Molly Pitcher
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Molly Pitcher is a legendary figure of the American Revolutionary War, often identified with Mary Ludwig Hays, celebrated for carrying water to soldiers and manning a cannon at the Battle of Monmouth.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Molly Pitcher canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15063022 — 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: Molly Pitcher Context triple: [Molly Pitcher Service Area, namedAfter, Molly Pitcher]
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A.
Margaret Sergeant
Margaret Sergeant is known primarily as the daughter of British journalist and political commentator John Sergeant.
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B.
Sarah Sergeant
Sarah Sergeant is known as the daughter of British journalist and broadcaster John Sergeant.
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C.
Sarah Sergeant
Sarah Sergeant was the wife of 19th-century American politician and Virginia governor Henry A. Wise.
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D.
Mary Dickson
Mary Dickson is known as the wife of American film director Richard Fleischer.
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E.
Barbara Frietchie
Barbara Frietchie is a patriotic Union heroine of the American Civil War, best known as the central figure in John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem depicting her defiantly waving the U.S. flag in front of Confederate troops.
- 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: Molly Pitcher Target entity description: Molly Pitcher is a legendary figure of the American Revolutionary War, often identified with Mary Ludwig Hays, celebrated for carrying water to soldiers and manning a cannon at the Battle of Monmouth.
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A.
Margaret Sergeant
Margaret Sergeant is known primarily as the daughter of British journalist and political commentator John Sergeant.
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B.
Sarah Sergeant
Sarah Sergeant is known as the daughter of British journalist and broadcaster John Sergeant.
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C.
Sarah Sergeant
Sarah Sergeant was the wife of 19th-century American politician and Virginia governor Henry A. Wise.
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D.
Mary Dickson
Mary Dickson is known as the wife of American film director Richard Fleischer.
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E.
Barbara Frietchie
Barbara Frietchie is a patriotic Union heroine of the American Civil War, best known as the central figure in John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem depicting her defiantly waving the U.S. flag in front of Confederate troops.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.