B. D. Sherry
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B. D. Sherry is the married name of B. D. Hyman, an American author and the daughter of actress Bette Davis, known for her controversial memoir about her mother.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| B. D. Sherry canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9512172 — 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: B. D. Sherry Context triple: [B. D. Hyman, alsoKnownAs, B. D. Sherry]
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A.
R. E. Dearing
R. E. Dearing was a British film editor best known for his work on classic films of the 1930s and 1940s, including Alfred Hitchcock’s "The Lady Vanishes."
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B.
E. B. Shelfer
E. B. Shelfer was a local figure of sufficient prominence or influence to have the historic E. B. Shelfer House named in his honor.
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C.
P. M. Blodgett
P. M. Blodgett was an early settler and prominent local figure in Oregon after whom the community of Blodgett was named.
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D.
J.G. Faherty
J.G. Faherty is an American horror and dark fiction author known for his novels, novellas, and short stories in the genre.
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E.
Allyn Stewart
Allyn Stewart is a film producer best known for her work on the biographical drama "Sully."
- 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: B. D. Sherry Target entity description: B. D. Sherry is the married name of B. D. Hyman, an American author and the daughter of actress Bette Davis, known for her controversial memoir about her mother.
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A.
R. E. Dearing
R. E. Dearing was a British film editor best known for his work on classic films of the 1930s and 1940s, including Alfred Hitchcock’s "The Lady Vanishes."
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B.
E. B. Shelfer
E. B. Shelfer was a local figure of sufficient prominence or influence to have the historic E. B. Shelfer House named in his honor.
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C.
P. M. Blodgett
P. M. Blodgett was an early settler and prominent local figure in Oregon after whom the community of Blodgett was named.
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D.
J.G. Faherty
J.G. Faherty is an American horror and dark fiction author known for his novels, novellas, and short stories in the genre.
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E.
Allyn Stewart
Allyn Stewart is a film producer best known for her work on the biographical drama "Sully."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
memoirist ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
B. D. Davis
ⓘ
B. D. Hyman ⓘ |
| birthName | Barbara Davis Sherry ⓘ |
| citizenship | American ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1947-05-01 ⓘ |
| familyName | Sherry ⓘ |
| father | William Grant Sherry ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
ⓘ
memoir ⓘ |
| givenName | Barbara ⓘ |
| hasChild | two sons ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| laterOccupation |
Christian minister
ⓘ
religious broadcaster ⓘ |
| mother | Bette Davis ⓘ |
| notableEvent | public falling-out with her mother Bette Davis after publication of memoir ⓘ |
| notableFor | controversial memoir about her mother Bette Davis ⓘ |
| notableWork |
My Mother's Keeper
ⓘ
linked to:
My Mother’s Keeper
|
| occupation | author ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Santa Ana, California, United States ⓘ |
| relative |
Margot Merrill
ⓘ
Michael Merrill ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Jeremy Hyman ⓘ |
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: B. D. Sherry Description of subject: B. D. Sherry is the married name of B. D. Hyman, an American author and the daughter of actress Bette Davis, known for her controversial memoir about her mother.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.