Jerusha Barden Smith
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Jerusha Barden Smith was the first wife of early Latter-day Saint leader Hyrum Smith and an early member of the Latter Day Saint movement.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jerusha Barden Smith canonical | 2 |
| Jerusha Smith | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9400106 — 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: Jerusha Barden Smith Context triple: [Hyrum Smith, spouse, Jerusha Barden Smith]
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A.
Jerusha Edwards
Jerusha Edwards was a daughter of prominent American theologians Jonathan Edwards and Sarah Pierpont Edwards in 18th-century New England.
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B.
Mary Ezra
Mary Ezra was the wife of Anglo-Irish poet and playwright Louis MacNeice, associated with his early personal and literary life.
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C.
Jeanette Juanita Ward
Jeanette Juanita Ward was the wife of American actor William Hopper, known for his role as private investigator Paul Drake on the television series "Perry Mason."
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D.
Ella Smith
Ella Smith is a British actress known for her work in theatre, including a role in the National Theatre production of "Frankenstein," as well as in film and television.
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E.
Beulah Marie Dix
Beulah Marie Dix was an American playwright, novelist, and screenwriter active in the early 20th century, known for her historical dramas and contributions to silent and early sound films.
- 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: Jerusha Barden Smith Target entity description: Jerusha Barden Smith was the first wife of early Latter-day Saint leader Hyrum Smith and an early member of the Latter Day Saint movement.
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A.
Jerusha Edwards
Jerusha Edwards was a daughter of prominent American theologians Jonathan Edwards and Sarah Pierpont Edwards in 18th-century New England.
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B.
Mary Ezra
Mary Ezra was the wife of Anglo-Irish poet and playwright Louis MacNeice, associated with his early personal and literary life.
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C.
Jeanette Juanita Ward
Jeanette Juanita Ward was the wife of American actor William Hopper, known for his role as private investigator Paul Drake on the television series "Perry Mason."
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D.
Ella Smith
Ella Smith is a British actress known for her work in theatre, including a role in the National Theatre production of "Frankenstein," as well as in film and television.
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E.
Beulah Marie Dix
Beulah Marie Dix was an American playwright, novelist, and screenwriter active in the early 20th century, known for her historical dramas and contributions to silent and early sound films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (10)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
member of the Latter Day Saint movement ⓘ |
| birthName | Jerusha Barden ⓘ |
| familyName | Smith ⓘ |
| givenName | Jerusha ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being an early member of the Latter Day Saint movement
ⓘ
being the first wife of Hyrum Smith ⓘ |
| religion |
Latter Day Saint movement
ⓘ
linked to:
Latter Day Saint
|
| spouse |
Hyrum Smith
ⓘ
Jerusha Barden Smith ⓘ |
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: Jerusha Barden Smith Description of subject: Jerusha Barden Smith was the first wife of early Latter-day Saint leader Hyrum Smith and an early member of the Latter Day Saint movement.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.