Lydia Moss Bradley
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Lydia Moss Bradley was a 19th-century American philanthropist and businesswoman best known for endowing and establishing educational and civic institutions in Peoria, Illinois.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lydia Moss Bradley canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8063791 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lydia Moss Bradley Context triple: [Bradley University, founder, Lydia Moss Bradley]
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A.
Lydia Hurlbut
Lydia Hurlbut is an American entrepreneur and co-founder/CEO of the Hurlbut Academy, an educational platform for filmmakers that she runs with her husband, cinematographer Shane Hurlbut.
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B.
Lydia Moore Parker
Lydia Moore Parker was the wife of John Parker, a prominent early American frontiersman and Texas settler.
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C.
Sarah Dabney Strother
Sarah Dabney Strother was an American woman of the late 18th and early 19th centuries best known as the mother of Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the United States.
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D.
Louisa E. Masterson
Louisa E. Masterson was a family member of famed Old West lawman and gambler Bat Masterson, known primarily through her relation to him.
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E.
Ernestine Bradley
Ernestine Bradley is a German-American scholar and professor emerita of German and comparative literature, known for her academic work and public engagement in the United States.
- 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: Lydia Moss Bradley Target entity description: Lydia Moss Bradley was a 19th-century American philanthropist and businesswoman best known for endowing and establishing educational and civic institutions in Peoria, Illinois.
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A.
Lydia Hurlbut
Lydia Hurlbut is an American entrepreneur and co-founder/CEO of the Hurlbut Academy, an educational platform for filmmakers that she runs with her husband, cinematographer Shane Hurlbut.
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B.
Lydia Moore Parker
Lydia Moore Parker was the wife of John Parker, a prominent early American frontiersman and Texas settler.
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C.
Sarah Dabney Strother
Sarah Dabney Strother was an American woman of the late 18th and early 19th centuries best known as the mother of Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the United States.
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D.
Louisa E. Masterson
Louisa E. Masterson was a family member of famed Old West lawman and gambler Bat Masterson, known primarily through her relation to him.
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E.
Ernestine Bradley
Ernestine Bradley is a German-American scholar and professor emerita of German and comparative literature, known for her academic work and public engagement in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
ⓘ
businesswoman ⓘ human ⓘ |
| birthName | Lydia Moss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Springdale Cemetery, Peoria, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1816-07-31 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1908-01-16 ⓘ |
| era | 19th-century United States ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| familyName | Bradley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
business
ⓘ
philanthropy ⓘ |
| founded |
Bradley Polytechnic Institute
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bradley University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Lydia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableAssociation |
Bradley University
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peoria, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificAfter |
Bradley University
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lydia Moss Bradley Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
civic philanthropy in Peoria, Illinois
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endowing educational institutions in Peoria, Illinois ⓘ founding Bradley Polytechnic Institute ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legacy | major benefactor of higher education in Peoria, Illinois ⓘ |
| mainResidence | Peoria, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Founding of Bradley Polytechnic Institute
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Philanthropy in Peoria, Illinois ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessperson
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philanthropist ⓘ |
| philanthropicFocus |
civic improvement
ⓘ
education ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Vevay, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Peoria, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfPhilanthropy | Peoria, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Methodism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Peoria, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Tobias S. Bradley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateOfActivity | Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateOfOrigin | Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supported |
civic institutions in Peoria, Illinois
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education in the Midwest ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
19th century
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Gilded Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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