Harriet Smithson
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Harriet Smithson was a 19th-century Irish actress best known as the muse and later wife of composer Hector Berlioz, who was inspired by her to write his Symphonie fantastique.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harriet Smithson canonical | 6 |
| Harriet Constance Smithson | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2108084 — 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: Harriet Smithson Context triple: [Hector Berlioz, spouse, Harriet Smithson]
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A.
Mary Ure
Mary Ure was a Scottish stage and film actress best known for her acclaimed performances in works like "Look Back in Anger" and "Sons and Lovers."
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B.
Mary Liddell
Mary Liddell was the mother of Scottish Olympic champion and Christian missionary Eric Liddell, remembered primarily in connection with his life and legacy.
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C.
Emily Davies
Emily Davies was a pioneering British feminist and educational reformer who played a key role in opening university education to women in the 19th century.
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D.
Georgina Chapman
Georgina Chapman is a British fashion designer, actress, and co-founder of the luxury label Marchesa.
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E.
Elizabeth Mure
Elizabeth Mure was a 14th-century Scottish noblewoman best known as the first wife of King Robert II of Scotland and the mother of several children who founded key branches of the Stewart dynasty.
- 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: Harriet Smithson Target entity description: Harriet Smithson was a 19th-century Irish actress best known as the muse and later wife of composer Hector Berlioz, who was inspired by her to write his Symphonie fantastique.
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A.
Mary Ure
Mary Ure was a Scottish stage and film actress best known for her acclaimed performances in works like "Look Back in Anger" and "Sons and Lovers."
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B.
Mary Liddell
Mary Liddell was the mother of Scottish Olympic champion and Christian missionary Eric Liddell, remembered primarily in connection with his life and legacy.
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C.
Emily Davies
Emily Davies was a pioneering British feminist and educational reformer who played a key role in opening university education to women in the 19th century.
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D.
Georgina Chapman
Georgina Chapman is a British fashion designer, actress, and co-founder of the luxury label Marchesa.
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E.
Elizabeth Mure
Elizabeth Mure was a 14th-century Scottish noblewoman best known as the first wife of King Robert II of Scotland and the mother of several children who founded key branches of the Stewart dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish actress
ⓘ
person ⓘ stage actress ⓘ |
| activeIn |
London theatre scene
ⓘ
Paris theatre scene ⓘ |
| birthName |
Harriet Constance Smithson
ⓘ
linked to:
Harriet Smithson
|
| burialPlace | Cimetière de Montmartre ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | complications after stroke ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Ireland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1800-03-18 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1854-03-03 ⓘ |
| dateOfMarriage | 1833-10-03 ⓘ |
| describedAs | muse of Romantic composer Hector Berlioz ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish ⓘ |
| familyName | Smithson ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
performing arts
ⓘ
theatre ⓘ |
| genre | tragedy ⓘ |
| givenName | Harriet ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Louis Berlioz
ⓘ
linked to:
Hector Berlioz
|
| influenced | French reception of Shakespeare ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Harriet Smithson ⓘ |
| inspiredWork |
Symphonie fantastique
ⓘ
linked to:
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
|
| knownFor |
Shakespearean roles
ⓘ
naturalistic acting style ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| name | Harriet Smithson ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Paris debut in Shakespearean roles in the 1820s ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the muse of Hector Berlioz ⓘ |
| notableRole |
Juliet
ⓘ
linked to:
Juliet Capulet
Ophelia ⓘ |
| notableWork |
performances as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet
ⓘ
performances as Ophelia in Hamlet ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ |
| partnerInArtisticCircle | Hector Berlioz ⓘ |
| performedInLanguage |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| performedWithCompany | English Theatre Company in Paris ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Paris, France
ⓘ
linked to:
Paris
|
| placeOfMarriage |
Paris, France
ⓘ
linked to:
Paris
|
| residence |
London, England
ⓘ
Paris, France ⓘ
linked to:
Paris
|
| spouse |
Harriet Smithson
ⓘ
Hector Berlioz ⓘ |
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: Harriet Smithson Description of subject: Harriet Smithson was a 19th-century Irish actress best known as the muse and later wife of composer Hector Berlioz, who was inspired by her to write his Symphonie fantastique.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.