Marguerite Whitley
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Marguerite Whitley is the first wife of former NFL star O. J. Simpson, with whom she was married from the late 1960s until their divorce in the late 1970s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marguerite Whitley canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9328779 — 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: Marguerite Whitley Context triple: [O. J. Simpson, spouse, Marguerite Whitley]
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A.
Marguerite Annie Johnson
Marguerite Annie Johnson is the birth name of Maya Angelou, the renowned American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist.
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B.
Leontine Drinkard
Leontine Drinkard was a member of the prominent Warwick–Houston musical family, known as the matriarchal lineage behind singers like Cissy Houston and Whitney Houston.
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C.
Marie Tillman
Marie Tillman is an American philanthropist and founder of the Pat Tillman Foundation, established to honor the legacy of her late husband, NFL player and Army Ranger Pat Tillman, by supporting military veterans and their families through educational scholarships.
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D.
Mabel Ray Willis
Mabel Ray Willis is the daughter of American actor Bruce Willis and model Emma Heming Willis.
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E.
Marguerite Byrd
Marguerite Byrd is best known as the first wife of singer, actor, and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte.
- 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: Marguerite Whitley Target entity description: Marguerite Whitley is the first wife of former NFL star O. J. Simpson, with whom she was married from the late 1960s until their divorce in the late 1970s.
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A.
Marguerite Annie Johnson
Marguerite Annie Johnson is the birth name of Maya Angelou, the renowned American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist.
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B.
Leontine Drinkard
Leontine Drinkard was a member of the prominent Warwick–Houston musical family, known as the matriarchal lineage behind singers like Cissy Houston and Whitney Houston.
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C.
Marie Tillman
Marie Tillman is an American philanthropist and founder of the Pat Tillman Foundation, established to honor the legacy of her late husband, NFL player and Army Ranger Pat Tillman, by supporting military veterans and their families through educational scholarships.
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D.
Mabel Ray Willis
Mabel Ray Willis is the daughter of American actor Bruce Willis and model Emma Heming Willis.
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E.
Marguerite Byrd
Marguerite Byrd is best known as the first wife of singer, actor, and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American person
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Buffalo Bills
ⓘ
National Football League ⓘ USC Trojans football ⓘ
linked to:
USC Trojans football team
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| endTimeOfMarriageWith O. J. Simpson | 1979 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
African American
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
|
| hasChild |
Aaren Simpson
ⓘ
Arnelle Simpson ⓘ Jason Simpson ⓘ |
| hasMediaCoverageTopic | O. J. Simpson murder case ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| marriageOrderRelativeTo O. J. Simpson | first wife ⓘ |
| notableEvent | divorce from O. J. Simpson ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the first wife of O. J. Simpson ⓘ |
| occupation | homemaker ⓘ |
| placeOfResidence | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| privacy | lives largely out of the public eye ⓘ |
| relative |
Aaren Simpson
ⓘ
Arnelle Simpson ⓘ Jason Simpson ⓘ O. J. Simpson ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | O. J. Simpson ⓘ |
| startTimeOfMarriageWith O. J. Simpson | 1967 ⓘ |
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: Marguerite Whitley Description of subject: Marguerite Whitley is the first wife of former NFL star O. J. Simpson, with whom she was married from the late 1960s until their divorce in the late 1970s.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.