Mary Robertson
E434541
Mary Robertson was the wife of Scottish architect William Adam, a prominent figure in 18th-century Scottish architecture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mary Robertson canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4270950 — 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 Robertson Context triple: [William Adam, spouse, Mary Robertson]
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A.
Margaret Robertson
Margaret Robertson was the wife of Scottish physicist and radar pioneer Sir Robert Watson-Watt.
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B.
Anne MacKenzie Robertson
Anne MacKenzie Robertson was the mother of British statesman and four-time Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone.
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C.
Annette Robertson
Annette Robertson is a British actress known for her film and television work in the 1960s, including roles in productions such as "The Young Ones" and "The Count of Monte Cristo."
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D.
Mary Nisbet
Mary Nisbet was a wealthy Scottish heiress and society figure of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, noted for her influential marriage into the aristocracy and her role in diplomatic and social circles.
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E.
Mary McDougall
Mary McDougall is known primarily as the daughter of American Revolutionary War officer and political leader Alexander McDougall.
- 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 Robertson Target entity description: Mary Robertson was the wife of Scottish architect William Adam, a prominent figure in 18th-century Scottish architecture.
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A.
Margaret Robertson
Margaret Robertson was the wife of Scottish physicist and radar pioneer Sir Robert Watson-Watt.
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B.
Anne MacKenzie Robertson
Anne MacKenzie Robertson was the mother of British statesman and four-time Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone.
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C.
Annette Robertson
Annette Robertson is a British actress known for her film and television work in the 1960s, including roles in productions such as "The Young Ones" and "The Count of Monte Cristo."
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D.
Mary Nisbet
Mary Nisbet was a wealthy Scottish heiress and society figure of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, noted for her influential marriage into the aristocracy and her role in diplomatic and social circles.
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E.
Mary McDougall
Mary McDougall is known primarily as the daughter of American Revolutionary War officer and political leader Alexander McDougall.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (10)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| marriedToOccupationOfSpouse | architect ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the wife of Scottish architect William Adam ⓘ |
| occupation | homemaker ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Scotland ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | William Adam ⓘ |
| spouseNationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 18th 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 Robertson Description of subject: Mary Robertson was the wife of Scottish architect William Adam, a prominent figure in 18th-century Scottish architecture.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.