Anne Redferne
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Anne Redferne was an accused witch in early 17th-century Lancashire, England, who became one of the central figures tried and executed during the infamous Pendle witch trials of 1612.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Anne Redferne canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7820390 — 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: Anne Redferne Context triple: [Pendle witch trials, notableDefendant, Anne Redferne]
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A.
Gillian Redfearn
Gillian Redfearn is a prominent British science fiction and fantasy editor and publishing director, recognized for her influential work in genre publishing.
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B.
Ann Denman
Ann Denman was the wife of renowned English neoclassical sculptor John Flaxman, known primarily through her close association with his life and work.
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C.
Helen Melland
Helen Melland was the wife of British Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith and a member of the English upper-middle class in the late 19th century.
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D.
Barbara Clough
Barbara Clough was the long-time wife and partner of legendary English football manager Brian Clough, known for her supportive role throughout his career and family life.
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E.
Helen Morris
Helen Morris is an American book editor and the longtime wife of acclaimed film director Martin Scorsese.
- 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: Anne Redferne Target entity description: Anne Redferne was an accused witch in early 17th-century Lancashire, England, who became one of the central figures tried and executed during the infamous Pendle witch trials of 1612.
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A.
Gillian Redfearn
Gillian Redfearn is a prominent British science fiction and fantasy editor and publishing director, recognized for her influential work in genre publishing.
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B.
Ann Denman
Ann Denman was the wife of renowned English neoclassical sculptor John Flaxman, known primarily through her close association with his life and work.
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C.
Helen Melland
Helen Melland was the wife of British Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith and a member of the English upper-middle class in the late 19th century.
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D.
Barbara Clough
Barbara Clough was the long-time wife and partner of legendary English football manager Brian Clough, known for her supportive role throughout his career and family life.
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E.
Helen Morris
Helen Morris is an American book editor and the longtime wife of acclaimed film director Martin Scorsese.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (18)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
accused witch
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historical figure ⓘ person executed for witchcraft ⓘ |
| accusation | witchcraft ⓘ |
| activePeriod | early 17th century ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| event | Pendle witch trials ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
English witch trials
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linked to:
Pendle witch trials
early modern witch hunts in Britain ⓘ |
| legalStatus |
accused
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convicted ⓘ |
| name | Anne Redferne ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the central figures in the Pendle witch trials of 1612 ⓘ |
| penalty | execution ⓘ |
| placeOfTrial |
Lancashire, England
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linked to:
Lancashire
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| region | Lancashire ⓘ |
| yearOfEvent | 1612 ⓘ |
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: Anne Redferne Description of subject: Anne Redferne was an accused witch in early 17th-century Lancashire, England, who became one of the central figures tried and executed during the infamous Pendle witch trials of 1612.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.