Mary Helen Hering
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Mary Helen Hering was the wife of American planter and politician Henry Middleton, a prominent figure in early 19th-century South Carolina society.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mary Helen Hering canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8139614 — 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: Mary Helen Hering Context triple: [Henry Middleton (1770–1846), spouse, Mary Helen Hering]
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A.
Helen O’Neill Schwab
Helen O’Neill Schwab is the wife of American investor and Charles Schwab Corporation founder Charles R. Schwab and is known for her low-profile presence alongside his prominent business and philanthropic activities.
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B.
Lucile E. Greene
Lucile E. Greene was an American writer and activist known for her work in civil rights and social justice.
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C.
Ethel Wayman
Ethel Wayman was the wife of British humorist and novelist P. G. Wodehouse.
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D.
Marguerite Harrison
Marguerite Harrison was an American journalist and spy known for her intelligence work in post–World War I Europe and the Soviet Union.
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E.
Marguerite Harrison
Marguerite Harrison is an American documentary filmmaker best known for directing the 1999 film "Grass," which explores the history of marijuana prohibition in the United States.
- 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: Mary Helen Hering Target entity description: Mary Helen Hering was the wife of American planter and politician Henry Middleton, a prominent figure in early 19th-century South Carolina society.
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A.
Helen O’Neill Schwab
Helen O’Neill Schwab is the wife of American investor and Charles Schwab Corporation founder Charles R. Schwab and is known for her low-profile presence alongside his prominent business and philanthropic activities.
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B.
Lucile E. Greene
Lucile E. Greene was an American writer and activist known for her work in civil rights and social justice.
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C.
Ethel Wayman
Ethel Wayman was the wife of British humorist and novelist P. G. Wodehouse.
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D.
Marguerite Harrison
Marguerite Harrison was an American journalist and spy known for her intelligence work in post–World War I Europe and the Soviet Union.
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E.
Marguerite Harrison
Marguerite Harrison is an American documentary filmmaker best known for directing the 1999 film "Grass," which explores the history of marijuana prohibition in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (14)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American politician
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historical figure ⓘ human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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United States of America ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the wife of American planter and politician Henry Middleton ⓘ |
| occupation |
planter
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planter's wife ⓘ |
| positionHeld | politician in early 19th-century South Carolina society ⓘ |
| residence |
South Carolina
NERFINISHED
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South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialStatus | member of South Carolina elite ⓘ |
| spouse |
Henry Middleton
NERFINISHED
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Mary Helen Hering NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Mary Helen Hering Description of subject: Mary Helen Hering was the wife of American planter and politician Henry Middleton, a prominent figure in early 19th-century South Carolina society.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Henry Middleton (1770–1846)