Aunt May
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Aunt May is Peter Parker’s loving and morally grounded aunt who serves as a key emotional anchor and guiding influence in the Spider-Man stories.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aunt May canonical | 12 |
| Aunt May (Earth-14512) | 1 |
| Aunt May Parker in the Marvel Cinematic Universe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4193004 — 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: Aunt May Context triple: [Spider-Man 3, featuresCharacter, Aunt May]
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A.
Mary Jane Watson
Mary Jane Watson is a central character in the Spider-Man franchise, best known as Peter Parker’s longtime love interest and a key emotional anchor in his story.
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B.
Helen Burns
Helen Burns is a pious, patient schoolgirl in Charlotte Brontë’s "Jane Eyre" whose quiet strength and Christian forgiveness deeply influence the young Jane.
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C.
Tante Ju
Tante Ju is the affectionate nickname for the Junkers Ju 52, a German three-engined transport aircraft widely used in the 1930s and during World War II.
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D.
Gwen Stacy
Gwen Stacy is a Marvel Comics character who, in various universes, becomes the superhero Spider-Woman (often called Spider-Gwen), known for her close connection to Spider-Man and her role as a key heroine in the Spider-Verse stories.
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E.
Wanda
Wanda is a feminine given name of Slavic origin, particularly common in Poland and other Central and Eastern European countries.
- 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: Aunt May Target entity description: Aunt May is Peter Parker’s loving and morally grounded aunt who serves as a key emotional anchor and guiding influence in the Spider-Man stories.
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A.
Mary Jane Watson
Mary Jane Watson is a central character in the Spider-Man franchise, best known as Peter Parker’s longtime love interest and a key emotional anchor in his story.
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B.
Helen Burns
Helen Burns is a pious, patient schoolgirl in Charlotte Brontë’s "Jane Eyre" whose quiet strength and Christian forgiveness deeply influence the young Jane.
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C.
Tante Ju
Tante Ju is the affectionate nickname for the Junkers Ju 52, a German three-engined transport aircraft widely used in the 1930s and during World War II.
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D.
Gwen Stacy
Gwen Stacy is a Marvel Comics character who, in various universes, becomes the superhero Spider-Woman (often called Spider-Gwen), known for her close connection to Spider-Man and her role as a key heroine in the Spider-Verse stories.
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E.
Wanda
Wanda is a feminine given name of Slavic origin, particularly common in Poland and other Central and Eastern European countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Marvel Comics character
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fictional character ⓘ supporting character ⓘ |
| alias |
Aunt May Parker
NERFINISHED
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May Reilly Parker ONDG ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Spider-Man animated series
NERFINISHED
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Spider-Man comics ⓘ Spider-Man film series NERFINISHED ⓘ The Amazing Spider-Man NERFINISHED ⓘ Ultimate Spider-Man ⓘ |
| appearsInFilm |
Captain America: Civil War
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Spider-Man (2002 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Spider-Man 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Spider-Man 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Spider-Man: Far From Home NERFINISHED ⓘ Spider-Man: Homecoming ⓘ Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse NERFINISHED ⓘ Spider-Man: No Way Home NERFINISHED ⓘ The Amazing Spider-Man (2012 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Amazing Spider-Man 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
family
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responsibility ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ |
| auntOf | Peter Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
loving
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morally grounded ⓘ |
| creator |
Stan Lee
ⓘ
Steve Ditko ⓘ |
| familyName | Parker ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Amazing Fantasy #15 ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1962 ⓘ |
| fullName | May Parker ⓘ |
| givenName | May ⓘ |
| guardianOf | Peter Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
emotional anchor for Peter Parker
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moral guide for Spider-Man ⓘ |
| occupation |
homemaker
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widow ⓘ |
| oftenUnawareOf | Peter Parker’s secret identity as Spider-Man ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Lily Tomlin
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Marisa Tomei ⓘ Nancy Linari NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosemary Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ Sally Field ⓘ |
| publisher | Marvel Comics ⓘ |
| relativeOf | Peter Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Forest Hills, Queens, New York City, New York, United States
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surface form:
Forest Hills, Queens, New York City
|
| spouse |
Ben Parker (Marvel Comics)
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surface form:
Ben Parker
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| universe | Marvel Universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Aunt May Description of subject: Aunt May is Peter Parker’s loving and morally grounded aunt who serves as a key emotional anchor and guiding influence in the Spider-Man stories.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Ultimate Spider-Man (TV series)
this entity surface form:
Aunt May Parker in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
subject surface form:
Spider-Man
this entity surface form:
Aunt May (Earth-14512)