Mary Richardson
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Mary Richardson was a British suffragette best known for slashing Velázquez’s painting “The Rokeby Venus” in 1914 as a militant protest for women’s rights.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mary Richardson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6441723 — 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 Richardson Context triple: [Rokeby Venus, attackedBy, Mary Richardson]
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A.
Sylvia Pankhurst
Sylvia Pankhurst was a prominent British suffragette, socialist, and anti-fascist campaigner known for her militant activism for women's rights and broader social justice causes in the early 20th century.
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B.
Lady Mary Butler
Lady Mary Butler was an Irish noblewoman of the prominent Butler family who became Duchess of Devonshire through her marriage to William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire.
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C.
Christabel Pankhurst
Christabel Pankhurst was a prominent British suffragette leader and co-founder of the Women’s Social and Political Union, known for her militant campaigning for women’s right to vote.
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D.
Florence Amery
Florence Amery was the mother of British Conservative politician Julian Amery and a member of the prominent Amery family connected to early 20th-century British public life.
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E.
Emmeline Pankhurst
Emmeline Pankhurst was a leading British political activist and suffragette who played a pivotal role in securing women’s right to vote in the United Kingdom.
- 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 Richardson Target entity description: Mary Richardson was a British suffragette best known for slashing Velázquez’s painting “The Rokeby Venus” in 1914 as a militant protest for women’s rights.
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A.
Sylvia Pankhurst
Sylvia Pankhurst was a prominent British suffragette, socialist, and anti-fascist campaigner known for her militant activism for women's rights and broader social justice causes in the early 20th century.
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B.
Lady Mary Butler
Lady Mary Butler was an Irish noblewoman of the prominent Butler family who became Duchess of Devonshire through her marriage to William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire.
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C.
Christabel Pankhurst
Christabel Pankhurst was a prominent British suffragette leader and co-founder of the Women’s Social and Political Union, known for her militant campaigning for women’s right to vote.
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D.
Florence Amery
Florence Amery was the mother of British Conservative politician Julian Amery and a member of the prominent Amery family connected to early 20th-century British public life.
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E.
Emmeline Pankhurst
Emmeline Pankhurst was a leading British political activist and suffragette who played a pivotal role in securing women’s right to vote in the United Kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British suffragette
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person ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British Museum and gallery protests
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Emmeline Pankhurst ⓘ |
| cause |
women's rights
ⓘ
women's suffrage in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| citizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| convictedOf | criminal damage ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Canada ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| date | 1914 ⓘ |
| employedBy | Women's Social and Political Union ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Richardson ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Mary ⓘ |
| hasEffect | increased public attention to militant suffragette tactics ⓘ |
| hasMotivation | protest against the treatment of Emmeline Pankhurst ⓘ |
| knownFor | slashing Velázquez’s painting The Rokeby Venus ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Women's Social and Political Union ⓘ |
| movement | women's suffrage movement ⓘ |
| notableAction | attacked artwork in National Gallery as suffrage protest ⓘ |
| notableEvent | arrest for damaging The Rokeby Venus ⓘ |
| notableWork | attack on The Rokeby Venus ⓘ |
| occupation |
political activist
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suffragette ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
exclusion of women from the vote
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patriarchal legal system ⓘ |
| participantIn |
British women's suffrage movement
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linked to:
women's suffrage movement
hunger strikes in prison ⓘ suffragette direct action campaign ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
London
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linked to:
London, England
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| placeOfDetention | Holloway Prison ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | militant suffragette ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology | feminism ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| workLocation |
London
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linked to:
London, England
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Input
Subject: Mary Richardson Description of subject: Mary Richardson was a British suffragette best known for slashing Velázquez’s painting “The Rokeby Venus” in 1914 as a militant protest for women’s rights.
Referenced by (1)
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