Mary Shackelford
E331411
Mary Shackelford is the second ex-wife of comedian and television host Steve Harvey, with whom she was married in the 1990s and early 2000s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mary Shackelford canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3153880 — 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: Mary Shackelford Context triple: [Steve Harvey, spouse, Mary Shackelford]
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A.
Rosalie Slaughter Morton
Rosalie Slaughter Morton was an American physician and pioneering female surgeon known for her contributions to public health, medical education, and cancer advocacy.
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B.
Julia Floyd
Julia Floyd was the wife of British statesman Sir Robert Peel, serving as a prominent Victorian-era political hostess and member of the English gentry.
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C.
Beatrice Warren
Beatrice Warren was a physicist whose contributions to the field of diffraction physics were significant enough to have a prestigious scientific award named in her honor.
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D.
Bessie Gardner
Bessie Gardner was the wife of American industrialist and philanthropist Alfred I. du Pont.
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E.
Nettie Moore
Nettie Moore is a song by Bob Dylan from his 2006 album "Modern Times," noted for its haunting lyrics and blend of folk, blues, and Americana influences.
- 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: Mary Shackelford Target entity description: Mary Shackelford is the second ex-wife of comedian and television host Steve Harvey, with whom she was married in the 1990s and early 2000s.
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A.
Rosalie Slaughter Morton
Rosalie Slaughter Morton was an American physician and pioneering female surgeon known for her contributions to public health, medical education, and cancer advocacy.
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B.
Julia Floyd
Julia Floyd was the wife of British statesman Sir Robert Peel, serving as a prominent Victorian-era political hostess and member of the English gentry.
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C.
Beatrice Warren
Beatrice Warren was a physicist whose contributions to the field of diffraction physics were significant enough to have a prestigious scientific award named in her honor.
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D.
Bessie Gardner
Bessie Gardner was the wife of American industrialist and philanthropist Alfred I. du Pont.
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E.
Nettie Moore
Nettie Moore is a song by Bob Dylan from his 2006 album "Modern Times," noted for its haunting lyrics and blend of folk, blues, and Americana influences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (19)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
celebrity ex-spouse
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| exSpouseOf | Steve Harvey ⓘ |
| fieldOfNotability | entertainment industry (through marriage) ⓘ |
| hasPublicBiographicalDetails | limited ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| marriageOrderToSteveHarvey | second wife ⓘ |
| marriedToSteveHarveyDuring |
1990s
ⓘ
early 2000s ⓘ |
| name | Mary Shackelford ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the second ex-wife of Steve Harvey ⓘ |
| occupation | unknown ⓘ |
| privacyStatus | private individual ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse |
Mary Shackelford
ⓘ
Steve Harvey ⓘ |
| spouseProfession |
comedian
ⓘ
television host ⓘ |
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: Mary Shackelford Description of subject: Mary Shackelford is the second ex-wife of comedian and television host Steve Harvey, with whom she was married in the 1990s and early 2000s.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.