Mary Donelson
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Mary Donelson was an American woman of the early 19th century best known as the mother of diplomat and politician Andrew Jackson Donelson, a close associate and relative of President Andrew Jackson.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mary Donelson canonical | 3 |
| Rachel Stockley Donelson | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8356277 — 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 Donelson Context triple: [Andrew Jackson Donelson, mother, Mary Donelson]
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A.
Eliza McCardle Johnson
Eliza McCardle Johnson was the First Lady of the United States during Andrew Johnson’s presidency, known for her private nature and limited public role due to poor health.
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B.
Emily Donelson
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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C.
Emily Tennessee Donelson
Emily Tennessee 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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D.
Olive M. Dealey
Olive M. Dealey was the wife of prominent Texas newspaper publisher and civic leader George Bannerman Dealey.
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E.
Eliza Griffin Johnston
Eliza Griffin Johnston was the wife of Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston and a 19th-century American woman known primarily through her association with his military and personal life.
- 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 Donelson Target entity description: Mary Donelson was an American woman of the early 19th century best known as the mother of diplomat and politician Andrew Jackson Donelson, a close associate and relative of President Andrew Jackson.
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A.
Eliza McCardle Johnson
Eliza McCardle Johnson was the First Lady of the United States during Andrew Johnson’s presidency, known for her private nature and limited public role due to poor health.
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B.
Emily Donelson
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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C.
Emily Tennessee Donelson
Emily Tennessee 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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D.
Olive M. Dealey
Olive M. Dealey was the wife of prominent Texas newspaper publisher and civic leader George Bannerman Dealey.
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E.
Eliza Griffin Johnston
Eliza Griffin Johnston was the wife of Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston and a 19th-century American woman known primarily through her association with his military and personal life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (16)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American woman
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human ⓘ |
| child | Andrew Jackson Donelson ⓘ |
| closeAssociate | Andrew Jackson ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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United States of America ⓘ |
| mother | Mary Donelson ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the mother of Andrew Jackson Donelson
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connection to President Andrew Jackson ⓘ |
| occupation |
diplomat
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politician ⓘ |
| relative |
Andrew Jackson
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Andrew Jackson ⓘ Mary Donelson ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
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 Donelson Description of subject: Mary Donelson was an American woman of the early 19th century best known as the mother of diplomat and politician Andrew Jackson Donelson, a close associate and relative of President Andrew Jackson.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.