Schlain
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Schlain is the birth surname of Edith Windsor, the American LGBTQ+ rights activist whose landmark Supreme Court case helped legalize same-sex marriage in the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Schlain canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16101848 — 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: Schlain Context triple: [Edith Schlain Windsor, familyName, Schlain]
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A.
Leyhof
Leyhof is a residential neighborhood in the Dutch town of Leiderdorp, located in the province of South Holland.
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B.
Strelsau
Strelsau is the fictional capital city of the kingdom of Ruritania in Anthony Hope’s adventure novel "The Prisoner of Zenda."
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C.
Schlenze
Schlenze is a small river in central Germany, known as a tributary of the Saale flowing through the state of Saxony-Anhalt.
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D.
Marloffstein
Marloffstein is a small municipality in the Erlangen-Höchstadt district of Bavaria, Germany, known for its rural character and proximity to the city of Erlangen.
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E.
Shafroth
Shafroth is a surname most notably associated with John F. Shafroth, an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative, Senator, and Governor of Colorado in the early 20th 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: Schlain Target entity description: Schlain is the birth surname of Edith Windsor, the American LGBTQ+ rights activist whose landmark Supreme Court case helped legalize same-sex marriage in the United States.
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A.
Leyhof
Leyhof is a residential neighborhood in the Dutch town of Leiderdorp, located in the province of South Holland.
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B.
Strelsau
Strelsau is the fictional capital city of the kingdom of Ruritania in Anthony Hope’s adventure novel "The Prisoner of Zenda."
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C.
Schlenze
Schlenze is a small river in central Germany, known as a tributary of the Saale flowing through the state of Saxony-Anhalt.
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D.
Marloffstein
Marloffstein is a small municipality in the Erlangen-Höchstadt district of Bavaria, Germany, known for its rural character and proximity to the city of Erlangen.
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E.
Shafroth
Shafroth is a surname most notably associated with John F. Shafroth, an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative, Senator, and Governor of Colorado in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.