Elizabeth Warrenton Wells
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Elizabeth Warrenton Wells was the mother of civil rights and anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells and a formerly enslaved woman who gained her freedom during the American Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Elizabeth Warrenton Wells canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2683837 — 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: Elizabeth Warrenton Wells Context triple: [Ida B. Wells, mother, Elizabeth Warrenton Wells]
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A.
Elizabeth Wells
Elizabeth Wells was the wife of American Founding Father and revolutionary leader Samuel Adams.
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B.
Mary Frances Reynolds
Mary Frances Reynolds, better known as Debbie Reynolds, was an American actress, singer, and dancer famed for her roles in classic Hollywood films such as "Singin' in the Rain."
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C.
Elizabeth C. Ware
Elizabeth C. Ware was a benefactor whose financial support helped make possible the creation or acquisition of the renowned Blaschka Glass Models of Plants.
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D.
Mary Jennings
Mary Jennings was the first wife of American folk singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie.
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E.
Elizabeth Champlin Mason
Elizabeth Champlin Mason was the wife of U.S. naval hero Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, noted for her connection to his prominent role in the War of 1812.
- 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: Elizabeth Warrenton Wells Target entity description: Elizabeth Warrenton Wells was the mother of civil rights and anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells and a formerly enslaved woman who gained her freedom during the American Civil War.
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A.
Elizabeth Wells
Elizabeth Wells was the wife of American Founding Father and revolutionary leader Samuel Adams.
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B.
Mary Frances Reynolds
Mary Frances Reynolds, better known as Debbie Reynolds, was an American actress, singer, and dancer famed for her roles in classic Hollywood films such as "Singin' in the Rain."
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C.
Elizabeth C. Ware
Elizabeth C. Ware was a benefactor whose financial support helped make possible the creation or acquisition of the renowned Blaschka Glass Models of Plants.
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D.
Mary Jennings
Mary Jennings was the first wife of American folk singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie.
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E.
Elizabeth Champlin Mason
Elizabeth Champlin Mason was the wife of U.S. naval hero Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, noted for her connection to his prominent role in the War of 1812.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
formerly enslaved person
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | yellow fever ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| diedIn | yellow fever epidemic in Holly Springs, Mississippi ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African American
|
| familyName | Wells ⓘ |
| givenName | Elizabeth ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Annie Wells
ⓘ
Eugenia Wells ⓘ Ida B. Wells ⓘ James Wells ⓘ
surface form:
James Wells Jr.
Stanley Wells ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | domestic worker ⓘ |
| livedDuringEvent | American Civil War ⓘ |
| motherOf | Ida B. Wells ⓘ |
| notableEventInLife | gained freedom during the American Civil War ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a formerly enslaved woman who gained freedom during the American Civil War
ⓘ
being the mother of civil rights activist Ida B. Wells ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Holly Springs, Mississippi
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| religion | Methodism ⓘ |
| residence |
Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States
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surface form:
Holly Springs, Mississippi
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| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | James Wells ⓘ |
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: Elizabeth Warrenton Wells Description of subject: Elizabeth Warrenton Wells was the mother of civil rights and anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells and a formerly enslaved woman who gained her freedom during the American Civil War.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.