Cecily More
E452038
Cecily More was one of the daughters of Sir Thomas More, known primarily through her connection to his prominent humanist and political legacy in Tudor England.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cecily More canonical | 3 |
| Cecily | 2 |
| Cecily Heron | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4548112 — 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: Cecily More Context triple: [Thomas More, child, Cecily More]
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A.
Celia Coplestone
Celia Coplestone is a central character in T. S. Eliot’s play "The Cocktail Party," whose spiritual crisis and search for meaning drive much of the drama’s psychological and philosophical exploration.
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B.
Cecily Harriet d'Autremont
Cecily Harriet d'Autremont was the wife of longtime CIA counterintelligence chief James Jesus Angleton and a figure in Washington’s mid-20th-century intelligence social circles.
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C.
Elizabeth Cranfield
Elizabeth Cranfield was an English noblewoman of the early 17th century, best known as the mother of John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby.
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D.
Bess Macauley
Bess Macauley is the central protagonist of William Saroyan’s novel "The Human Comedy," around whom the story’s emotional and moral themes revolve.
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E.
Elizabeth Bottomley
Elizabeth Bottomley was the wife of Robert N. Noyce, the pioneering co-founder of Intel and a key figure in the development of the integrated circuit.
- 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: Cecily More Target entity description: Cecily More was one of the daughters of Sir Thomas More, known primarily through her connection to his prominent humanist and political legacy in Tudor England.
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A.
Celia Coplestone
Celia Coplestone is a central character in T. S. Eliot’s play "The Cocktail Party," whose spiritual crisis and search for meaning drive much of the drama’s psychological and philosophical exploration.
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B.
Cecily Harriet d'Autremont
Cecily Harriet d'Autremont was the wife of longtime CIA counterintelligence chief James Jesus Angleton and a figure in Washington’s mid-20th-century intelligence social circles.
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C.
Elizabeth Cranfield
Elizabeth Cranfield was an English noblewoman of the early 17th century, best known as the mother of John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby.
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D.
Bess Macauley
Bess Macauley is the central protagonist of William Saroyan’s novel "The Human Comedy," around whom the story’s emotional and moral themes revolve.
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E.
Elizabeth Bottomley
Elizabeth Bottomley was the wife of Robert N. Noyce, the pioneering co-founder of Intel and a key figure in the development of the integrated circuit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English noblewoman
ⓘ
Tudor-period figure ⓘ human ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
English humanism
ⓘ
Tudor court culture ⓘ
linked to:
Tudor court
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| culture | English ⓘ |
| describedIn | biographical and historical works on Thomas More and his family ⓘ |
| educatedBy |
Thomas More
ⓘ
private tutors at the More household ⓘ |
| educatedIn | humanist curriculum ⓘ |
| era | reign of Henry VIII ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English people ⓘ |
| familyName | More ⓘ |
| father | Thomas More ⓘ |
| floruit | early 16th century ⓘ |
| givenName | Cecily ⓘ |
| hasFatherOccupation |
Catholic martyr
ⓘ
Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ humanist scholar ⓘ |
| historicalContext | English Reformation ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being a daughter of Sir Thomas More
ⓘ
participation in the humanist-educated More household ⓘ |
| languageOfEducation | Latin ⓘ |
| mother | Jane Colt ⓘ |
| movement | Northern Renaissance humanism ⓘ |
| notableEvent | lived through the religious and political upheavals of Henry VIII’s reign ⓘ |
| notableFamily | More family ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
Margaret Roper
ⓘ
Thomas More ⓘ |
| partOf | Thomas More’s immediate family circle ⓘ |
| relative |
Agnes Graunger (paternal grandmother)
ⓘ
Alice Middleton (stepmother) ⓘ John More (paternal grandfather) ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Chelsea, London
ⓘ
linked to:
Chelsea, London, England
the More family household at Chelsea ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| sibling |
Elizabeth More
ⓘ
John More the Younger ⓘ
linked to:
John More the younger
Margaret Roper ⓘ another daughter of Thomas More (often called Alice or Anne in some sources) ⓘ |
| socialClass | gentry ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Tudor period
ⓘ
linked to:
Tudor England
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cecily More Description of subject: Cecily More was one of the daughters of Sir Thomas More, known primarily through her connection to his prominent humanist and political legacy in Tudor England.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cecily More
linked to: Cecily More
linked to: Cecily More