Mary Morison
E156504
Mary Morison is a lyrical love poem by Scottish poet Robert Burns, celebrated for its tender expression of youthful affection and longing.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mary Morison canonical | 1 |
| Mary Morison (character) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1364944 — 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 Morison Context triple: [Poems of Robert Burns, containsWork, Mary Morison]
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A.
Betsy Drake
Betsy Drake was an American actress and writer best known for her film work in the late 1940s and 1950s and for her influential role in the life and career of Cary Grant.
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B.
Elizabeth Shaw Melville
Elizabeth Shaw Melville was the wife of American novelist Herman Melville and the daughter of Massachusetts Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw, known for her extensive correspondence and role in preserving Melville’s literary legacy.
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C.
Mercy Lewis
Mercy Lewis was a young servant girl and one of the key accusers during the Salem witch trials of 1692.
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D.
Jane Barlow
Jane Barlow was an Irish poet and novelist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for her depictions of rural Irish life.
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E.
Martha Rainsborough
Martha Rainsborough was the wife of early Massachusetts Bay Colony governor John Winthrop and a member of the prominent Rainsborough family in 17th-century England.
- 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 Morison Target entity description: Mary Morison is a lyrical love poem by Scottish poet Robert Burns, celebrated for its tender expression of youthful affection and longing.
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A.
Betsy Drake
Betsy Drake was an American actress and writer best known for her film work in the late 1940s and 1950s and for her influential role in the life and career of Cary Grant.
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B.
Elizabeth Shaw Melville
Elizabeth Shaw Melville was the wife of American novelist Herman Melville and the daughter of Massachusetts Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw, known for her extensive correspondence and role in preserving Melville’s literary legacy.
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C.
Mercy Lewis
Mercy Lewis was a young servant girl and one of the key accusers during the Salem witch trials of 1692.
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D.
Jane Barlow
Jane Barlow was an Irish poet and novelist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for her depictions of rural Irish life.
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E.
Martha Rainsborough
Martha Rainsborough was the wife of early Massachusetts Bay Colony governor John Winthrop and a member of the prominent Rainsborough family in 17th-century England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lyric poem
ⓘ
poem ⓘ |
| author | Robert Burns ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| firstLine | O Mary, at thy window be ⓘ |
| form | lyric ⓘ |
| genre |
love poem
ⓘ
romantic poetry ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | celebrated example of Burns’s early love poetry ⓘ |
| hasImagery | night-time tryst and window scene ⓘ |
| hasReception | widely admired for simplicity and tenderness ⓘ |
| hasSetting | rural Scotland ⓘ |
| hasSubject | a young man’s devotion to Mary Morison ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter |
Mary Morison (character)
ⓘ
linked to:
Mary Morison
|
| includedIn | collections of Robert Burns’s poems ⓘ |
| influenced | later Scottish love lyrics ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Scots ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ |
| meter | traditional Scottish song metre ⓘ |
| partOf | Robert Burns’s love lyrics ⓘ |
| periodOfComposition | 18th century ⓘ |
| portrays |
emotional longing for the beloved
ⓘ
tender expression of youthful affection ⓘ |
| setToMusic | traditional Scottish airs ⓘ |
| theme |
idealized beloved
ⓘ
longing ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ youthful affection ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Robert Burns ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mary Morison Description of subject: Mary Morison is a lyrical love poem by Scottish poet Robert Burns, celebrated for its tender expression of youthful affection and longing.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mary Morison