Ruth Shady
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Ruth Shady is a Peruvian archaeologist best known for uncovering and leading research on the ancient civilization at Caral, one of the oldest urban centers in the Americas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ruth Shady canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3875045 — 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: Ruth Shady Context triple: [Caral, excavatedBy, Ruth Shady]
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A.
Ruth Rose
Ruth Rose was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the classic 1933 monster film "King Kong."
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B.
Ruth Rumsey
Ruth Rumsey was the wife of William J. Donovan, the famed American soldier, lawyer, and head of the Office of Strategic Services during World War II.
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C.
Bathsheba Zylberman
Bathsheba Zylberman was the mother of Nobel Prize–winning Yiddish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer and a formative influence from his traditional Jewish family background.
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D.
Shoshanna Shapiro
Shoshanna Shapiro is a bubbly, fast-talking, and naive yet increasingly self-assured young woman featured as one of the core friends navigating adulthood in the TV series "Girls."
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E.
Ruth Sherwood
Ruth Sherwood is a witty, ambitious writer from Ohio who moves to New York City with her sister Eileen in the musical "Wonderful Town," often serving as the show's sharp-tongued, comedic lead.
- 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: Ruth Shady Target entity description: Ruth Shady is a Peruvian archaeologist best known for uncovering and leading research on the ancient civilization at Caral, one of the oldest urban centers in the Americas.
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A.
Ruth Rose
Ruth Rose was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the classic 1933 monster film "King Kong."
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B.
Ruth Rumsey
Ruth Rumsey was the wife of William J. Donovan, the famed American soldier, lawyer, and head of the Office of Strategic Services during World War II.
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C.
Bathsheba Zylberman
Bathsheba Zylberman was the mother of Nobel Prize–winning Yiddish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer and a formative influence from his traditional Jewish family background.
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D.
Shoshanna Shapiro
Shoshanna Shapiro is a bubbly, fast-talking, and naive yet increasingly self-assured young woman featured as one of the core friends navigating adulthood in the TV series "Girls."
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E.
Ruth Sherwood
Ruth Sherwood is a witty, ambitious writer from Ohio who moves to New York City with her sister Eileen in the musical "Wonderful Town," often serving as the show's sharp-tongued, comedic lead.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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archaeologist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| continentOfCitizenship | South America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Peru ⓘ |
| describedAs |
leading expert on Caral-Supe culture
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pioneer in the study of early Andean civilization ⓘ |
| familyName | Shady ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Andean archaeology
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archaeology ⓘ pre-Columbian civilizations ⓘ |
| genre |
archaeological reports
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scientific articles ⓘ |
| givenName | Ruth ⓘ |
| hasDiscovered | archaeological remains at Caral ⓘ |
| hasPublishedOn |
Caral
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surface form:
Caral civilization
origin of Andean civilization ⓘ |
| hasResearched |
Sacred City of Caral-Supe
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early complex societies on the Peruvian coast ⓘ |
| hasRole |
principal investigator on Caral research
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project director at Caral excavations ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leading research at the Sacred City of Caral-Supe
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research on Caral civilization ⓘ uncovering the ancient city of Caral ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Spanish ⓘ |
| name | Ruth Shady self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Peruvian ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
directed long-term archaeological project at Caral
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helped establish Caral as one of the oldest urban centers in the Americas ⓘ |
| occupation |
archaeologist
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researcher ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Peru ⓘ |
| studies |
ancient Andean civilizations
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early urbanism in the Americas ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Caral
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surface form:
Caral, Peru
Lima ⓘ
surface form:
Lima, Peru
Supe Valley, Peru ⓘ |
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: Ruth Shady Description of subject: Ruth Shady is a Peruvian archaeologist best known for uncovering and leading research on the ancient civilization at Caral, one of the oldest urban centers in the Americas.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Ruth Shady