Barbara Goldsmith
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Barbara Goldsmith was an American author, journalist, and philanthropist known for her influential works of narrative history and her advocacy for human rights and freedom of expression.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Barbara Goldsmith canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4581904 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Barbara Goldsmith Context triple: [PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award, namedAfter, Barbara Goldsmith]
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A.
Barbara Siegel
Barbara Siegel is an American author best known for co-writing numerous science fiction and fantasy novels and game-related books, often in collaboration with her husband Scott Siegel.
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B.
Barbara Rubin
Barbara Rubin was an experimental filmmaker and performance artist of the 1960s New York underground scene, known for her avant-garde work and collaborations with figures like Andy Warhol and the Velvet Underground.
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C.
Judith Myers
Judith Myers is a character in the Halloween horror franchise, known as Michael Myers' older sister and his first murder victim.
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D.
Nancy Goodman
Nancy Goodman is an American diplomat, businesswoman, and philanthropist best known for founding the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
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E.
Virginia Weidler
Virginia Weidler was an American child actress of the 1930s and 1940s, best remembered for her witty supporting roles in classic Hollywood films such as "The Philadelphia Story."
- 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: Barbara Goldsmith Target entity description: Barbara Goldsmith was an American author, journalist, and philanthropist known for her influential works of narrative history and her advocacy for human rights and freedom of expression.
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A.
Barbara Siegel
Barbara Siegel is an American author best known for co-writing numerous science fiction and fantasy novels and game-related books, often in collaboration with her husband Scott Siegel.
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B.
Barbara Rubin
Barbara Rubin was an experimental filmmaker and performance artist of the 1960s New York underground scene, known for her avant-garde work and collaborations with figures like Andy Warhol and the Velvet Underground.
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C.
Judith Myers
Judith Myers is a character in the Halloween horror franchise, known as Michael Myers' older sister and his first murder victim.
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D.
Nancy Goodman
Nancy Goodman is an American diplomat, businesswoman, and philanthropist best known for founding the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
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E.
Virginia Weidler
Virginia Weidler was an American child actress of the 1930s and 1940s, best remembered for her witty supporting roles in classic Hollywood films such as "The Philadelphia Story."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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human ⓘ journalist ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1931-05-18 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2016-06-26 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
New York University
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Wellesley College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Harper's Bazaar
NERFINISHED
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New York Herald Tribune NERFINISHED ⓘ The New Yorker NERFINISHED ⓘ Vogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Goldsmith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
journalism
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narrative history ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ |
| founded | PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
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historical narrative ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Barbara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy for freedom of expression
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advocacy for human rights ⓘ works of narrative history ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Letters
NERFINISHED
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PEN America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
freedom of expression advocacy
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human rights advocacy ⓘ |
| notableAward |
American Academy of Arts and Letters award
NERFINISHED
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New York Public Library Literary Lion NERFINISHED ⓘ PEN/Newman’s Own First Amendment Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Johnson v. Johnson
NERFINISHED
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Little Gloria... Happy at Last NERFINISHED ⓘ Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie NERFINISHED ⓘ Other Powers: The Age of Suffrage, Spiritualism, and the Scandalous Victoria Woodhull NERFINISHED ⓘ The Best of Barbara Goldsmith NERFINISHED ⓘ The Shadow of the Flame NERFINISHED ⓘ The Straw Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian
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journalist ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New York City ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New York City ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | John E. (Bunny) Goldsmith 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: Barbara Goldsmith Description of subject: Barbara Goldsmith was an American author, journalist, and philanthropist known for her influential works of narrative history and her advocacy for human rights and freedom of expression.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.