Mary Ludwig Hays
E391788
Mary Ludwig Hays, popularly known as Molly Pitcher, was a heroine of the American Revolutionary War famed for carrying water to soldiers and reportedly taking over her husband's cannon during battle.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mary Ludwig Hays canonical | 3 |
| Mary Ludwig | 2 |
| Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley | 2 |
| Mary Ludwig McCauley | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3814984 — 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 Ludwig Hays Context triple: [Molly Pitcher, alsoKnownAs, Mary Ludwig Hays]
-
A.
Mary Stone Hays
Mary Stone Hays was the wife of influential American politician and film industry figure Will H. Hays, known for her role in his personal and social life.
-
B.
Lydia Reed
Lydia Reed is an American former child actress best known for her film and television roles in the 1950s.
-
C.
Lucinda Southworth
Lucinda Southworth is an American research scientist and philanthropist best known as the wife of Google co-founder Larry Page.
-
D.
Sarah Towne Cloyce
Sarah Towne Cloyce was a woman accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials, known for surviving the ordeal and later helping to restore the reputations of the condemned.
-
E.
Lydia Franklin
Lydia Franklin was one of the lesser-known children of Benjamin Franklin’s parents and thus a sibling in the large Franklin family into which the famous statesman and inventor was born.
- 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 Ludwig Hays Target entity description: Mary Ludwig Hays, popularly known as Molly Pitcher, was a heroine of the American Revolutionary War famed for carrying water to soldiers and reportedly taking over her husband's cannon during battle.
-
A.
Mary Stone Hays
Mary Stone Hays was the wife of influential American politician and film industry figure Will H. Hays, known for her role in his personal and social life.
-
B.
Lydia Reed
Lydia Reed is an American former child actress best known for her film and television roles in the 1950s.
-
C.
Lucinda Southworth
Lucinda Southworth is an American research scientist and philanthropist best known as the wife of Google co-founder Larry Page.
-
D.
Sarah Towne Cloyce
Sarah Towne Cloyce was a woman accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials, known for surviving the ordeal and later helping to restore the reputations of the condemned.
-
E.
Lydia Franklin
Lydia Franklin was one of the lesser-known children of Benjamin Franklin’s parents and thus a sibling in the large Franklin family into which the famous statesman and inventor was born.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Revolutionary War heroine
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| activity |
bringing water to cool and clean cannons
ⓘ
bringing water to thirsty soldiers ⓘ |
| allegedRole | artillery assistant at the Battle of Monmouth ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Mary Ludwig
ⓘ
linked to:
Mary Ludwig Hays
Mary Ludwig McCauley ⓘ
linked to:
Mary Ludwig Hays
Molly Pitcher ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Continental Army
ⓘ
Pennsylvania artillery units ⓘ |
| battleParticipatedIn | Battle of Monmouth ⓘ |
| birthYear | circa 1754 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Old Graveyard, Carlisle, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1832 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German American ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName |
Hays
ⓘ
Ludwig ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Mary ⓘ |
| historicity | some aspects of her story are considered semi-legendary ⓘ |
| honor | pension from the Pennsylvania legislature for Revolutionary War service ⓘ |
| mediaDepiction |
featured in children’s and popular histories of the American Revolution
ⓘ
subject of paintings and illustrations titled "Molly Pitcher" ⓘ |
| memorial | Molly Pitcher monument in Carlisle, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| name | Mary Ludwig Hays ⓘ |
| notableFor |
carrying water to Continental Army soldiers during battle
ⓘ
heroism in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ reportedly operating her husband’s cannon during battle ⓘ |
| occupation |
camp follower
ⓘ
cook ⓘ washerwoman ⓘ |
| partOf | Molly Pitcher legend ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | near Trenton, New Jersey ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Carlisle, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| religion | likely Christian (exact denomination uncertain) ⓘ |
| residence | Carlisle, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| spouse | William Hays ⓘ |
| symbolicRole |
folk heroine of the American Revolution
ⓘ
symbol of women’s contributions to war efforts ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
18th century
ⓘ
early 19th century ⓘ |
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 Ludwig Hays Description of subject: Mary Ludwig Hays, popularly known as Molly Pitcher, was a heroine of the American Revolutionary War famed for carrying water to soldiers and reportedly taking over her husband's cannon during battle.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
“Molly Pitcher” (Mary Ludwig Hays, traditional attribution)
subject linked to:
“Molly Pitcher” (Mary Ludwig Hays, traditional attribution)
linked to: Mary Ludwig Hays
subject linked to:
“Molly Pitcher” (Mary Ludwig Hays, traditional attribution)
linked to: Mary Ludwig Hays
linked to: Mary Ludwig Hays
linked to: Mary Ludwig Hays
linked to: Mary Ludwig Hays