Mary Cooper
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Mary Cooper is the devoutly religious, plain-spoken Texan mother of Sheldon Cooper in the television series "The Big Bang Theory" and its prequel "Young Sheldon."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mary Cooper canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8268075 — 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: Mary Cooper Context triple: [Sheldon Cooper, hasParent, Mary Cooper]
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A.
Mary Amelia Rogers
Mary Amelia Rogers was a daughter of American humorist and social commentator Will Rogers, belonging to his prominent early 20th-century Oklahoma-based family.
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B.
Clementina Shorter
Clementina Shorter was the wife of British journalist and literary critic Clement Shorter, associated with the late 19th- and early 20th-century English literary scene.
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C.
Mary Ann Booth
Mary Ann Booth was the daughter of Mary Ann Holmes Booth and a member of the prominent 19th-century Booth family connected to the American theatrical world.
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D.
Mary Ellen
Mary Ellen is a feminine given name of English origin, often used as a compound of "Mary" and "Ellen."
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E.
Mary Elizabeth Booth
Mary Elizabeth Booth was a notable member of the Booth family, recognized for her contributions and prominence within this historically significant lineage.
- 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: Mary Cooper Target entity description: Mary Cooper is the devoutly religious, plain-spoken Texan mother of Sheldon Cooper in the television series "The Big Bang Theory" and its prequel "Young Sheldon."
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A.
Mary Amelia Rogers
Mary Amelia Rogers was a daughter of American humorist and social commentator Will Rogers, belonging to his prominent early 20th-century Oklahoma-based family.
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B.
Clementina Shorter
Clementina Shorter was the wife of British journalist and literary critic Clement Shorter, associated with the late 19th- and early 20th-century English literary scene.
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C.
Mary Ann Booth
Mary Ann Booth was the daughter of Mary Ann Holmes Booth and a member of the prominent 19th-century Booth family connected to the American theatrical world.
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D.
Mary Ellen
Mary Ellen is a feminine given name of English origin, often used as a compound of "Mary" and "Ellen."
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E.
Mary Elizabeth Booth
Mary Elizabeth Booth was a notable member of the Booth family, recognized for her contributions and prominence within this historically significant lineage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Big Bang Theory
ⓘ
Young Sheldon ⓘ |
| basedIn | Texas ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
devoutly religious
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plain-spoken ⓘ pragmatic ⓘ protective mother ⓘ traditional ⓘ |
| child |
George Cooper Jr.
ⓘ
Missy Cooper ⓘ Sheldon Cooper ⓘ |
| createdFor | The Big Bang Theory ⓘ |
| denomination | Evangelical Protestant ⓘ |
| familyName | Cooper ⓘ |
| fictionalEthnicity | white American ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Big Bang Theory, season 1 episode 4 "The Luminous Fish Effect" ⓘ |
| genre | sitcom ⓘ |
| givenName | Mary ⓘ |
| languageOfDialogue | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| network | CBS ⓘ |
| occupation | church worker ⓘ |
| parentOf |
George Cooper Jr.
ⓘ
Missy Cooper ⓘ Sheldon Cooper ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Laurie Metcalf
ⓘ
Zoe Perry ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | Medford, Texas ⓘ |
| spouse |
George Cooper Sr.
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linked to:
George Cooper Jr.
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| universe | The Big Bang Theory universe ⓘ |
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: Mary Cooper Description of subject: Mary Cooper is the devoutly religious, plain-spoken Texan mother of Sheldon Cooper in the television series "The Big Bang Theory" and its prequel "Young Sheldon."
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.