Frances Nisbet
E156785
Frances Nisbet was the wife of British naval hero Admiral Horatio Nelson, known for their troubled marriage that ended in separation as Nelson’s fame and relationship with Emma Hamilton grew.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Frances Nisbet canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T475159 — 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: Frances Nisbet Context triple: [Horatio Nelson, spouse, Frances Nisbet]
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A.
Louise Whitfield
Louise Whitfield was an American philanthropist best known as the wife of industrialist Andrew Carnegie and for her extensive charitable work.
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B.
Margaret Guilfoyle
Margaret Guilfoyle was an Australian politician who served as a pioneering female cabinet minister and influential member of the Liberal Party in the late 20th century.
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C.
Frances Penney
Frances Penney was the wife of Canadian physician and humanitarian Norman Bethune, accompanying parts of his medical and political journey in the early 20th century.
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D.
Clarissa Luard
Clarissa Luard was a British literary editor and arts administrator known for her work supporting contemporary writers and for her marriage to novelist Salman Rushdie.
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E.
Margaret Robertson
Margaret Robertson was the wife of Scottish physicist and radar pioneer Sir Robert Watson-Watt.
- 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: Frances Nisbet Target entity description: Frances Nisbet was the wife of British naval hero Admiral Horatio Nelson, known for their troubled marriage that ended in separation as Nelson’s fame and relationship with Emma Hamilton grew.
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A.
Louise Whitfield
Louise Whitfield was an American philanthropist best known as the wife of industrialist Andrew Carnegie and for her extensive charitable work.
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B.
Margaret Guilfoyle
Margaret Guilfoyle was an Australian politician who served as a pioneering female cabinet minister and influential member of the Liberal Party in the late 20th century.
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C.
Frances Penney
Frances Penney was the wife of Canadian physician and humanitarian Norman Bethune, accompanying parts of his medical and political journey in the early 20th century.
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D.
Clarissa Luard
Clarissa Luard was a British literary editor and arts administrator known for her work supporting contemporary writers and for her marriage to novelist Salman Rushdie.
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E.
Margaret Robertson
Margaret Robertson was the wife of Scottish physicist and radar pioneer Sir Robert Watson-Watt.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical figure
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Horatio Nelson
ⓘ
surface form:
Admiral Horatio Nelson
British Royal Navy social circle ⓘ Emma Hamilton ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| familyName | Nisbet ⓘ |
| givenName | Frances ⓘ |
| hasCauseOfSeparation |
Nelson's relationship with Emma Hamilton
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Nelson's rising fame ⓘ |
| hasSignificantEvent | separation from Horatio Nelson ⓘ |
| hasSignificantOther | Emma Hamilton ⓘ |
| hasSignificantRelationship |
Emma Hamilton
ⓘ
Horatio Nelson ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being left by Nelson as his fame increased
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troubled marriage with Horatio Nelson ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | separated ⓘ |
| name | Frances Nisbet self-link ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | figure in the personal life of Admiral Horatio Nelson ⓘ |
| notableFor | marriage to Admiral Horatio Nelson ⓘ |
| occupation | naval officer's wife ⓘ |
| placeInHistory | British naval history ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse |
Frances Nisbet
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
Horatio Nelson ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early 19th century
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late 18th century ⓘ |
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: Frances Nisbet Description of subject: Frances Nisbet was the wife of British naval hero Admiral Horatio Nelson, known for their troubled marriage that ended in separation as Nelson’s fame and relationship with Emma Hamilton grew.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Horatio Nelson