William Moulton Marston
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William Moulton Marston was an American psychologist, inventor, and comic book writer best known for creating the superhero Wonder Woman and contributing to the development of the lie detector test.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William Moulton Marston canonical | 20 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8447333 — 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: William Moulton Marston Context triple: [Diana Prince, creator, William Moulton Marston]
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A.
George Philip Wells
George Philip Wells was a British zoologist and author, known both for his scientific work and as the son of writer H. G. Wells.
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B.
Felix de Weldon
Felix de Weldon was an Austrian-American sculptor best known for creating the iconic Iwo Jima flag-raising statue and numerous other public monuments.
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C.
Nolan Wallach
Nolan Wallach is an American mathematician known for his influential work in representation theory, Lie groups, and harmonic analysis.
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D.
Leslie Stevens
Leslie Stevens was an American writer, director, and producer best known as the creator of the 1960s science fiction television series "The Outer Limits."
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E.
Henry Seabrook
Henry Seabrook was an architect best known for designing the Europa Hotel in Belfast, one of the city's most prominent and historically significant hotels.
- 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: William Moulton Marston Target entity description: William Moulton Marston was an American psychologist, inventor, and comic book writer best known for creating the superhero Wonder Woman and contributing to the development of the lie detector test.
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A.
George Philip Wells
George Philip Wells was a British zoologist and author, known both for his scientific work and as the son of writer H. G. Wells.
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B.
Felix de Weldon
Felix de Weldon was an Austrian-American sculptor best known for creating the iconic Iwo Jima flag-raising statue and numerous other public monuments.
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C.
Nolan Wallach
Nolan Wallach is an American mathematician known for his influential work in representation theory, Lie groups, and harmonic analysis.
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D.
Leslie Stevens
Leslie Stevens was an American writer, director, and producer best known as the creator of the 1960s science fiction television series "The Outer Limits."
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E.
Henry Seabrook
Henry Seabrook was an architect best known for designing the Europa Hotel in Belfast, one of the city's most prominent and historically significant hotels.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American person
ⓘ
comic book writer ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Arts
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LL.B. ⓘ Ph.D. in psychology ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| created | Wonder Woman ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1893-05-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1947-05-02 ⓘ |
| developed | early systolic blood pressure deception test ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard College
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linked to:
Harvard University
Harvard Law School ⓘ Harvard University ⓘ |
| employer |
American University
ⓘ
DC Comics ⓘ Tufts University ⓘ
linked to:
Tufts College
Universal Studios ⓘ |
| familyName | Marston ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
comics writing
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legal theory ⓘ psychology ⓘ psychophysiology ⓘ |
| fullName | William Moulton Marston ⓘ |
| genre | superhero comics ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| influenced | development of female superheroes ⓘ |
| influencedBy | early feminist ideas ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributing to the development of the polygraph
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creating Wonder Woman ⓘ theory of emotions and DISC theory ⓘ |
| memberOf | Harvard University community ⓘ |
| notableWork |
creation of Wonder Woman
ⓘ
invention of an early lie detector test ⓘ |
| partner | Olive Byrne ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Saugus, Massachusetts, United States
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linked to:
Saugus, Massachusetts
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| placeOfDeath |
Rye, New York, United States
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linked to:
Rye, New York
|
| pseudonym | Charles Moulton ⓘ |
| publication | Emotions of Normal People ⓘ |
| publicationDateOf | 1928, Emotions of Normal People ⓘ |
| spouse | Elizabeth Holloway Marston ⓘ |
| theory | DISC theory of personality ⓘ |
| workLocation |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| wrote | early Wonder Woman stories ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: William Moulton Marston Description of subject: William Moulton Marston was an American psychologist, inventor, and comic book writer best known for creating the superhero Wonder Woman and contributing to the development of the lie detector test.
Referenced by (20)
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