Mary Anderson
E1172523
UNEXPLORED
Mary Anderson is an American businesswoman and co-founder of the outdoor retail cooperative REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mary Anderson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15713217 — 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 Anderson Context triple: [REI, foundedBy, Mary Anderson]
-
A.
Mary Anderson
Mary Anderson was an American film actress active in the 1930s and 1940s, known for her supporting roles in Hollywood dramas and war films.
-
B.
Mary Anderson
Mary Anderson is best known as the American inventor who patented the first successful windshield wiper in 1903.
-
C.
Ellen Gleason
Ellen Gleason is a member of the Gleason family, related to pioneering American engineer and businesswoman Kate Gleason.
-
D.
Jean Cochrane
Jean Cochrane was a 17th-century Scottish noblewoman best known as the wife of John Graham of Claverhouse, the prominent Jacobite military leader known as "Bonnie Dundee."
-
E.
Anna Amelia Pratt
Anna Amelia Pratt was the mother of American businessman and politician George W. Romney and a member of the prominent Pratt family with roots in the Latter-day Saint community.
- 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 Anderson Target entity description: Mary Anderson is an American businesswoman and co-founder of the outdoor retail cooperative REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.).
-
A.
Mary Anderson
Mary Anderson was an American film actress active in the 1930s and 1940s, known for her supporting roles in Hollywood dramas and war films.
-
B.
Mary Anderson
Mary Anderson is best known as the American inventor who patented the first successful windshield wiper in 1903.
-
C.
Ellen Gleason
Ellen Gleason is a member of the Gleason family, related to pioneering American engineer and businesswoman Kate Gleason.
-
D.
Jean Cochrane
Jean Cochrane was a 17th-century Scottish noblewoman best known as the wife of John Graham of Claverhouse, the prominent Jacobite military leader known as "Bonnie Dundee."
-
E.
Anna Amelia Pratt
Anna Amelia Pratt was the mother of American businessman and politician George W. Romney and a member of the prominent Pratt family with roots in the Latter-day Saint community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.