Emilie Todd Helm
E111907
Emilie Todd Helm was the younger half-sister of Mary Todd Lincoln and the wife of Confederate General Benjamin Hardin Helm, known for her divided loyalties during the American Civil War.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Emilie Helm | 1 |
| Emilie Pariet Todd Helm | 1 |
| Emilie Todd Helm canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T844318 — 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: Emilie Todd Helm Context triple: [Mary Todd Lincoln, sibling, Emilie Todd Helm]
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A.
Ann Schmeltz Bowers
Ann Schmeltz Bowers is an American technology executive and philanthropist known for her early leadership roles at Intel and Apple and for her significant charitable contributions, particularly in education and technology.
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B.
Elizabeth Flanagan
Elizabeth Flanagan was the wife of C. Everett Koop, the prominent U.S. Surgeon General known for his influential public health advocacy.
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C.
Mary Grace Slattery
Mary Grace Slattery was the first wife of American playwright Arthur Miller, whom he married before achieving his major theatrical success.
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D.
Jane Belson
Jane Belson was a British barrister best known as the wife of author Douglas Adams.
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E.
Millicent Siegel
Millicent Siegel is the daughter of notorious American mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel and has been involved in preserving and discussing her father's controversial legacy.
- 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: Emilie Todd Helm Target entity description: Emilie Todd Helm was the younger half-sister of Mary Todd Lincoln and the wife of Confederate General Benjamin Hardin Helm, known for her divided loyalties during the American Civil War.
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A.
Ann Schmeltz Bowers
Ann Schmeltz Bowers is an American technology executive and philanthropist known for her early leadership roles at Intel and Apple and for her significant charitable contributions, particularly in education and technology.
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B.
Elizabeth Flanagan
Elizabeth Flanagan was the wife of C. Everett Koop, the prominent U.S. Surgeon General known for his influential public health advocacy.
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C.
Mary Grace Slattery
Mary Grace Slattery was the first wife of American playwright Arthur Miller, whom he married before achieving his major theatrical success.
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D.
Jane Belson
Jane Belson was a British barrister best known as the wife of author Douglas Adams.
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E.
Millicent Siegel
Millicent Siegel is the daughter of notorious American mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel and has been involved in preserving and discussing her father's controversial legacy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American socialite
ⓘ
Civil War-era figure ⓘ human ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Confederate States Army
ⓘ
Lincoln family ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1836-11-11 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Lexington, Kentucky
ⓘ
surface form:
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
|
| burialPlace | Elizabethtown City Cemetery ⓘ |
| child |
Benjamin Hardin Helm
ⓘ
surface form:
Benjamin Hardin Helm Jr.
Eliza Helm ⓘ Emilie Todd Helm self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Emilie Helm
Katherine Helm ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1930-02-20 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
ⓘ
surface form:
Elizabethtown, Kentucky, United States
|
| era | American Civil War ⓘ |
| ethnicity | white American ⓘ |
| familyName | Helm ⓘ |
| father | Robert Smith Todd ⓘ |
| fullName |
Emilie Todd Helm
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Emilie Pariet Todd Helm
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Emilie ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
19th century
ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| marriageDate | 1856-03-20 ⓘ |
| mother | Eliza Parker Todd ⓘ |
| notableEvent | stayed at the Lincoln White House during the American Civil War ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the wife of Confederate General Benjamin Hardin Helm
ⓘ
being the younger half-sister of Mary Todd Lincoln ⓘ having divided family loyalties during the American Civil War ⓘ |
| relative | Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| religion | Presbyterianism ⓘ |
| residence |
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
ⓘ
surface form:
Elizabethtown, Kentucky, United States
Kentucky ⓘ
surface form:
Kentucky, United States
Louisville, Kentucky ⓘ
surface form:
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
|
| sibling |
Alexander Todd
ⓘ
Elizabeth Todd Edwards ⓘ Frances Todd Wallace ⓘ George Rogers Clark Todd ⓘ Levi O. Todd ⓘ Martha Todd White ⓘ Mary Todd Lincoln ⓘ Samuel Todd ⓘ |
| spouse | Benjamin Hardin Helm ⓘ |
| spouseMilitaryRank | Confederate brigadier general ⓘ |
| spouseMilitarySide | Confederate States of America ⓘ |
| visited | White House ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Emilie Todd Helm Description of subject: Emilie Todd Helm was the younger half-sister of Mary Todd Lincoln and the wife of Confederate General Benjamin Hardin Helm, known for her divided loyalties during the American Civil War.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Emilie Pariet Todd Helm
this entity surface form:
Emilie Helm