Hilary Geary Ross is an American socialite, philanthropist, and society columnist known for her prominent role in New York and Palm Beach social circles.
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D.
Jane Pierce
Jane Pierce was the third wife of early English colonist John Rolfe, known for her connection to the Jamestown settlement in colonial Virginia.
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E.
Sara Shaw
Sara Shaw is a film editor known for her work on the acclaimed coming-of-age drama "The Miseducation of Cameron Post."
- 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: Emily Donelson Target entity description: Emily Donelson was the niece of U.S. President Andrew Jackson who served as White House hostess and unofficial First Lady during his administration.
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A.
Mary Johnson
Mary Johnson is the impoverished young protagonist of Stephen Crane’s novella "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets," whose tragic life in the slums of New York highlights the brutal effects of poverty and social hypocrisy.
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B.
Julia Houston
Julia Houston is a central character in the TV series "Smash," portrayed as a talented but personally conflicted Broadway songwriter and lyricist.
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C.
Hilary Geary Ross
Hilary Geary Ross is an American socialite, philanthropist, and society columnist known for her prominent role in New York and Palm Beach social circles.
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D.
Jane Pierce
Jane Pierce was the third wife of early English colonist John Rolfe, known for her connection to the Jamestown settlement in colonial Virginia.
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E.
Sara Shaw
Sara Shaw is a film editor known for her work on the acclaimed coming-of-age drama "The Miseducation of Cameron Post."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
First Lady of the United States
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human ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Davidson County, Tennessee
NERFINISHED
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The Hermitage NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | tuberculosis ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1807-06-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1836-12-19 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Nashville Female Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1834 ⓘ |
| familyName | Donelson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | John Donelson Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Emily NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle | First Lady ⓘ |
| mother | Rachel Stockley Donelson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Emily Donelson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | acting as de facto First Lady for Andrew Jackson ⓘ |
| notableWork | served as White House hostess for Andrew Jackson ⓘ |
| occupation | political hostess ⓘ |
| partOf | Andrew Jackson administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Davidson County, Tennessee
NERFINISHED
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Nashville, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Tulip Grove
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ near Nashville, Tennessee ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
White House hostess
ⓘ
unofficial First Lady of the United States ⓘ |
| relative |
Andrew Jackson
NERFINISHED
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Andrew Jackson Donelson NERFINISHED ⓘ Donelson family NERFINISHED ⓘ Rachel Donelson Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterian
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surface form:
Presbyterianism
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| residence |
The Hermitage
NERFINISHED
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Tulip Grove NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| sibling | Rachel Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Andrew Jackson Donelson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1829 ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Washington, D.C.
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White House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Emily Donelson Description of subject: Emily Donelson was the niece of U.S. President Andrew Jackson who served as White House hostess and unofficial First Lady during his administration.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.