Mae Coughlin
E1022872
Mae Coughlin, born Mary Josephine Coughlin, was the mother of notorious American gangster Al Capone.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mae Coughlin canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13121605 — 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: Mae Coughlin Context triple: [Mary Josephine Coughlin, alsoKnownAs, Mae Coughlin]
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A.
Judy Coughlin
Judy Coughlin is the longtime wife of former NFL head coach Tom Coughlin, known for her quiet support of his coaching career and involvement in family and charitable activities.
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B.
Donnell Leahy
Donnell Leahy is a Canadian Celtic fiddler and leader of the family-based group Leahy, known for his virtuosic playing and contributions to traditional and contemporary folk music.
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C.
Madeline Manning
Madeline Manning is an American middle-distance runner and Olympic gold medalist renowned for her achievements in the 800 meters.
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D.
Kathleen Callahan
Kathleen Callahan is a character featured in the 2000 documentary film "American Woman," which follows the lives and experiences of several American women.
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E.
Shelby Moore Cullom
Shelby Moore Cullom was an American politician who served as governor of Illinois and later as a long-serving U.S. senator in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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: Mae Coughlin Target entity description: Mae Coughlin, born Mary Josephine Coughlin, was the mother of notorious American gangster Al Capone.
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A.
Judy Coughlin
Judy Coughlin is the longtime wife of former NFL head coach Tom Coughlin, known for her quiet support of his coaching career and involvement in family and charitable activities.
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B.
Donnell Leahy
Donnell Leahy is a Canadian Celtic fiddler and leader of the family-based group Leahy, known for his virtuosic playing and contributions to traditional and contemporary folk music.
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C.
Madeline Manning
Madeline Manning is an American middle-distance runner and Olympic gold medalist renowned for her achievements in the 800 meters.
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D.
Kathleen Callahan
Kathleen Callahan is a character featured in the 2000 documentary film "American Woman," which follows the lives and experiences of several American women.
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E.
Shelby Moore Cullom
Shelby Moore Cullom was an American politician who served as governor of Illinois and later as a long-serving U.S. senator in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| birthName | Mary Josephine Coughlin ⓘ |
| childOf | Mae Coughlin ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish American ⓘ |
| familyName | Coughlin ⓘ |
| givenName |
Josephine
ⓘ
Mary ⓘ |
| hasChild | Al Capone ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| motherOf | Al Capone ⓘ |
| name | Mae Coughlin ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the mother of American gangster Al Capone ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
Al Capone
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Gabriel Capone ⓘ |
| occupation |
gangster
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homemaker ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholicism
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| residence |
Brooklyn, New York City
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New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse |
Gabriel Capone
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Mae Coughlin ⓘ |
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: Mae Coughlin Description of subject: Mae Coughlin, born Mary Josephine Coughlin, was the mother of notorious American gangster Al Capone.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.