Gladys Aylward
E296563
Gladys Aylward was a British Christian missionary to China renowned for her work with orphans and refugees and for inspiring the film "The Inn of the Sixth Happiness."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gladys Aylward canonical | 5 |
| Gladys May Aylward | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2761847 — 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: Gladys Aylward Context triple: [The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, portrays, Gladys Aylward]
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A.
Emily Willans
Emily Willans was the mother of British Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith and a member of the Victorian-era English middle class.
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B.
Phoebe Palmer
Phoebe Palmer was a 19th-century American Methodist evangelist and writer whose teachings and revival work helped shape and popularize the Holiness movement.
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C.
Saint Josephine Bakhita
Saint Josephine Bakhita was a Sudanese-born former slave who became a Catholic nun in Italy, renowned for her profound faith, forgiveness, and eventual canonization as a saint.
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D.
Ellen White
Ellen White is a retired English footballer and prolific striker who became the all-time leading goalscorer for the England women’s national team.
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E.
Julia Biggs
Julia Biggs is the warm, devoted church wife and mother at the heart of the film "The Preacher's Wife," portrayed by Whitney Houston.
- 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: Gladys Aylward Target entity description: Gladys Aylward was a British Christian missionary to China renowned for her work with orphans and refugees and for inspiring the film "The Inn of the Sixth Happiness."
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A.
Emily Willans
Emily Willans was the mother of British Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith and a member of the Victorian-era English middle class.
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B.
Phoebe Palmer
Phoebe Palmer was a 19th-century American Methodist evangelist and writer whose teachings and revival work helped shape and popularize the Holiness movement.
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C.
Saint Josephine Bakhita
Saint Josephine Bakhita was a Sudanese-born former slave who became a Catholic nun in Italy, renowned for her profound faith, forgiveness, and eventual canonization as a saint.
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D.
Ellen White
Ellen White is a retired English footballer and prolific striker who became the all-time leading goalscorer for the England women’s national team.
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E.
Julia Biggs
Julia Biggs is the warm, devoted church wife and mother at the heart of the film "The Preacher's Wife," portrayed by Whitney Houston.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British person
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Christian missionary ⓘ Protestant Christian ⓘ human ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1902-02-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1970-01-03 ⓘ |
| denomination | Protestant ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| familyName | Aylward ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Christian missions
ⓘ
child welfare ⓘ social work ⓘ |
| fullName |
Gladys Aylward
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Gladys May Aylward
|
| givenName | Gladys ⓘ |
| hasCause |
care for orphans
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care for refugees ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Bible ⓘ |
| inspiredWork |
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
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The Small Woman ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy against foot binding in China
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leading orphans to safety during the Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ missionary work in China ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned |
Chinese
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| movement | Evangelicalism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
work with orphans in China
ⓘ
work with refugees in China ⓘ |
| occupation |
evangelist
ⓘ
missionary ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
ⓘ
surface form:
Second Sino-Japanese War
|
| placeOfBirth |
Edmonton, London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
Edmonton, London
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| placeOfDeath |
Taipei, Taiwan
ⓘ
surface form:
Taipei
Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwan
|
| portrayedBy | Ingrid Bergman ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
|
| residence |
China
ⓘ
Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwan
United Kingdom ⓘ Jincheng ⓘ
surface form:
Yangcheng, Shanxi
|
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
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The Small Woman ⓘ various biographies ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gladys Aylward Description of subject: Gladys Aylward was a British Christian missionary to China renowned for her work with orphans and refugees and for inspiring the film "The Inn of the Sixth Happiness."
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Small Woman
this entity surface form:
Gladys May Aylward