Juana Maria (the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island)
E730441
American fur trapper
California Channel Island
Native American people
Native American woman
castaway
children's novel
historical figure
human
Juana Maria, known as the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island, was a Native American woman who survived in isolation for nearly two decades on a remote California Channel Island in the 19th century, inspiring the novel "Island of the Blue Dolphins."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Juana Maria (the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8373307 — 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: Juana Maria (the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island) Context triple: [San Nicolas Island, associatedWith, Juana Maria (the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island)]
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A.
Evangelina
Evangelina is a feminine given name of Spanish and Portuguese origin, generally considered a variant of Evangelina/Evangeline meaning “bringer of good news.”
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B.
Cynthia Ann Smith
Cynthia Ann Smith is the birth name of acclaimed American actress Frances McDormand, a multiple Academy Award winner known for her powerful and nuanced performances.
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C.
Stella Bridger
Stella Bridger is a skilled safecracker and the daughter of veteran thief John Bridger in the 2003 heist film "The Italian Job."
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D.
Creola
Creola is a small city in Mobile County, Alabama, known as part of the Mobile metropolitan area in the southern United States.
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E.
Teio (Pitcairn Island woman)
Teio was a Polynesian woman who became one of the original female settlers of Pitcairn Island and the partner of Bounty mutineer John Adams.
- 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: Juana Maria (the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island) Target entity description: Juana Maria, known as the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island, was a Native American woman who survived in isolation for nearly two decades on a remote California Channel Island in the 19th century, inspiring the novel "Island of the Blue Dolphins."
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A.
Evangelina
Evangelina is a feminine given name of Spanish and Portuguese origin, generally considered a variant of Evangelina/Evangeline meaning “bringer of good news.”
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B.
Cynthia Ann Smith
Cynthia Ann Smith is the birth name of acclaimed American actress Frances McDormand, a multiple Academy Award winner known for her powerful and nuanced performances.
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C.
Stella Bridger
Stella Bridger is a skilled safecracker and the daughter of veteran thief John Bridger in the 2003 heist film "The Italian Job."
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D.
Creola
Creola is a small city in Mobile County, Alabama, known as part of the Mobile metropolitan area in the southern United States.
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E.
Teio (Pitcairn Island woman)
Teio was a Polynesian woman who became one of the original female settlers of Pitcairn Island and the partner of Bounty mutineer John Adams.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American fur trapper
ⓘ
California Channel Island ⓘ Native American people ⓘ Native American woman ⓘ castaway ⓘ children's novel ⓘ historical figure ⓘ human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Juana María
ⓘ
linked to:
Juana
Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island ⓘ
linked to:
"Island of the Blue Dolphins"
The Lone Woman ⓘ |
| approximateBirthDate |
c. 1810
ⓘ
early 19th century ⓘ |
| author | Scott O'Dell ⓘ |
| baptismName | Juana Maria ⓘ |
| baptizedBy | Roman Catholic missionaries in Santa Barbara ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Santa Barbara, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Santa Barbara
|
| capturedOrRescuedBy | George Nidever ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | dysentery ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| countryOfBirth | Mexico ⓘ |
| culturalDepiction |
Island of the Blue Dolphins
ⓘ
linked to:
"Island of the Blue Dolphins"
|
| deathDate | 1853 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Santa Barbara, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Santa Barbara
|
| ethnicity |
Native American
ⓘ
Nicoleño ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| inspiredWork |
Island of the Blue Dolphins
ⓘ
linked to:
"Island of the Blue Dolphins"
|
| island | San Nicolas Island ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the inspiration for the novel "Island of the Blue Dolphins"
ⓘ
surviving alone on San Nicolas Island for nearly two decades ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
San Nicolas Island ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Nicoleño language ⓘ |
| notableEvent | left alone on San Nicolas Island after removal of Nicoleño people ⓘ |
| occupation | sea otter hunter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | San Nicolas Island ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1960 ⓘ |
| region |
California Channel Islands
ⓘ
linked to:
Channel Islands of California
|
| religionAtDeath | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
San Nicolas Island
ⓘ
Santa Barbara, California ⓘ
linked to:
Santa Barbara
|
| state |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| timeInIsolation |
approximately 18 years
ⓘ
nearly two decades ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory | San Nicolas Island ⓘ |
| tribalAffiliation | Nicoleño people ⓘ |
| yearRemovedFromIsland | 1853 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Juana Maria (the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island) Description of subject: Juana Maria, known as the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island, was a Native American woman who survived in isolation for nearly two decades on a remote California Channel Island in the 19th century, inspiring the novel "Island of the Blue Dolphins."
Referenced by (1)
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