Sara Plummer Lemmon
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Sara Plummer Lemmon was a 19th-century American botanist and illustrator known for her extensive plant-collecting work in the American West and for helping to popularize and document the flora of Arizona and California.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sara Plummer Lemmon canonical | 2 |
| Sara Allen Plummer | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5857547 — 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: Sara Plummer Lemmon Context triple: [Mount Lemmon, namedAfter, Sara Plummer Lemmon]
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A.
Florence McFadden
Florence McFadden was the wife of American actor and vaudevillian Jack Haley, best known for his role as the Tin Man in the classic film "The Wizard of Oz."
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B.
Rosemary Hoyt
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C.
Florence Dempsey
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D.
Elinor Donahue
Elinor Donahue is an American actress best known for her work in classic television sitcoms of the 1950s and 1960s.
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Mary Benedict Cushing
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- 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: Sara Plummer Lemmon Target entity description: Sara Plummer Lemmon was a 19th-century American botanist and illustrator known for her extensive plant-collecting work in the American West and for helping to popularize and document the flora of Arizona and California.
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A.
Florence McFadden
Florence McFadden was the wife of American actor and vaudevillian Jack Haley, best known for his role as the Tin Man in the classic film "The Wizard of Oz."
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B.
Rosemary Hoyt
Rosemary Hoyt is a young American film actress in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel "Tender Is the Night," whose infatuation with Dick Diver catalyzes much of the story’s romantic and psychological tension.
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C.
Florence Dempsey
Florence Dempsey is a spirited young reporter character in the 1933 horror film "Mystery of the Wax Museum," known for her sharp wit and investigative tenacity.
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D.
Elinor Donahue
Elinor Donahue is an American actress best known for her work in classic television sitcoms of the 1950s and 1960s.
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E.
Mary Benedict Cushing
Mary Benedict Cushing was a prominent American socialite from the influential Cushing family, known for her high-profile marriages into wealthy dynasties including that of Vincent Astor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American botanist
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botanist ⓘ human ⓘ illustrator ⓘ scientific illustrator ⓘ |
| activeIn |
19th century
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American West ⓘ
linked to:
Old West
Arizona ⓘ California ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
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| birthName |
Sara Allen Plummer
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linked to:
Sara Plummer Lemmon
|
| collectedSpecimensFor |
Smithsonian Institution
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United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1836-09-03 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1923-01-15 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Cooper Union ⓘ |
| era | Victorian era ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| familyName | Lemmon ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
botanical illustration
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botany ⓘ |
| givenName | Sara ⓘ |
| hasNamesake |
Baccharis plummerae
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Calochortus plummerae ⓘ
linked to:
Calochortus
Lemmon’s paintbrush ⓘ Mount Lemmon ⓘ |
| knownFor |
botanical exploration of Arizona
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botanical exploration of California ⓘ botanical illustrations of Western plants ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
California Academy of Sciences
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linked to:
California Academy of Sciences building
|
| movement | American women in science ⓘ |
| name | Sara Plummer Lemmon ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
co-led botanical expeditions in Arizona with John Gill Lemmon
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helped secure the naming of Mount Lemmon in Arizona ⓘ |
| notableFor |
extensive plant-collecting in the American West
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popularizing Western North American flora ⓘ |
| notableWork |
documentation of the flora of Arizona
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documentation of the flora of California ⓘ |
| occupation |
botanist
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illustrator ⓘ |
| partnerInScience | John Gill Lemmon ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Maine, United States of America
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linked to:
Maine
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| placeOfDeath |
Oakland, California, United States of America
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linked to:
Oakland, California, United States
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| residence |
Oakland, California, United States of America
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linked to:
Oakland, California, United States
Santa Barbara, California, United States of America ⓘ
linked to:
Santa Barbara, California, United States
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| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | John Gill Lemmon ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sara Plummer Lemmon Description of subject: Sara Plummer Lemmon was a 19th-century American botanist and illustrator known for her extensive plant-collecting work in the American West and for helping to popularize and document the flora of Arizona and California.
Referenced by (3)
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linked to: Sara Plummer Lemmon