Sue Hendrickson
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Sue Hendrickson is an American explorer and fossil hunter best known for discovering "Sue," one of the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons ever found.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sue Hendrickson canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T593651 — 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: Sue Hendrickson Context triple: [SUE the T. rex, discoveredBy, Sue Hendrickson]
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A.
Mary Jo Kopechne
Mary Jo Kopechne was a young political campaign worker and former aide to Senator Robert F. Kennedy whose death in 1969 at Chappaquiddick Island became the center of a major political scandal involving Senator Ted Kennedy.
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B.
Glennis Dickhouse Yeager
Glennis Dickhouse Yeager was the wife of famed test pilot Chuck Yeager and the namesake of the Bell X-1 aircraft "Glamorous Glennis."
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C.
Joanne Schieble
Joanne Schieble is an American woman best known as the biological mother of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
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D.
Betty Cuthbert
Betty Cuthbert was an Australian sprinter renowned for winning four Olympic gold medals across the 100 m, 200 m, and 400 m events, earning her the nickname "The Golden Girl."
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E.
Catherine Shorter
Catherine Shorter was the first wife of Sir Robert Walpole, Britain’s first de facto Prime Minister, and a member of the English political elite in the early 18th century.
- 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: Sue Hendrickson Target entity description: Sue Hendrickson is an American explorer and fossil hunter best known for discovering "Sue," one of the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons ever found.
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A.
Mary Jo Kopechne
Mary Jo Kopechne was a young political campaign worker and former aide to Senator Robert F. Kennedy whose death in 1969 at Chappaquiddick Island became the center of a major political scandal involving Senator Ted Kennedy.
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B.
Glennis Dickhouse Yeager
Glennis Dickhouse Yeager was the wife of famed test pilot Chuck Yeager and the namesake of the Bell X-1 aircraft "Glamorous Glennis."
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C.
Joanne Schieble
Joanne Schieble is an American woman best known as the biological mother of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
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D.
Betty Cuthbert
Betty Cuthbert was an Australian sprinter renowned for winning four Olympic gold medals across the 100 m, 200 m, and 400 m events, earning her the nickname "The Golden Girl."
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E.
Catherine Shorter
Catherine Shorter was the first wife of Sir Robert Walpole, Britain’s first de facto Prime Minister, and a member of the English political elite in the early 18th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
explorer
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fossil hunter ⓘ human ⓘ paleontologist ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Field Museum of Natural History ⓘ |
| awardReceived | honorary doctorate from the University of Illinois at Chicago ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1949-12-02 ⓘ |
| discovered |
Tyrannosaurus rex specimen "Sue"
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linked to:
SUE the T. rex
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| discoveryDate | 1990 ⓘ |
| discoveryLocation | near Faith, South Dakota, United States ⓘ |
| employer | Black Hills Institute of Geological Research ⓘ |
| era |
20th century
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21st century ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
exploration
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fossil collecting ⓘ paleontology ⓘ |
| givenName | Sue ⓘ |
| hasPartNamedAfterHer |
Tyrannosaurus rex specimen "Sue" at the Field Museum of Natural History
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linked to:
SUE the T. rex
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| hasWorkedOn |
amber fossil excavations in the Dominican Republic
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marine archaeological projects ⓘ |
| knownFor |
field expeditions in Egypt
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field expeditions in the Americas ⓘ field expeditions in the Dominican Republic ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Sue Hendrickson ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | discovering one of the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons ever found ⓘ |
| notableWork | discovery of the Tyrannosaurus rex specimen "Sue" ⓘ |
| occupation |
explorer
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fossil collector ⓘ marine archaeologist ⓘ paleontologist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| residence | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| subjectOf | autobiography "Hunt for the Past" ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sue Hendrickson Description of subject: Sue Hendrickson is an American explorer and fossil hunter best known for discovering "Sue," one of the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons ever found.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
autobiography "Hunt for the Past"
subject linked to:
autobiography "Hunt for the Past"
subject linked to:
autobiography "Hunt for the Past"