Susan Mary Pollexfen
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Susan Mary Pollexfen was the mother of Irish poet W.B. Yeats and a member of the Sligo-based Pollexfen family, whose coastal surroundings and stories strongly influenced his early imagination.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Susan Mary Pollexfen canonical | 9 |
| Mary Pollexfen | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2302538 — 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 Mary Pollexfen Context triple: [W.B. Yeats, mother, Susan Mary Pollexfen]
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A.
Mary Pollock
Mary Pollock is a pseudonym used by the prolific British children's author Enid Blyton.
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B.
Mary Darnall
Mary Darnall was the wife of American Founding Father and Declaration of Independence signer Charles Carroll of Carrollton and a member of a prominent Maryland Catholic family.
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C.
Margaret Jasper
Margaret Jasper was the wife of English naval officer Sir William Penn and the mother of William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania.
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D.
Mary Forth
Mary Forth was the first wife of John Winthrop, the future governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and a member of the English gentry in the early 17th century.
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E.
Eleanor Witcombe
Eleanor Witcombe was an Australian screenwriter and playwright known for her influential adaptations and contributions to Australian film, television, and radio drama.
- 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 Mary Pollexfen Target entity description: Susan Mary Pollexfen was the mother of Irish poet W.B. Yeats and a member of the Sligo-based Pollexfen family, whose coastal surroundings and stories strongly influenced his early imagination.
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A.
Mary Pollock
Mary Pollock is a pseudonym used by the prolific British children's author Enid Blyton.
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B.
Mary Darnall
Mary Darnall was the wife of American Founding Father and Declaration of Independence signer Charles Carroll of Carrollton and a member of a prominent Maryland Catholic family.
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C.
Margaret Jasper
Margaret Jasper was the wife of English naval officer Sir William Penn and the mother of William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania.
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D.
Mary Forth
Mary Forth was the first wife of John Winthrop, the future governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and a member of the English gentry in the early 17th century.
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E.
Eleanor Witcombe
Eleanor Witcombe was an Australian screenwriter and playwright known for her influential adaptations and contributions to Australian film, television, and radio drama.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
mother ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Rosses Point
ⓘ
Sligo Bay ⓘ coastal landscapes of Sligo ⓘ |
| child |
Elizabeth Corbet "Lolly" Yeats
ⓘ
Jack Butler Yeats ⓘ Robert Corbet Yeats ⓘ
linked to:
John Butler Yeats
Susan Mary "Lily" Yeats ⓘ William Butler Yeats ⓘ
linked to:
W.B. Yeats
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Ireland ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish ⓘ |
| familyName | Pollexfen ⓘ |
| givenName | Susan ⓘ |
| influenced |
William Butler Yeats
ⓘ
linked to:
W.B. Yeats
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| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Pollexfen family ⓘ |
| middleName | Mary ⓘ |
| motherOf |
W. B. Yeats
ⓘ
linked to:
W.B. Yeats
William Butler Yeats ⓘ
linked to:
W.B. Yeats
|
| notableFamily | Pollexfen family of Sligo ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the mother of W. B. Yeats
ⓘ
influence on the early imagination of W. B. Yeats ⓘ |
| partOf | Anglo-Irish community ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Sligo ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestantism
ⓘ
linked to:
Protestant Christianity
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| residence | Sligo ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | John Butler Yeats ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Susan Mary Pollexfen Description of subject: Susan Mary Pollexfen was the mother of Irish poet W.B. Yeats and a member of the Sligo-based Pollexfen family, whose coastal surroundings and stories strongly influenced his early imagination.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Susan Mary Pollexfen