Jane Stanford
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Jane Stanford was an American philanthropist and co-founder of Stanford University, who played a central role in shaping the institution after the death of her husband, Leland Stanford.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jane Stanford canonical | 12 |
| Jane Elizabeth Lathrop Stanford | 1 |
| Jane Lathrop Stanford | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T140602 — 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: Jane Stanford Context triple: [Stanford University, founders, Jane Stanford]
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A.
Jane K. Sather
Jane K. Sather was a prominent philanthropist and benefactor of the University of California, Berkeley, whose donations funded several iconic campus landmarks.
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B.
Margaret Carnegie Miller
Margaret Carnegie Miller was the only child of industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, known primarily for her role as heir to his fortune and for her own philanthropic activities.
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C.
Rebecca Brien Howland
Rebecca Brien Howland was the first wife of James Roosevelt I and the mother of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s half-brother, James Roosevelt Roosevelt.
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D.
Sara Ann Delano
Sara Ann Delano was an American socialite and the mother of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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E.
Louise Whitfield Carnegie
Louise Whitfield Carnegie was an American philanthropist best known as the wife and partner in charitable work of steel magnate Andrew Carnegie.
- 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: Jane Stanford Target entity description: Jane Stanford was an American philanthropist and co-founder of Stanford University, who played a central role in shaping the institution after the death of her husband, Leland Stanford.
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A.
Jane K. Sather
Jane K. Sather was a prominent philanthropist and benefactor of the University of California, Berkeley, whose donations funded several iconic campus landmarks.
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B.
Margaret Carnegie Miller
Margaret Carnegie Miller was the only child of industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, known primarily for her role as heir to his fortune and for her own philanthropic activities.
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C.
Rebecca Brien Howland
Rebecca Brien Howland was the first wife of James Roosevelt I and the mother of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s half-brother, James Roosevelt Roosevelt.
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D.
Sara Ann Delano
Sara Ann Delano was an American socialite and the mother of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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E.
Louise Whitfield Carnegie
Louise Whitfield Carnegie was an American philanthropist best known as the wife and partner in charitable work of steel magnate Andrew Carnegie.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ university founder ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Palo Alto, California
ⓘ
Stanford University ⓘ |
| birthName | Jane Elizabeth Lathrop ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Stanford Mausoleum, Stanford University campus, California ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | suspected poisoning ⓘ |
| child |
Leland Stanford
ⓘ
surface form:
Leland Stanford Jr.
|
| coFounded | Stanford University ⓘ |
| coFounderWith | Leland Stanford ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1828-08-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1905-02-28 ⓘ |
| deathCircumstances | Death investigated as possible homicide by strychnine poisoning ⓘ |
| describedAs | co-founder and principal benefactor of Stanford University ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Albany Female Academy ⓘ |
| era |
19th century
ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ |
| familyName |
Stanford University
ⓘ
surface form:
Stanford
|
| fullName |
Jane Stanford
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Jane Elizabeth Lathrop Stanford
|
| givenName | Jane ⓘ |
| heritage | American ⓘ |
| influenced | Early governance of Stanford University ⓘ |
| knownFor |
American philanthropy in education
ⓘ
Guiding the early development of Stanford University ⓘ |
| legacy | Key architect of Stanford University's early mission and governance ⓘ |
| marriageDate | 1850-09-30 ⓘ |
| marriagePlace |
Albany
ⓘ
surface form:
Albany, New York, United States
|
| memberOf |
Stanford University Board of Trustees
ⓘ
surface form:
Board of Trustees of Stanford University
|
| notableEvent | Oversaw reopening and financial stabilization of Stanford University after Leland Stanford's death in 1893 ⓘ |
| notableWork | Co-founding of Stanford University ⓘ |
| occupation |
philanthropist
ⓘ
university administrator ⓘ |
| philanthropicFocus |
higher education
ⓘ
memorial to her son Leland Stanford Jr. ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Albany
ⓘ
surface form:
Albany, New York, United States
|
| placeOfDeath | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
De facto head of Stanford University after Leland Stanford's death
ⓘ
Trustee of Stanford University ⓘ |
| religion |
Wesleyan Methodist Church
ⓘ
surface form:
Methodism
|
| religiousActivity | Supported Methodist causes and charities ⓘ |
| residence |
Palo Alto, California
ⓘ
surface form:
Palo Alto, California, United States
San Francisco ⓘ
surface form:
San Francisco, California, United States
|
| setUp | Founding grant and policies for Stanford University ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Leland Stanford ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Jane Stanford Description of subject: Jane Stanford was an American philanthropist and co-founder of Stanford University, who played a central role in shaping the institution after the death of her husband, Leland Stanford.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Jane Elizabeth Lathrop Stanford
this entity surface form:
Jane Lathrop Stanford
subject surface form:
Stanford Mausoleum
subject surface form:
Stanford Mausoleum