Mary Josephine Coughlin
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Mary Josephine Coughlin, better known as Mae Capone, was the wife of notorious American gangster Al Capone and a relatively private figure despite her husband's infamy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mary Josephine Coughlin canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2832889 — 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 Josephine Coughlin Context triple: [Mae Capone, birthName, Mary Josephine Coughlin]
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A.
Mary Ann Phelan
Mary Ann Phelan was the Irish-born mother of American actor Martin Sheen (born Ramón Estévez).
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B.
Betty Charity McCloskey
Betty Charity McCloskey was the wife of American physicist and Nobel laureate Arthur H. Compton.
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C.
Mary Mulhern
Mary Mulhern was an American actress best known for her brief Hollywood career in the silent film era and her marriage to actor Jack Pickford.
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D.
Margaret Kelly
Margaret Kelly is an American artist and the first wife of actor and comedian Bill Murray, to whom she was married from 1981 to 1996.
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E.
Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald
Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald was an Irish-American matriarch of the prominent Fitzgerald political family of Boston and grandmother of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
- 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 Josephine Coughlin Target entity description: Mary Josephine Coughlin, better known as Mae Capone, was the wife of notorious American gangster Al Capone and a relatively private figure despite her husband's infamy.
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A.
Mary Ann Phelan
Mary Ann Phelan was the Irish-born mother of American actor Martin Sheen (born Ramón Estévez).
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B.
Betty Charity McCloskey
Betty Charity McCloskey was the wife of American physicist and Nobel laureate Arthur H. Compton.
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C.
Mary Mulhern
Mary Mulhern was an American actress best known for her brief Hollywood career in the silent film era and her marriage to actor Jack Pickford.
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D.
Margaret Kelly
Margaret Kelly is an American artist and the first wife of actor and comedian Bill Murray, to whom she was married from 1981 to 1996.
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E.
Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald
Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald was an Irish-American matriarch of the prominent Fitzgerald political family of Boston and grandmother of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
spouse of a criminal figure ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Mae Capone
ⓘ
Mae Coughlin ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chicago Outfit
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago Outfit (through her husband)
|
| child |
Al Capone
ⓘ
surface form:
Albert Francis Capone
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish American ⓘ |
| familyName | Coughlin ⓘ |
| familyNameAfterMarriage |
Mae Capone
ⓘ
surface form:
Capone
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| keptLowPublicProfile | true ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| livedDuring | 20th century ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| mediaExposure | limited ⓘ |
| name | Mary Josephine Coughlin self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the wife of American gangster Al Capone ⓘ |
| occupation | homemaker ⓘ |
| privacyOrientation | relatively private figure ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| spouse | Al Capone ⓘ |
| spouseNotability | notorious American gangster ⓘ |
| spouseOccupation | organized crime figure ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Mary Josephine Coughlin Description of subject: Mary Josephine Coughlin, better known as Mae Capone, was the wife of notorious American gangster Al Capone and a relatively private figure despite her husband's infamy.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.