Cordelia Scaife May
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Cordelia Scaife May was an American heiress and philanthropist known for her substantial Mellon family inheritance and for funding influential anti-immigration and population control organizations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cordelia Scaife May canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2742987 — 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: Cordelia Scaife May Context triple: [Mellon family, hasNotableMember, Cordelia Scaife May]
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A.
Mary Carr
Mary Carr was an American character actress of the silent and early sound film era, often cast as kindly maternal figures.
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B.
Maud Humphrey
Maud Humphrey was an American illustrator and commercial artist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for her popular depictions of children and as the mother of actor Humphrey Bogart.
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C.
Elizabeth Browne
Elizabeth Browne was the wife of Robert Rogers, the famed 18th-century American frontiersman and leader of Rogers' Rangers.
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D.
Elizabeth Browne
Elizabeth Browne was the wife of the pioneering English physician William Harvey, known for his discovery of the circulation of blood.
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E.
Cornelia Tappen
Cornelia Tappen was the wife of George Clinton, a prominent early American politician who served as both Governor of New York and Vice President of the United States.
- 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: Cordelia Scaife May Target entity description: Cordelia Scaife May was an American heiress and philanthropist known for her substantial Mellon family inheritance and for funding influential anti-immigration and population control organizations.
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A.
Mary Carr
Mary Carr was an American character actress of the silent and early sound film era, often cast as kindly maternal figures.
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B.
Maud Humphrey
Maud Humphrey was an American illustrator and commercial artist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for her popular depictions of children and as the mother of actor Humphrey Bogart.
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C.
Elizabeth Browne
Elizabeth Browne was the wife of Robert Rogers, the famed 18th-century American frontiersman and leader of Rogers' Rangers.
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D.
Elizabeth Browne
Elizabeth Browne was the wife of the pioneering English physician William Harvey, known for his discovery of the circulation of blood.
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E.
Cornelia Tappen
Cornelia Tappen was the wife of George Clinton, a prominent early American politician who served as both Governor of New York and Vice President of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
heiress
ⓘ
human ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Colcom Foundation ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pneumonia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1928-12-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2005-01-24 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Foxcroft School ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| familyName |
May
ⓘ
Scaife ⓘ |
| father | Alan Magee Scaife ⓘ |
| founded | Colcom Foundation ⓘ |
| fullName | Cordelia Scaife May ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Cordelia ⓘ |
| ideology |
immigration restrictionism
ⓘ
population control advocacy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
funding anti-immigration organizations in the United States
ⓘ
funding population control organizations ⓘ large Mellon family inheritance ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | divorced ⓘ |
| memberOf | Mellon family ⓘ |
| mother | Sarah Mellon Scaife ⓘ |
| netWorth | billionaire ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
major anonymous donor to political causes
ⓘ
reclusive lifestyle ⓘ |
| notableFor | quiet, low-profile philanthropy ⓘ |
| notableGrantRecipient |
Center for Immigration Studies
ⓘ
Federation for American Immigration Reform ⓘ NumbersUSA ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Philanthropic funding of U.S. immigration restriction organizations
ⓘ
Support for population control initiatives ⓘ |
| philanthropicFocus |
environmental conservation
ⓘ
historic preservation ⓘ immigration policy ⓘ population control ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
| placeOfDeath |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
| relative |
Andrew W. Mellon
ⓘ
Richard Mellon Scaife ⓘ |
| residence |
Ligonier, Pennsylvania, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Ligonier, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
linked to:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
| spouse | Herbert A. May ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cordelia Scaife May Description of subject: Cordelia Scaife May was an American heiress and philanthropist known for her substantial Mellon family inheritance and for funding influential anti-immigration and population control organizations.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.