Mary Ann Deming
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Mary Ann Deming was the wife of American railroad executive and "Big Four" tycoon Charles Crocker, associated with the development of the Central Pacific Railroad.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mary Ann Deming canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4563007 — 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 Ann Deming Context triple: [Charles Crocker, spouse, Mary Ann Deming]
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A.
Mary Frances Reynolds
Mary Frances Reynolds, better known as Debbie Reynolds, was an American actress, singer, and dancer famed for her roles in classic Hollywood films such as "Singin' in the Rain."
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B.
Carlita Kilpatrick
Carlita Kilpatrick is the former wife of ex-Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, known publicly for her role and experiences during his highly publicized political and legal scandals.
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C.
Olive E. Kenny
Olive E. Kenny was a translator known for rendering works such as Naguib Mahfouz’s novel "Sugar Street" into English.
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D.
Clara T. Bracy
Clara T. Bracy was a British-born stage and silent film actress active in the early 20th century, known for her work in pioneering American cinema.
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E.
Mary Harrison McKee
Mary Harrison McKee was the daughter of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison who served as White House hostess and de facto First Lady during part of his administration.
- 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 Ann Deming Target entity description: Mary Ann Deming was the wife of American railroad executive and "Big Four" tycoon Charles Crocker, associated with the development of the Central Pacific Railroad.
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A.
Mary Frances Reynolds
Mary Frances Reynolds, better known as Debbie Reynolds, was an American actress, singer, and dancer famed for her roles in classic Hollywood films such as "Singin' in the Rain."
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B.
Carlita Kilpatrick
Carlita Kilpatrick is the former wife of ex-Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, known publicly for her role and experiences during his highly publicized political and legal scandals.
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C.
Olive E. Kenny
Olive E. Kenny was a translator known for rendering works such as Naguib Mahfouz’s novel "Sugar Street" into English.
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D.
Clara T. Bracy
Clara T. Bracy was a British-born stage and silent film actress active in the early 20th century, known for her work in pioneering American cinema.
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E.
Mary Harrison McKee
Mary Harrison McKee was the daughter of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison who served as White House hostess and de facto First Lady during part of his administration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (14)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Central Pacific Railroad ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| name | Mary Ann Deming ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with the development of the Central Pacific Railroad through her husband
ⓘ
being the wife of railroad executive Charles Crocker ⓘ |
| spouse | Charles Crocker ⓘ |
| spouseAssociatedWith | Central Pacific Railroad ⓘ |
| spouseCountryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| spouseEmployer | Central Pacific Railroad ⓘ |
| spouseMemberOf |
Big Four (Central Pacific Railroad)
ⓘ
linked to:
Big Four of the Central Pacific
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| spouseName | Charles Crocker ⓘ |
| spouseOccupation |
businessman
ⓘ
railroad executive ⓘ |
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 Ann Deming Description of subject: Mary Ann Deming was the wife of American railroad executive and "Big Four" tycoon Charles Crocker, associated with the development of the Central Pacific Railroad.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.