Sarah Josepha Hale
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Sarah Josepha Hale was a 19th-century American writer and influential magazine editor best known for authoring the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb" and campaigning to make Thanksgiving a national holiday.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sarah Josepha Hale canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3816104 — 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: Sarah Josepha Hale Context triple: [Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, burialPlaceOf, Sarah Josepha Hale]
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A.
Harriet Malvina Howe
Harriet Malvina Howe was the wife of Henry Wilson, the 18th vice president of the United States, and a 19th-century American political spouse.
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B.
Mary Ludwig Hays
Mary Ludwig Hays, popularly known as Molly Pitcher, was a heroine of the American Revolutionary War famed for carrying water to soldiers and reportedly taking over her husband's cannon during battle.
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C.
Patience Holt
Patience Holt was the wife of Sir Richard Arkwright, the pioneering English inventor and industrialist of the early textile factory system.
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D.
Lucinda Southworth
Lucinda Southworth is an American research scientist and philanthropist best known as the wife of Google co-founder Larry Page.
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E.
Mary Mather Smith
Mary Mather Smith was the wife of American film actor Bruce Cabot, known for his roles in classic Hollywood cinema.
- 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: Sarah Josepha Hale Target entity description: Sarah Josepha Hale was a 19th-century American writer and influential magazine editor best known for authoring the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb" and campaigning to make Thanksgiving a national holiday.
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A.
Harriet Malvina Howe
Harriet Malvina Howe was the wife of Henry Wilson, the 18th vice president of the United States, and a 19th-century American political spouse.
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B.
Mary Ludwig Hays
Mary Ludwig Hays, popularly known as Molly Pitcher, was a heroine of the American Revolutionary War famed for carrying water to soldiers and reportedly taking over her husband's cannon during battle.
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C.
Patience Holt
Patience Holt was the wife of Sir Richard Arkwright, the pioneering English inventor and industrialist of the early textile factory system.
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D.
Lucinda Southworth
Lucinda Southworth is an American research scientist and philanthropist best known as the wife of Google co-founder Larry Page.
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E.
Mary Mather Smith
Mary Mather Smith was the wife of American film actor Bruce Cabot, known for his roles in classic Hollywood cinema.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
editor
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human ⓘ novelist ⓘ poet ⓘ women's rights advocate ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| advocatedFor | national observance of Thanksgiving in the United States ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1788-10-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1879-04-30 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | home schooling ⓘ |
| employer |
Godey’s Lady’s Book
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surface form:
Godey's Lady's Book
|
| endTime | 1877 (editorship of Godey's Lady's Book) ⓘ |
| familyName | Hale ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
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domestic fiction ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ |
| givenName |
Josepha
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Sarah ⓘ |
| influenced | American domestic ideology in the 19th century ⓘ |
| knownFor |
authoring the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
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campaigning to establish Thanksgiving as a U.S. national holiday ⓘ editorship of Godey's Lady's Book ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | 19th-century American literature ⓘ |
| name | Sarah Josepha Hale self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Mary Had a Little Lamb
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surface form:
"Mary Had a Little Lamb"
Northwood; or, Life North and South ⓘ Woman's Record ⓘ |
| occupation |
editor
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novelist ⓘ poet ⓘ social reformer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Newport, New Hampshire
NERFINISHED
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United States of America ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Philadelphia
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surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
United States of America ⓘ |
| positionHeld | editor of Godey's Lady's Book ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence |
Boston, Massachusetts
ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | David Hale ⓘ |
| startTime | 1837 (editorship of Godey's Lady's Book) ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
domestic life
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morality and religion ⓘ women's education ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sarah Josepha Hale Description of subject: Sarah Josepha Hale was a 19th-century American writer and influential magazine editor best known for authoring the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb" and campaigning to make Thanksgiving a national holiday.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.