Lillian Smith
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Lillian Smith was an American writer and civil rights advocate best known for her outspoken criticism of racial segregation in the mid-20th-century South.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lillian Smith canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12301074 — 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: Lillian Smith Context triple: [Lillian Smith Book Award, namedAfter, Lillian Smith]
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A.
Lillian Smith Knox
Lillian Smith Knox was the wife of American politician and U.S. Secretary of State Philander C. Knox and a prominent figure in Washington, D.C. social circles in the early 20th century.
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B.
Alice Walker
Alice Walker is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and activist best known for her Pulitzer Prize–winning novel "The Color Purple" and her contributions to Black feminist literature.
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C.
Ellen Glasgow
Ellen Glasgow was an American novelist known for her realistic depictions of life in the American South and for winning the Pulitzer Prize for her novel "In This Our Life."
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D.
Daisy Bates
Daisy Bates was a prominent civil rights activist and journalist who played a key leadership role in guiding and supporting the Little Rock Nine during the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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E.
Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston was an influential African American author, anthropologist, and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance, best known for her novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God."
- 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: Lillian Smith Target entity description: Lillian Smith was an American writer and civil rights advocate best known for her outspoken criticism of racial segregation in the mid-20th-century South.
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A.
Lillian Smith Knox
Lillian Smith Knox was the wife of American politician and U.S. Secretary of State Philander C. Knox and a prominent figure in Washington, D.C. social circles in the early 20th century.
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B.
Alice Walker
Alice Walker is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and activist best known for her Pulitzer Prize–winning novel "The Color Purple" and her contributions to Black feminist literature.
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C.
Ellen Glasgow
Ellen Glasgow was an American novelist known for her realistic depictions of life in the American South and for winning the Pulitzer Prize for her novel "In This Our Life."
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D.
Daisy Bates
Daisy Bates was a prominent civil rights activist and journalist who played a key leadership role in guiding and supporting the Little Rock Nine during the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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E.
Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston was an influential African American author, anthropologist, and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance, best known for her novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God."
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.