Marie Doughty Gorgas
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Marie Doughty Gorgas was the wife and partner of U.S. Army physician and public health pioneer William C. Gorgas, noted for her role in supporting his yellow fever and malaria control work during the construction of the Panama Canal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Marie Doughty Gorgas canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4136135 — 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: Marie Doughty Gorgas Context triple: [William C. Gorgas, spouse, Marie Doughty Gorgas]
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William C. Gorgas
William C. Gorgas was a prominent American physician and U.S. Army surgeon general best known for his pioneering work in controlling mosquito-borne diseases like yellow fever and malaria, which enabled large-scale projects such as the construction of the Panama Canal.
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B.
William H. Foege
William H. Foege is an American epidemiologist and former CDC director renowned for his pivotal role in developing the global strategy that led to the eradication of smallpox.
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Joseph C. Wilson
Joseph C. Wilson was an American businessman best known as the pioneering leader who transformed Xerox into a major innovator in photocopying and office technology.
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D.
Frederic H. Spaulding
Frederic H. Spaulding was an American educator and civic leader best known for establishing the University of Tampa in Florida.
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E.
Edward Theodore Riley
Edward Theodore Riley is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer best known as a pioneer of the new jack swing genre in R&B and hip-hop.
- 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: Marie Doughty Gorgas Target entity description: Marie Doughty Gorgas was the wife and partner of U.S. Army physician and public health pioneer William C. Gorgas, noted for her role in supporting his yellow fever and malaria control work during the construction of the Panama Canal.
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A.
William C. Gorgas
William C. Gorgas was a prominent American physician and U.S. Army surgeon general best known for his pioneering work in controlling mosquito-borne diseases like yellow fever and malaria, which enabled large-scale projects such as the construction of the Panama Canal.
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B.
William H. Foege
William H. Foege is an American epidemiologist and former CDC director renowned for his pivotal role in developing the global strategy that led to the eradication of smallpox.
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C.
Joseph C. Wilson
Joseph C. Wilson was an American businessman best known as the pioneering leader who transformed Xerox into a major innovator in photocopying and office technology.
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D.
Frederic H. Spaulding
Frederic H. Spaulding was an American educator and civic leader best known for establishing the University of Tampa in Florida.
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E.
Edward Theodore Riley
Edward Theodore Riley is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer best known as a pioneer of the new jack swing genre in R&B and hip-hop.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (19)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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spouse ⓘ supporter of public health ⓘ |
| associatedWithDisease |
malaria
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yellow fever ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | construction of the Panama Canal ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Gorgas ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | public health support ⓘ |
| givenName | Marie ⓘ |
| name | Marie Doughty Gorgas self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
supporting malaria control efforts
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supporting public health work during construction of the Panama Canal ⓘ supporting yellow fever control efforts ⓘ |
| partnerInWorkWith | William C. Gorgas ONNED1 ⓘ |
| residence |
Panama Canal Zone (historical)
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surface form:
Panama Canal Zone
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| role |
partner in public health campaigns in the Panama Canal Zone
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wife of William C. Gorgas ⓘ |
| spouse | William C. Gorgas ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Marie Doughty Gorgas Description of subject: Marie Doughty Gorgas was the wife and partner of U.S. Army physician and public health pioneer William C. Gorgas, noted for her role in supporting his yellow fever and malaria control work during the construction of the Panama Canal.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.