Mary Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison
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Mary Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison was the second wife and former niece-by-marriage of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison, known for their controversial marriage following the death of his first wife.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mary Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison canonical | 3 |
| married her late aunt’s widower, Benjamin Harrison | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T844098 — 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 Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison Context triple: [Benjamin Harrison, spouse, Mary Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison]
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A.
Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur
Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur was the First Lady of the United States during part of Chester A. Arthur’s presidency, remembered for her social grace and her early death before fully assuming White House duties.
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B.
Alice C. Tyler
Alice C. Tyler was a philanthropist and environmental advocate whose legacy is honored through the prestigious Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement.
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C.
Sophia Birchard Hayes
Sophia Birchard Hayes was the mother of U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes and played a central role in his upbringing after being widowed early.
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D.
Mary McVicker Booth
Mary McVicker Booth was a 19th-century American actress best known for her stage career and for being the second wife of renowned tragedian Edwin Booth.
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E.
Laura Franklin Delano
Laura Franklin Delano was a member of the prominent Delano family of New York and an aunt of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- 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 Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison Target entity description: Mary Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison was the second wife and former niece-by-marriage of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison, known for their controversial marriage following the death of his first wife.
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A.
Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur
Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur was the First Lady of the United States during part of Chester A. Arthur’s presidency, remembered for her social grace and her early death before fully assuming White House duties.
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B.
Alice C. Tyler
Alice C. Tyler was a philanthropist and environmental advocate whose legacy is honored through the prestigious Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement.
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C.
Sophia Birchard Hayes
Sophia Birchard Hayes was the mother of U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes and played a central role in his upbringing after being widowed early.
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D.
Mary McVicker Booth
Mary McVicker Booth was a 19th-century American actress best known for her stage career and for being the second wife of renowned tragedian Edwin Booth.
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E.
Laura Franklin Delano
Laura Franklin Delano was a member of the prominent Delano family of New York and an aunt of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
First Lady of the United States
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| associatedWithPoliticalParty |
Republican Party (United States)
ⓘ
linked to:
Republican Party
|
| birthName | Mary Scott Lord ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Harrison ⓘ |
| givenName | Mary ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle |
First Lady
ⓘ
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison ⓘ
linked to:
Caroline Harrison
|
| marriedToOfficeholderOf | President of the United States ⓘ |
| name | Mary Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison ⓘ |
| notableEvent | marriage to Benjamin Harrison after the death of Caroline Harrison ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being Benjamin Harrison’s second wife
ⓘ
being niece-by-marriage of Benjamin Harrison ⓘ controversial marriage following the death of Benjamin Harrison’s first wife ⓘ marriage to former U.S. President Benjamin Harrison ⓘ |
| occupation | First Lady ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
First Lady of the United States
ⓘ
Second Lady of the United States ⓘ |
| relative | Caroline Harrison ⓘ |
| relativeType | niece-by-marriage of Benjamin Harrison ⓘ |
| residence |
Indianapolis, Indiana
ⓘ
linked to:
Indianapolis
White House ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Benjamin Harrison ⓘ |
| spouseOrder | second wife of Benjamin Harrison ⓘ |
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: Mary Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison Description of subject: Mary Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison was the second wife and former niece-by-marriage of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison, known for their controversial marriage following the death of his first wife.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mary Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison