Marilyn Yalom
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Marilyn Yalom was an American cultural historian and feminist scholar known for her influential works on the history of women, sexuality, and the body.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Marilyn Yalom canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11041384 — 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: Marilyn Yalom Context triple: [Irvin D. Yalom, spouse, Marilyn Yalom]
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A.
Susan H. Schulman
Susan H. Schulman is an American theatre director known for her work on major Broadway musicals and plays, including the acclaimed 1991 production of "The Secret Garden."
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B.
Ellen Mirojnick
Ellen Mirojnick is an American costume designer known for her influential work on films such as "Basic Instinct" and numerous other high-profile productions.
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C.
Eve Maler
Eve Maler is a technologist and standards expert best known for her pioneering work in XML, XLink, and digital identity and access management.
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D.
Marilyn Friedman
Marilyn Friedman is an American philosopher known for her work in feminist ethics, political philosophy, and the concept of autonomy.
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E.
Roberta Seidman
Roberta Seidman was the wife of American actor John Garfield, a prominent film star of the 1930s and 1940s.
- 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: Marilyn Yalom Target entity description: Marilyn Yalom was an American cultural historian and feminist scholar known for her influential works on the history of women, sexuality, and the body.
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A.
Susan H. Schulman
Susan H. Schulman is an American theatre director known for her work on major Broadway musicals and plays, including the acclaimed 1991 production of "The Secret Garden."
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B.
Ellen Mirojnick
Ellen Mirojnick is an American costume designer known for her influential work on films such as "Basic Instinct" and numerous other high-profile productions.
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C.
Eve Maler
Eve Maler is a technologist and standards expert best known for her pioneering work in XML, XLink, and digital identity and access management.
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D.
Marilyn Friedman
Marilyn Friedman is an American philosopher known for her work in feminist ethics, political philosophy, and the concept of autonomy.
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E.
Roberta Seidman
Roberta Seidman was the wife of American actor John Garfield, a prominent film star of the 1930s and 1940s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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cultural historian ⓘ feminist scholar ⓘ historian ⓘ human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Johns Hopkins University
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University of Hawaii ⓘ
linked to:
University of Hawaiʻi system
Wellesley College ⓘ |
| employer |
Clayman Institute for Gender Research
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Stanford University ⓘ |
| familyName |
Yalom
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linked to:
Irvin D. Yalom
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| fieldOfWork |
cultural history
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history of sexuality ⓘ history of the body ⓘ women's history ⓘ |
| givenName | Marilyn ⓘ |
| movement | feminism ⓘ |
| name | Marilyn Yalom ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A History of the Breast
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A History of the Wife ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian
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university teacher ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Senior Scholar at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Irvin D. Yalom ⓘ |
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: Marilyn Yalom Description of subject: Marilyn Yalom was an American cultural historian and feminist scholar known for her influential works on the history of women, sexuality, and the body.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.