Jean MacArthur
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Jean MacArthur was the American wife of General Douglas MacArthur, known for her public poise, support of her husband's military career, and long life as a prominent military spouse and widow.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jean MacArthur canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1470182 — 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: Jean MacArthur Context triple: [Arthur MacArthur IV, mother, Jean MacArthur]
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A.
Catherine Macmillan
Catherine Macmillan was the daughter of former British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and the wife of Conservative politician Julian Amery, placing her at the center of mid-20th-century British political life.
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B.
Jean Muir
Jean Muir was an American film, stage, and television actress active in the 1930s and 1940s, known for her roles in Hollywood productions and later for being one of the first performers blacklisted during the Red Scare.
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C.
Katharine Tait
Katharine Tait is a British writer and teacher best known as the daughter of philosopher Bertrand Russell and for her memoir about growing up in his unconventional, secular household.
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D.
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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E.
Marion MacInnis
Marion MacInnis was the wife of pioneering American electrical engineer and radio inventor Edwin H. Armstrong.
- 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: Jean MacArthur Target entity description: Jean MacArthur was the American wife of General Douglas MacArthur, known for her public poise, support of her husband's military career, and long life as a prominent military spouse and widow.
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A.
Catherine Macmillan
Catherine Macmillan was the daughter of former British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and the wife of Conservative politician Julian Amery, placing her at the center of mid-20th-century British political life.
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B.
Jean Muir
Jean Muir was an American film, stage, and television actress active in the 1930s and 1940s, known for her roles in Hollywood productions and later for being one of the first performers blacklisted during the Red Scare.
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C.
Katharine Tait
Katharine Tait is a British writer and teacher best known as the daughter of philosopher Bertrand Russell and for her memoir about growing up in his unconventional, secular household.
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D.
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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E.
Marion MacInnis
Marion MacInnis was the wife of pioneering American electrical engineer and radio inventor Edwin H. Armstrong.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
ⓘ
human ⓘ military spouse ⓘ |
| areaOfActivity |
military community life
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public life as a general's spouse ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Douglas MacArthur
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United States Army ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | MacArthur ⓘ |
| givenName | Jean ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| marriedTo | Douglas MacArthur ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the wife of General Douglas MacArthur
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long life as a military widow ⓘ public poise ⓘ role as a prominent military spouse ⓘ support of her husband's military career ⓘ |
| notableRelative | Douglas MacArthur ⓘ |
| occupation | military spouse ⓘ |
| partner | Douglas MacArthur ⓘ |
| publicImage |
dignified
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poised ⓘ |
| relative | Douglas MacArthur ⓘ |
| residence | United States of America ⓘ |
| role | supportive spouse of a senior military leader ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| socialRole |
military wife
ⓘ
widow of a prominent general ⓘ |
| spouse | Douglas MacArthur ⓘ |
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: Jean MacArthur Description of subject: Jean MacArthur was the American wife of General Douglas MacArthur, known for her public poise, support of her husband's military career, and long life as a prominent military spouse and widow.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Tomb of Jean MacArthur