Mary Dyer
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Mary Dyer was an English noblewoman of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, best known as the wife of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mary Dyer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11973326 — 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 Dyer Context triple: [Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, spouse, Mary Dyer]
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A.
Anne Hutchinson
Anne Hutchinson was a Puritan spiritual leader in colonial New England whose religious dissent and trial for heresy made her a symbol of early American challenges to clerical authority and a pioneer of religious liberty.
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B.
Bridget Bishop
Bridget Bishop was the first person executed during the 1692 Salem witch trials in colonial Massachusetts.
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C.
Martha Carrier
Martha Carrier was a woman accused of witchcraft during the 1692 Salem witch trials and ultimately executed after being condemned as a witch.
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D.
Mary Wilkes
Mary Wilkes is the daughter of the 18th-century English radical politician and journalist John Wilkes.
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E.
Sarah Clitherow
Sarah Clitherow was the wife of the influential English jurist Sir William Blackstone, known for his seminal work "Commentaries on the Laws of England."
- 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 Dyer Target entity description: Mary Dyer was an English noblewoman of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, best known as the wife of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk.
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A.
Anne Hutchinson
Anne Hutchinson was a Puritan spiritual leader in colonial New England whose religious dissent and trial for heresy made her a symbol of early American challenges to clerical authority and a pioneer of religious liberty.
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B.
Bridget Bishop
Bridget Bishop was the first person executed during the 1692 Salem witch trials in colonial Massachusetts.
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C.
Martha Carrier
Martha Carrier was a woman accused of witchcraft during the 1692 Salem witch trials and ultimately executed after being condemned as a witch.
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D.
Mary Wilkes
Mary Wilkes is the daughter of the 18th-century English radical politician and journalist John Wilkes.
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E.
Sarah Clitherow
Sarah Clitherow was the wife of the influential English jurist Sir William Blackstone, known for his seminal work "Commentaries on the Laws of England."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.