Dr. Martha Livingston
E268048
Dr. Martha Livingston is the skeptical court-appointed psychiatrist who investigates a young nun’s shocking pregnancy and alleged infanticide in the play and film "Agnes of God."
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dr. Martha Livingston canonical | 4 |
| Dr. Martha Livingstone | 3 |
| Dr. Martha Livingston (character) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2459605 — 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: Dr. Martha Livingston Context triple: [Agnes of God, mainCharacter, Dr. Martha Livingston]
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A.
Dr. Eleanor O’Hara
Dr. Eleanor O’Hara is a fictional, sharp-witted British emergency room physician on the TV series "Nurse Jackie."
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B.
Frances H. Townes
Frances H. Townes was the wife of Nobel Prize–winning physicist Charles Hard Townes and a partner in his scientific and personal life, known for her support of his career and their shared involvement in academic and community activities.
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C.
Dr. Constance Petersen
Dr. Constance Petersen is the brilliant psychoanalyst protagonist of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1945 psychological thriller "Spellbound," known for her rational mind and determination to uncover the truth behind a mysterious amnesiac.
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D.
Elinor Junkin
Elinor Junkin was the first wife of Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, who died young shortly after their marriage in the 1850s.
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E.
Helen Hyslop
Helen Hyslop was the wife of British scientist and environmentalist James Lovelock, known for supporting him during the development of his influential scientific work.
- 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: Dr. Martha Livingston Target entity description: Dr. Martha Livingston is the skeptical court-appointed psychiatrist who investigates a young nun’s shocking pregnancy and alleged infanticide in the play and film "Agnes of God."
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A.
Dr. Eleanor O’Hara
Dr. Eleanor O’Hara is a fictional, sharp-witted British emergency room physician on the TV series "Nurse Jackie."
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B.
Frances H. Townes
Frances H. Townes was the wife of Nobel Prize–winning physicist Charles Hard Townes and a partner in his scientific and personal life, known for her support of his career and their shared involvement in academic and community activities.
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C.
Dr. Constance Petersen
Dr. Constance Petersen is the brilliant psychoanalyst protagonist of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1945 psychological thriller "Spellbound," known for her rational mind and determination to uncover the truth behind a mysterious amnesiac.
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D.
Elinor Junkin
Elinor Junkin was the first wife of Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, who died young shortly after their marriage in the 1850s.
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E.
Helen Hyslop
Helen Hyslop was the wife of British scientist and environmentalist James Lovelock, known for supporting him during the development of his influential scientific work.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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psychiatrist ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
film "Agnes of God"
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linked to:
Agnes of God
play "Agnes of God" ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Catholic convent ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Mother Miriam Ruth ⓘ |
| createdBy | John Pielmeier ⓘ |
| familyName | Livingston ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genreContext | psychological mystery ⓘ |
| givenName | Martha ⓘ |
| investigates |
Agnes
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Agnes’s pregnancy ⓘ alleged infanticide ⓘ |
| jurisdictionContext | court system ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
theatre ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
investigator of the central mystery
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rational skeptic ⓘ |
| occupation | psychiatrist ⓘ |
| primaryConcern |
mental state of Agnes
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truth about the baby’s death ⓘ |
| relationshipTo | Agnes (patient) ⓘ |
| role | court-appointed psychiatrist ⓘ |
| subjectOf | psychological drama ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
faith versus reason
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guilt and responsibility ⓘ mental illness and trauma ⓘ |
| title | Doctor ⓘ |
| trait | skeptical ⓘ |
| workTitleContext |
"Agnes of God"
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linked to:
Agnes of God
|
| worldview |
scientific
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skeptical of miracles ⓘ |
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: Dr. Martha Livingston Description of subject: Dr. Martha Livingston is the skeptical court-appointed psychiatrist who investigates a young nun’s shocking pregnancy and alleged infanticide in the play and film "Agnes of God."
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Dr. Martha Livingston
linked to: Dr. Martha Livingston
linked to: Dr. Martha Livingston
subject linked to:
Agnes (patient)
subject linked to:
Agnes (patient)
linked to: Dr. Martha Livingston