Lily Cotton
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Lily Cotton is a hobbit of the Shire from J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, known as the daughter of Rosie Cotton and Samwise Gamgee.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lily Cotton canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11152009 — 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: Lily Cotton Context triple: [Rosie Cotton, mother, Lily Cotton]
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A.
Lily Bell
Lily Bell is a central character in the television series "Hell on Wheels," portrayed as a determined and resourceful Englishwoman navigating the dangers and politics surrounding the construction of the transcontinental railroad.
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B.
Lillie Reynolds
Lillie Reynolds was the wife of Irish socialist leader and 1916 Easter Rising martyr James Connolly, known for supporting him and their family through his political and trade union activities.
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C.
Lillie Wilson
Lillie Wilson was the wife of British socialist politician and Labour Party founder Keir Hardie.
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D.
Lillian Lamont
Lillian Lamont was the first wife of American actor Fred MacMurray, with whom she was married from 1936 until her death in 1953.
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E.
Lily Margaret Wade
Lily Margaret Wade was a pioneering American women's college basketball coach whose legacy is honored by the Wade Trophy, awarded annually to the top female collegiate player.
- 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: Lily Cotton Target entity description: Lily Cotton is a hobbit of the Shire from J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, known as the daughter of Rosie Cotton and Samwise Gamgee.
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A.
Lily Bell
Lily Bell is a central character in the television series "Hell on Wheels," portrayed as a determined and resourceful Englishwoman navigating the dangers and politics surrounding the construction of the transcontinental railroad.
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B.
Lillie Reynolds
Lillie Reynolds was the wife of Irish socialist leader and 1916 Easter Rising martyr James Connolly, known for supporting him and their family through his political and trade union activities.
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C.
Lillie Wilson
Lillie Wilson was the wife of British socialist politician and Labour Party founder Keir Hardie.
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D.
Lillian Lamont
Lillian Lamont was the first wife of American actor Fred MacMurray, with whom she was married from 1936 until her death in 1953.
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E.
Lily Margaret Wade
Lily Margaret Wade was a pioneering American women's college basketball coach whose legacy is honored by the Wade Trophy, awarded annually to the top female collegiate player.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hobbit
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Shire-hobbit ⓘ character in The Lord of the Rings legendarium ⓘ fictional character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Lord of the Rings appendices ⓘ |
| country | The Shire ⓘ |
| creator | J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ |
| culture | Shire-hobbits ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Hobbit ⓘ |
| familyName | Cotton ⓘ |
| father |
Samwise Gamgee
ⓘ
Samwise Gamgee, Mayor of the Shire ⓘ
linked to:
Samwise Gamgee
|
| fictionalUniverse | Middle-earth ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| homeRegion | Westfarthing ⓘ |
| language | Westron ⓘ |
| mother |
Rose Cotton
ⓘ
linked to:
Rosie Cotton
Rosie Cotton ⓘ |
| race | Hobbit ⓘ |
| relative |
Bilbo Gardner
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Daisy Gamgee ⓘ Frodo Gardner ⓘ Goldilocks Gamgee ⓘ Hamfast Gamgee ⓘ Merry Gamgee ⓘ Pippin Gamgee ⓘ Primrose Gamgee ⓘ Robin Gamgee ⓘ Rose Cotton ⓘ
linked to:
Rosie Cotton
Rose Gamgee ⓘ Ruby Gamgee ⓘ Samwise Gamgee ⓘ Tolman Gamgee ⓘ |
| residence |
Bag End
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Hobbiton ⓘ The Shire ⓘ |
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: Lily Cotton Description of subject: Lily Cotton is a hobbit of the Shire from J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, known as the daughter of Rosie Cotton and Samwise Gamgee.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.