Elizabeth Hughes
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Elizabeth Hughes was an American woman historically notable as one of the first patients successfully treated with insulin for type 1 diabetes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Elizabeth Hughes canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9545995 — 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: Elizabeth Hughes Context triple: [Elizabeth Hughes Gossett, birthName, Elizabeth Hughes]
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A.
Maud Humphrey
Maud Humphrey was an American illustrator and commercial artist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for her popular depictions of children and as the mother of actor Humphrey Bogart.
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B.
Elizabeth Phillips Hughes
Elizabeth Phillips Hughes was a pioneering Welsh educator and academic who played a key role in advancing women's higher education in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Dorothy Seymour
Dorothy Seymour was a member of the prominent Seymour family of Tudor England, known primarily as a daughter of Sir John Seymour and thus a relative of Jane Seymour, third wife of King Henry VIII.
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D.
Elizabeth Smith
Elizabeth Smith was the mother of George Monck, the 1st Duke of Albemarle, a key military figure in the English Restoration.
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E.
Mary Scott Harrison
Mary Scott Harrison was the daughter of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison and First Lady Caroline Harrison, known as a member of the prominent Harrison political family.
- 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: Elizabeth Hughes Target entity description: Elizabeth Hughes was an American woman historically notable as one of the first patients successfully treated with insulin for type 1 diabetes.
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A.
Maud Humphrey
Maud Humphrey was an American illustrator and commercial artist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for her popular depictions of children and as the mother of actor Humphrey Bogart.
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B.
Elizabeth Phillips Hughes
Elizabeth Phillips Hughes was a pioneering Welsh educator and academic who played a key role in advancing women's higher education in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Dorothy Seymour
Dorothy Seymour was a member of the prominent Seymour family of Tudor England, known primarily as a daughter of Sir John Seymour and thus a relative of Jane Seymour, third wife of King Henry VIII.
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D.
Elizabeth Smith
Elizabeth Smith was the mother of George Monck, the 1st Duke of Albemarle, a key military figure in the English Restoration.
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E.
Mary Scott Harrison
Mary Scott Harrison was the daughter of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison and First Lady Caroline Harrison, known as a member of the prominent Harrison political family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
ⓘ
human ⓘ medical patient ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Barnard College ⓘ |
| familyName | Hughes ⓘ |
| father | Charles Evans Hughes ⓘ |
| givenName | Elizabeth ⓘ |
| hasBiographicalGenre | medical biography ⓘ |
| hasCauseOfDeath | complications of diabetes ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | demonstrated that insulin therapy could allow long-term survival in type 1 diabetes ⓘ |
| hasLifeExpectancyComparedToUntreatedType1DiabetesPatients | much longer ⓘ |
| hasMedicalCondition | type 1 diabetes mellitus ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature | survived type 1 diabetes for decades after insulin treatment began ⓘ |
| hasNotableRelative | Charles Evans Hughes ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | teacher ⓘ |
| hasResidence |
New York City
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| hasRoleInMedicalHistory | pioneer insulin therapy patient ⓘ |
| influenced |
acceptance of insulin therapy in clinical practice
ⓘ
public perception of insulin as a life-saving treatment ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the first people successfully treated with insulin for type 1 diabetes
ⓘ
early recipient of therapeutic insulin following its discovery in the early 1920s ⓘ |
| partOf | early clinical history of insulin therapy ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestantism
ⓘ
linked to:
Protestant Christianity
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| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| treatedWith | insulin ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Elizabeth Hughes Description of subject: Elizabeth Hughes was an American woman historically notable as one of the first patients successfully treated with insulin for type 1 diabetes.
Referenced by (1)
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