Anna White Oglesby
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Anna White Oglesby was the wife of American Civil War general and three-time Illinois governor Richard J. Oglesby and a member of a prominent 19th-century Illinois political family.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Anna White Oglesby canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8253278 — 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: Anna White Oglesby Context triple: [Richard J. Oglesby, spouse, Anna White Oglesby]
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A.
Mabel Wellington White
Mabel Wellington White was the wife of American statesman Henry L. Stimson and a prominent figure in early 20th-century U.S. political and social circles.
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B.
Elizabeth Griscom
Elizabeth Griscom, better known as Betsy Ross, was an American upholsterer and seamstress traditionally credited with sewing the first flag of the United States.
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C.
Mary Ricketts
Mary Ricketts was a British noblewoman best known as the wife of William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, a distinguished Royal Navy officer and peer.
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D.
Frances Barrett White
Frances Barrett White was the wife of English surgeon and anatomist Charles White, known primarily through her association with his life and work.
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E.
Dorothy Marie Ogden
Dorothy Marie Ogden was the wife of British character actor Sydney Greenstreet, known for his roles in classic Hollywood films of the 1940s.
- 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: Anna White Oglesby Target entity description: Anna White Oglesby was the wife of American Civil War general and three-time Illinois governor Richard J. Oglesby and a member of a prominent 19th-century Illinois political family.
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A.
Mabel Wellington White
Mabel Wellington White was the wife of American statesman Henry L. Stimson and a prominent figure in early 20th-century U.S. political and social circles.
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B.
Elizabeth Griscom
Elizabeth Griscom, better known as Betsy Ross, was an American upholsterer and seamstress traditionally credited with sewing the first flag of the United States.
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C.
Mary Ricketts
Mary Ricketts was a British noblewoman best known as the wife of William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, a distinguished Royal Navy officer and peer.
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D.
Frances Barrett White
Frances Barrett White was the wife of English surgeon and anatomist Charles White, known primarily through her association with his life and work.
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E.
Dorothy Marie Ogden
Dorothy Marie Ogden was the wife of British character actor Sydney Greenstreet, known for his roles in classic Hollywood films of the 1940s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (12)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Oglesby ⓘ |
| givenName | Anna ⓘ |
| memberOf | 19th-century Illinois political family ⓘ |
| name | Anna White Oglesby ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the wife of Richard J. Oglesby ⓘ |
| residence | Illinois ⓘ |
| spouse | Richard J. Oglesby ⓘ |
| spouseNumberOfTermsAsGovernor | 3 ⓘ |
| spouseOccupation |
American Civil War general
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Governor of Illinois ⓘ |
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: Anna White Oglesby Description of subject: Anna White Oglesby was the wife of American Civil War general and three-time Illinois governor Richard J. Oglesby and a member of a prominent 19th-century Illinois political family.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Illinois Governor Richard J. Oglesby