Mary L. Good
E232563
Mary L. Good was an American inorganic chemist, industrial research leader, and former U.S. government science advisor renowned for her contributions to catalysis and materials science.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mary L. Good canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1135739 — 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 L. Good Context triple: [Priestley Medal, hasRecipient, Mary L. Good]
-
A.
Dolores H. Russ
Dolores H. Russ was an American philanthropist and co-namesake of the prestigious Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize in engineering.
-
B.
Dorothy E. Davis
Dorothy E. Davis was the lead student plaintiff in the Virginia school desegregation case Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, one of the five cases consolidated into the landmark Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education.
-
C.
Yvonne C. Brill
Yvonne C. Brill was a pioneering Canadian-American rocket and jet propulsion engineer renowned for her innovations in satellite propulsion systems and advocacy for women in engineering.
-
D.
Mary Ellen Trainor
Mary Ellen Trainor was an American actress known for her supporting roles in popular 1980s and 1990s films such as "The Goonies," "Lethal Weapon," and "Die Hard."
-
E.
Mary Grace Slattery
Mary Grace Slattery was the first wife of American playwright Arthur Miller, whom he married before achieving his major theatrical success.
- 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 L. Good Target entity description: Mary L. Good was an American inorganic chemist, industrial research leader, and former U.S. government science advisor renowned for her contributions to catalysis and materials science.
-
A.
Dolores H. Russ
Dolores H. Russ was an American philanthropist and co-namesake of the prestigious Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize in engineering.
-
B.
Dorothy E. Davis
Dorothy E. Davis was the lead student plaintiff in the Virginia school desegregation case Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, one of the five cases consolidated into the landmark Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education.
-
C.
Yvonne C. Brill
Yvonne C. Brill was a pioneering Canadian-American rocket and jet propulsion engineer renowned for her innovations in satellite propulsion systems and advocacy for women in engineering.
-
D.
Mary Ellen Trainor
Mary Ellen Trainor was an American actress known for her supporting roles in popular 1980s and 1990s films such as "The Goonies," "Lethal Weapon," and "Die Hard."
-
E.
Mary Grace Slattery
Mary Grace Slattery was the first wife of American playwright Arthur Miller, whom he married before achieving his major theatrical success.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chemist
ⓘ
industrial researcher ⓘ inorganic chemist ⓘ person ⓘ science advisor ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Science
ⓘ
Doctor of Philosophy ⓘ Master of Science ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Charles Lathrop Parsons Award
ⓘ
Garvan–Olin Medal ⓘ National Science Board Public Service Award ⓘ
linked to:
National Science Board Honorary Awards
Priestley Medal ⓘ Vannevar Bush Award ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1931-06-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2019-11-20 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Arkansas
ⓘ
University of Central Arkansas ⓘ |
| employer |
AlliedSignal
ⓘ
Arkansas Science and Technology Authority ⓘ Louisiana State University ⓘ Signal Research Center ⓘ University of Arkansas at Little Rock ⓘ University of New Orleans ⓘ |
| familyName | Good ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
catalysis
ⓘ
chemistry ⓘ inorganic chemistry ⓘ materials science ⓘ |
| givenName | Mary ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
ⓘ
American Chemical Society ⓘ National Academy of Engineering ⓘ National Science Board ⓘ |
| name | Mary L. Good ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership in industrial research and development
ⓘ
research on heterogeneous catalysis ⓘ service as U.S. government science advisor ⓘ |
| occupation |
chemist
ⓘ
government official ⓘ industrial manager ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Grapevine, Texas, United States of America
ⓘ
linked to:
Grapevine, Texas
|
| placeOfDeath |
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America
ⓘ
linked to:
Little Rock, Arkansas
|
| positionHeld |
Chair of the National Science Board
ⓘ
Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology of the United States ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America
ⓘ
linked to:
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America ⓘ
linked to:
Little Rock, Arkansas
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America ⓘ
linked to:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
|
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 L. Good Description of subject: Mary L. Good was an American inorganic chemist, industrial research leader, and former U.S. government science advisor renowned for her contributions to catalysis and materials science.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.