Maria Ewing Sherman
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Maria Ewing Sherman was one of the daughters of American Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman and his wife Ellen Ewing Sherman, known primarily through her connection to this prominent 19th-century U.S. family.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maria Ewing Sherman canonical | 5 |
| Mary Elizabeth Sherman | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7572686 — 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: Maria Ewing Sherman Context triple: [Ellen Ewing Sherman, child, Maria Ewing Sherman]
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A.
Mary Hoyt Sherman
Mary Hoyt Sherman was the mother of American Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman and a member of the prominent Sherman family of Ohio.
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B.
Jane Elizabeth Lathrop
Jane Elizabeth Lathrop, better known as Jane Stanford, was an American philanthropist and co-founder of Stanford University alongside her husband Leland Stanford.
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C.
Ellen Ewing Sherman
Ellen Ewing Sherman was a 19th-century American Catholic socialite and philanthropist, best known as the politically connected wife of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman and the foster daughter of influential politician Thomas Ewing.
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D.
Mary McVicker Booth
Mary McVicker Booth was a 19th-century American actress best known for her stage career and for being the second wife of renowned tragedian Edwin Booth.
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E.
Elizabeth Champlin Mason
Elizabeth Champlin Mason was the wife of U.S. naval hero Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, noted for her connection to his prominent role in the War of 1812.
- 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: Maria Ewing Sherman Target entity description: Maria Ewing Sherman was one of the daughters of American Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman and his wife Ellen Ewing Sherman, known primarily through her connection to this prominent 19th-century U.S. family.
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A.
Mary Hoyt Sherman
Mary Hoyt Sherman was the mother of American Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman and a member of the prominent Sherman family of Ohio.
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B.
Jane Elizabeth Lathrop
Jane Elizabeth Lathrop, better known as Jane Stanford, was an American philanthropist and co-founder of Stanford University alongside her husband Leland Stanford.
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C.
Ellen Ewing Sherman
Ellen Ewing Sherman was a 19th-century American Catholic socialite and philanthropist, best known as the politically connected wife of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman and the foster daughter of influential politician Thomas Ewing.
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D.
Mary McVicker Booth
Mary McVicker Booth was a 19th-century American actress best known for her stage career and for being the second wife of renowned tragedian Edwin Booth.
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E.
Elizabeth Champlin Mason
Elizabeth Champlin Mason was the wife of U.S. naval hero Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, noted for her connection to his prominent role in the War of 1812.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century American woman
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human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish American ⓘ |
| familyName | Sherman ⓘ |
| father | William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ |
| fullName | Maria Ewing Sherman ⓘ |
| givenName | Maria ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Ewing family
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Sherman family ⓘ |
| mother | Ellen Ewing Sherman ⓘ |
| notableFamilyConnection |
daughter of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman
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granddaughter of Thomas Ewing Sr. ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with prominent 19th-century U.S. political and military families
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being a daughter of General William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ |
| partOf | 19th-century American elite society ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| sibling |
Charles Celestine Sherman
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Eleanor Sherman ⓘ Mary Elizabeth Sherman ⓘ Philemon Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ Rachel Sherman ⓘ
linked to:
Rachel Ewing Sherman
Thomas Ewing Sherman ⓘ William Tecumseh Sherman Jr. ⓘ |
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: Maria Ewing Sherman Description of subject: Maria Ewing Sherman was one of the daughters of American Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman and his wife Ellen Ewing Sherman, known primarily through her connection to this prominent 19th-century U.S. family.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Maria Ewing Sherman