Ruth Snyder
E148053
Ruth Snyder was an American woman infamously executed in 1928 for the murder of her husband, a case that became notorious due to a secretly photographed image of her electrocution published in the press.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ruth Snyder canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T274500 — 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: Ruth Snyder Context triple: [Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City, hasBurial, Ruth Snyder]
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A.
Lucille Sheardown
Lucille Sheardown was one of the later wives of American inventor Lee de Forest, associated with his personal life rather than his pioneering work in radio and electronics.
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B.
Mary Lee Woods
Mary Lee Woods was a British mathematician and computer scientist who worked on early computers at Ferranti and was the mother of World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee.
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C.
Betty Irene Whitaker
Betty Irene Whitaker is the wife of Intel co-founder and philanthropist Gordon E. Moore and a partner in his philanthropic endeavors.
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D.
Mary Lee Ware
Mary Lee Ware was an American philanthropist and patron of science best known for financing Harvard University’s famous Blaschka Glass Models of Plants (the “Glass Flowers”).
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E.
Ruth Rose
Ruth Rose was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the classic 1933 monster film "King Kong."
- 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: Ruth Snyder Target entity description: Ruth Snyder was an American woman infamously executed in 1928 for the murder of her husband, a case that became notorious due to a secretly photographed image of her electrocution published in the press.
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A.
Lucille Sheardown
Lucille Sheardown was one of the later wives of American inventor Lee de Forest, associated with his personal life rather than his pioneering work in radio and electronics.
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B.
Mary Lee Woods
Mary Lee Woods was a British mathematician and computer scientist who worked on early computers at Ferranti and was the mother of World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee.
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C.
Betty Irene Whitaker
Betty Irene Whitaker is the wife of Intel co-founder and philanthropist Gordon E. Moore and a partner in his philanthropic endeavors.
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D.
Mary Lee Ware
Mary Lee Ware was an American philanthropist and patron of science best known for financing Harvard University’s famous Blaschka Glass Models of Plants (the “Glass Flowers”).
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E.
Ruth Rose
Ruth Rose was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the classic 1933 monster film "King Kong."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American murderer
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human ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | electrocution ⓘ |
| coConspirator | Henry Judd Gray ⓘ |
| coDefendant | Henry Judd Gray ⓘ |
| convictedOf |
first-degree murder
ⓘ
murder ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1895 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1928-01-12 ⓘ |
| deathPenaltyJurisdiction | New York ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| executedBy |
U.S. state of New York
ⓘ
surface form:
State of New York
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| executionLocation |
Sing Sing Correctional Facility
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surface form:
Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, New York, United States
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| executionMethod | electric chair ⓘ |
| genreOfNotability | true crime ⓘ |
| hasCause | conspiracy with Henry Judd Gray to kill her husband ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
ethics of crime reporting
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public debate on capital punishment ⓘ tabloid photojournalism ⓘ |
| hasPhotograph | clandestine photograph taken during her electrocution ⓘ |
| imageCapturedBy | Tom Howard ⓘ |
| inceptionOfNotoriety | 1927 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | executed ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | execution by electrocution ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | New York Daily News photograph of her execution ⓘ |
| notableCourt |
New York State Judiciary
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surface form:
New York State court system
|
| notableEvent |
1927 conviction for murder
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1928 execution ⓘ trial for the murder of Albert Snyder ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being executed in the electric chair
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infamous press photograph of her execution ⓘ murder of her husband Albert Snyder ⓘ |
| occupation | housewife ⓘ |
| participantIn | murder of Albert Snyder ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of American tabloid journalism
ⓘ
history of capital punishment in the United States ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| placeOfCrime | Queens, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Sing Sing Correctional Facility
ⓘ
surface form:
Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, New York, United States
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| placeOfDetention | Sing Sing Prison ⓘ |
| residence | Queens, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| sharesExecutionDateWith | Henry Judd Gray ⓘ |
| spouse | Albert Snyder ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| victim | Albert Snyder ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ruth Snyder Description of subject: Ruth Snyder was an American woman infamously executed in 1928 for the murder of her husband, a case that became notorious due to a secretly photographed image of her electrocution published in the press.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.