Susan Wheeler Decatur
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Susan Wheeler Decatur was the wife of U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur and a prominent early 19th-century Washington, D.C. social figure.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Susan Wheeler Decatur canonical | 3 |
| Susan Decatur | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1350084 — 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: Susan Wheeler Decatur Context triple: [Stephen Decatur, spouse, Susan Wheeler Decatur]
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A.
Sarah Pierpont Edwards
Sarah Pierpont Edwards was an 18th-century American religious figure and diarist known for her deep piety, influential role in the First Great Awakening, and partnership in ministry with theologian Jonathan Edwards.
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B.
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.
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C.
Dixie Lee
Dixie Lee was an American singer and actress of the early 20th century, best known for her work in film and music as well as her marriage to Bing Crosby.
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D.
Julia Elizabeth Baldwin Rice
Julia Elizabeth Baldwin Rice was the wife of American businessman and philanthropist William Marsh Rice, whose estate funded the establishment of Rice University.
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E.
Susan Packard Orr
Susan Packard Orr is an American philanthropist and former technology executive known for her leadership roles in the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and on the board of Hewlett-Packard.
- 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: Susan Wheeler Decatur Target entity description: Susan Wheeler Decatur was the wife of U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur and a prominent early 19th-century Washington, D.C. social figure.
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A.
Sarah Pierpont Edwards
Sarah Pierpont Edwards was an 18th-century American religious figure and diarist known for her deep piety, influential role in the First Great Awakening, and partnership in ministry with theologian Jonathan Edwards.
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B.
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.
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C.
Dixie Lee
Dixie Lee was an American singer and actress of the early 20th century, best known for her work in film and music as well as her marriage to Bing Crosby.
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D.
Julia Elizabeth Baldwin Rice
Julia Elizabeth Baldwin Rice was the wife of American businessman and philanthropist William Marsh Rice, whose estate funded the establishment of Rice University.
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E.
Susan Packard Orr
Susan Packard Orr is an American philanthropist and former technology executive known for her leadership roles in the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and on the board of Hewlett-Packard.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical figure
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human ⓘ socialite ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
U.S. Navy community in Washington, D.C.
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political and social circles of Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Decatur ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Susan ⓘ |
| knownFor | hosting and participating in Washington, D.C. social events ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| name | Susan Wheeler Decatur ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the wife of U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur
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role as a prominent early 19th-century Washington, D.C. social figure ⓘ |
| occupation | social hostess ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | District of Columbia ⓘ |
| residence | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| socialStatus | member of Washington, D.C. elite society ⓘ |
| spouse |
Stephen Decatur
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Susan Wheeler Decatur ⓘ |
| spouseNotableFor | hero of the United States Navy ⓘ |
| spouseOccupation | U.S. naval officer ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
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: Susan Wheeler Decatur Description of subject: Susan Wheeler Decatur was the wife of U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur and a prominent early 19th-century Washington, D.C. social figure.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.