Augusta McVickar
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Augusta McVickar was an American socialite of the Gilded Age, known primarily as the wife of prominent New York lawyer and reformer William Jay.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Augusta McVickar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17720945 — 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: Augusta McVickar Context triple: [William Jay, spouse, Augusta McVickar]
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A.
Mary Barstow
Mary Barstow was the second wife of American illustrator Norman Rockwell and the mother of his three sons.
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B.
Dorothea McCloy
Dorothea McCloy was the wife of American politician and Maine governor U.S. Senator Owen Brewster.
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C.
Elizabeth McCord
Elizabeth McCord is the principled and pragmatic U.S. Secretary of State at the center of the political drama series "Madam Secretary," known for her diplomatic skill and moral conviction.
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D.
Mary Bryan Stone
Mary Bryan Stone was the wife of American businessman and telegraph pioneer Cyrus West Field, who helped finance and lay the first transatlantic telegraph cable.
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E.
Mary Abbot
Mary Abbot was the wife of English portrait painter George Romney, known primarily through her association with the artist rather than for a public career of her own.
- 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: Augusta McVickar Target entity description: Augusta McVickar was an American socialite of the Gilded Age, known primarily as the wife of prominent New York lawyer and reformer William Jay.
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A.
Mary Barstow
Mary Barstow was the second wife of American illustrator Norman Rockwell and the mother of his three sons.
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B.
Dorothea McCloy
Dorothea McCloy was the wife of American politician and Maine governor U.S. Senator Owen Brewster.
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C.
Elizabeth McCord
Elizabeth McCord is the principled and pragmatic U.S. Secretary of State at the center of the political drama series "Madam Secretary," known for her diplomatic skill and moral conviction.
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D.
Mary Bryan Stone
Mary Bryan Stone was the wife of American businessman and telegraph pioneer Cyrus West Field, who helped finance and lay the first transatlantic telegraph cable.
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E.
Mary Abbot
Mary Abbot was the wife of English portrait painter George Romney, known primarily through her association with the artist rather than for a public career of her own.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.