Elinor Junkin
E154111
Elinor Junkin was the first wife of Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, who died young shortly after their marriage in the 1850s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Elinor Junkin canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T305052 — 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: Elinor Junkin Context triple: [Stonewall Jackson, spouse, Elinor Junkin]
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A.
Elizabeth Flanagan
Elizabeth Flanagan was the wife of C. Everett Koop, the prominent U.S. Surgeon General known for his influential public health advocacy.
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B.
Jane Belson
Jane Belson was a British barrister best known as the wife of author Douglas Adams.
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C.
Frances Loeb
Frances Loeb was an American magazine publisher and philanthropist best known as the former wife of television producer Norman Lear and as the founder of the feminist magazine Ms. Magazine.
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D.
Judith Nelson
Judith Nelson was an American soprano known for her pioneering work and acclaimed performances in the early music and Baroque repertoire.
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E.
Patricia Luisa Oakes
Patricia Luisa Oakes was a British socialite best known as the first wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., son of the 32nd U.S. president.
- 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: Elinor Junkin Target entity description: Elinor Junkin was the first wife of Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, who died young shortly after their marriage in the 1850s.
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A.
Elizabeth Flanagan
Elizabeth Flanagan was the wife of C. Everett Koop, the prominent U.S. Surgeon General known for his influential public health advocacy.
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B.
Jane Belson
Jane Belson was a British barrister best known as the wife of author Douglas Adams.
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C.
Frances Loeb
Frances Loeb was an American magazine publisher and philanthropist best known as the former wife of television producer Norman Lear and as the founder of the feminist magazine Ms. Magazine.
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D.
Judith Nelson
Judith Nelson was an American soprano known for her pioneering work and acclaimed performances in the early music and Baroque repertoire.
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E.
Patricia Luisa Oakes
Patricia Luisa Oakes was a British socialite best known as the first wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., son of the 32nd U.S. president.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical figure
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson |
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson
ⓘ
linked to:
Stonewall Jackson
|
| associatedWithPlace |
Lexington, Virginia
ⓘ
linked to:
Lexington, Virginia, United States
|
| causeOfDeath | complications of childbirth ⓘ |
| centuryOfDeath | 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dateOfDeath | 1850s ⓘ |
| familyName | Junkin ⓘ |
| fatherOccupation | Presbyterian minister ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName |
Elinor
ⓘ
linked to:
Elinor Dashwood
|
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| lifeEvent | died young shortly after marriage ⓘ |
| marriageDate | 1853 ⓘ |
| name | Elinor Junkin ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the first wife of Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Lexington, Virginia
ⓘ
linked to:
Lexington, Virginia, United States
|
| religion | Presbyterianism ⓘ |
| spouse |
Elinor Junkin
ⓘ
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson ⓘ
linked to:
Stonewall Jackson
|
| spouseMilitarySide | Confederate States of America ⓘ |
| spouseOccupation |
Confederate general
ⓘ
military officer ⓘ |
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: Elinor Junkin Description of subject: Elinor Junkin was the first wife of Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, who died young shortly after their marriage in the 1850s.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.