Elaine Anderson Scott
E254548
Elaine Anderson Scott was the third wife of American author John Steinbeck, with whom she shared his later life and literary success.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Elaine Anderson Scott canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T763841 — 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: Elaine Anderson Scott Context triple: [John Steinbeck, spouse, Elaine Anderson Scott]
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A.
Eunice Scott
Eunice Scott was a member of the Scott family and the sister of American civil rights leader Coretta Scott King.
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B.
Mary Fowler Brennan
Mary Fowler Brennan was the wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr., known primarily for her role as his lifelong partner and supporter.
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C.
Rose Mary Harbison
Rose Mary Harbison is an American violinist and educator known for her performances, teaching, and long association with composer John Harbison.
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D.
Mary Grace Slattery
Mary Grace Slattery was the first wife of American playwright Arthur Miller, whom he married before achieving his major theatrical success.
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E.
Jeanne Campbell
Jeanne Campbell was a British socialite and journalist known for her connections to prominent literary and political figures, including her marriage to American novelist Norman Mailer.
- 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: Elaine Anderson Scott Target entity description: Elaine Anderson Scott was the third wife of American author John Steinbeck, with whom she shared his later life and literary success.
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A.
Eunice Scott
Eunice Scott was a member of the Scott family and the sister of American civil rights leader Coretta Scott King.
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B.
Mary Fowler Brennan
Mary Fowler Brennan was the wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr., known primarily for her role as his lifelong partner and supporter.
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C.
Rose Mary Harbison
Rose Mary Harbison is an American violinist and educator known for her performances, teaching, and long association with composer John Harbison.
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D.
Mary Grace Slattery
Mary Grace Slattery was the first wife of American playwright Arthur Miller, whom he married before achieving his major theatrical success.
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E.
Jeanne Campbell
Jeanne Campbell was a British socialite and journalist known for her connections to prominent literary and political figures, including her marriage to American novelist Norman Mailer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
spouse of a celebrity ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
John Steinbeck
ⓘ
Steinbeck’s later life ⓘ Steinbeck’s later literary success ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Scott ⓘ |
| givenName | Elaine ⓘ |
| name | Elaine Anderson Scott ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the third wife of John Steinbeck ⓘ |
| positionInSpouseOrder | third wife of John Steinbeck ⓘ |
| sharedLifePeriodWith | John Steinbeck ⓘ |
| sharedLiterarySuccessPeriodWith | John Steinbeck ⓘ |
| spouse | John Steinbeck ⓘ |
| spouseFullName |
John Ernst Steinbeck Jr.
ⓘ
linked to:
John Steinbeck
|
| spouseInstanceOf |
American novelist
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| spouseNationality | American ⓘ |
| spouseNotableWorkField | American literature ⓘ |
| spouseOccupation | novelist ⓘ |
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: Elaine Anderson Scott Description of subject: Elaine Anderson Scott was the third wife of American author John Steinbeck, with whom she shared his later life and literary success.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.