Mary Clay Smith Breckinridge
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Mary Clay Smith Breckinridge was a 19th-century American woman best known as the mother of U.S. Vice President and Confederate general John C. Breckinridge and a member of the prominent Clay–Breckinridge political family of Kentucky.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mary Clay Smith Breckinridge canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2763158 — 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: Mary Clay Smith Breckinridge Context triple: [John C. Breckinridge, mother, Mary Clay Smith Breckinridge]
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A.
Mary Cyrene Burch Breckinridge
Mary Cyrene Burch Breckinridge was an American socialite and political hostess best known as the wife of U.S. Vice President and Confederate general John C. Breckinridge.
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B.
Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison
Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison was the First Lady of the United States in 1841 as the wife of President William Henry Harrison and is noted for never having lived in the White House during his brief term.
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C.
Mary Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison
Mary Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison was the second wife and former niece-by-marriage of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison, known for their controversial marriage following the death of his first wife.
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D.
Lucy Flucker Knox
Lucy Flucker Knox was the Loyalist-born wife of American Revolutionary War General Henry Knox, noted for her steadfast support of the Patriot cause and extensive correspondence that offers insight into Revolutionary-era domestic life.
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E.
Mary Elizabeth Baird Bryan
Mary Elizabeth Baird Bryan was the wife of prominent American politician and orator William Jennings Bryan and an active partner in his public and political life.
- 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: Mary Clay Smith Breckinridge Target entity description: Mary Clay Smith Breckinridge was a 19th-century American woman best known as the mother of U.S. Vice President and Confederate general John C. Breckinridge and a member of the prominent Clay–Breckinridge political family of Kentucky.
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A.
Mary Cyrene Burch Breckinridge
Mary Cyrene Burch Breckinridge was an American socialite and political hostess best known as the wife of U.S. Vice President and Confederate general John C. Breckinridge.
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B.
Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison
Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison was the First Lady of the United States in 1841 as the wife of President William Henry Harrison and is noted for never having lived in the White House during his brief term.
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C.
Mary Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison
Mary Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison was the second wife and former niece-by-marriage of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison, known for their controversial marriage following the death of his first wife.
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D.
Lucy Flucker Knox
Lucy Flucker Knox was the Loyalist-born wife of American Revolutionary War General Henry Knox, noted for her steadfast support of the Patriot cause and extensive correspondence that offers insight into Revolutionary-era domestic life.
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E.
Mary Elizabeth Baird Bryan
Mary Elizabeth Baird Bryan was the wife of prominent American politician and orator William Jennings Bryan and an active partner in his public and political life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century American woman
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| child | John C. Breckinridge ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | American of European descent ⓘ |
| familyName | Breckinridge ⓘ |
| givenName |
Clay
ⓘ
Mary ⓘ Smith ⓘ |
| knownFor | connection to the Clay–Breckinridge political dynasty ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Breckinridge political family of Kentucky
ⓘ
surface form:
Clay–Breckinridge political family
|
| notableFor | being the mother of John C. Breckinridge ⓘ |
| partOf | 19th-century United States society ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Kentucky ⓘ |
| relative |
John C. Breckinridge
ⓘ
members of the Clay family of Kentucky ⓘ |
| residence | Kentucky ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| socialStatus | member of a prominent political family ⓘ |
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: Mary Clay Smith Breckinridge Description of subject: Mary Clay Smith Breckinridge was a 19th-century American woman best known as the mother of U.S. Vice President and Confederate general John C. Breckinridge and a member of the prominent Clay–Breckinridge political family of Kentucky.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.