Mercy Clark
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Mercy Clark was the wife of Peregrine White, the first English child born to the Pilgrims in New England, and a member of early colonial New England society.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mercy Clark canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10422569 — 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: Mercy Clark Context triple: [Peregrine White, spouse, Mercy Clark]
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A.
Mary Dobbs
Mary Dobbs was the mother of Richard Dobbs Spaight, a prominent early American statesman and signer of the U.S. Constitution from North Carolina.
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B.
Mercy Bradford
Mercy Bradford was a daughter of William Bradford, the longtime governor of Plymouth Colony and a prominent leader among the early Pilgrims in New England.
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C.
Lavinia Penniman
Lavinia Penniman is a meddlesome, romantic-minded aunt in Henry James’s novel "Washington Square," whose interference significantly shapes the story’s central relationships.
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D.
Mother Tucker
"Mother Tucker" is an episode of the animated television series Family Guy centered around the character Jake Tucker and his family.
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E.
Mattie Jackson
Mattie Jackson is the daughter of American country music singer Alan Jackson and an author known for her memoir and work in faith-based and charitable initiatives.
- 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: Mercy Clark Target entity description: Mercy Clark was the wife of Peregrine White, the first English child born to the Pilgrims in New England, and a member of early colonial New England society.
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A.
Mary Dobbs
Mary Dobbs was the mother of Richard Dobbs Spaight, a prominent early American statesman and signer of the U.S. Constitution from North Carolina.
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B.
Mercy Bradford
Mercy Bradford was a daughter of William Bradford, the longtime governor of Plymouth Colony and a prominent leader among the early Pilgrims in New England.
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C.
Lavinia Penniman
Lavinia Penniman is a meddlesome, romantic-minded aunt in Henry James’s novel "Washington Square," whose interference significantly shapes the story’s central relationships.
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D.
Mother Tucker
"Mother Tucker" is an episode of the animated television series Family Guy centered around the character Jake Tucker and his family.
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E.
Mattie Jackson
Mattie Jackson is the daughter of American country music singer Alan Jackson and an author known for her memoir and work in faith-based and charitable initiatives.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (18)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical figure
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person ⓘ |
| country | Colonial America ⓘ |
| culture | English colonial culture in New England ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
English colonists in North America
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English colonists in North America ⓘ |
| familyName | Clark ⓘ |
| givenName | Mercy ⓘ |
| marriedToNotablePerson | Peregrine White ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Plymouth Colony
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early colonial New England society ⓘ |
| notableFor | first English child born to the Pilgrims in New England ⓘ |
| occupation | colonial settler ⓘ |
| residence |
New England
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Plymouth Colony ⓘ |
| spouse |
Mercy Clark
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Peregrine White ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Mercy Clark Description of subject: Mercy Clark was the wife of Peregrine White, the first English child born to the Pilgrims in New England, and a member of early colonial New England society.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Mercy Clark