Mary Scott Lord
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Mary Scott Lord was an American socialite who became the second wife of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison and served as First Lady from 1896 until his death.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mary Scott Lord canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5843820 — 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: Mary Scott Lord Context triple: [Mary Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison, birthName, Mary Scott Lord]
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Charlotte Payne-Townshend
Charlotte Payne-Townshend was an Irish heiress, political activist, and feminist who was a prominent member of the Fabian Society and the wife of playwright George Bernard Shaw.
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B.
Jane Leveson-Gower
Jane Leveson-Gower was an 18th-century British aristocrat and daughter of Catherine Douglas, Duchess of Queensberry, who was connected to prominent noble families of the period.
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C.
Elizabeth Douglas, Countess of Morton
Elizabeth Douglas, Countess of Morton, was a Scottish noblewoman of the powerful Douglas family who became Countess of Morton through her marriage to James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, a prominent 16th-century Scottish regent.
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D.
Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran
Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran, was a 15th-century Scottish princess and noblewoman, the daughter of King James II of Scotland who became prominent through her marriage into the powerful Hamilton family.
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E.
Elizabeth Poyntz
Elizabeth Poyntz was an English noblewoman best known as the wife of Thomas Butler, Viscount Thurles, and the mother of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond, a leading statesman in 17th-century Ireland.
- 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: Mary Scott Lord Target entity description: Mary Scott Lord was an American socialite who became the second wife of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison and served as First Lady from 1896 until his death.
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A.
Charlotte Payne-Townshend
Charlotte Payne-Townshend was an Irish heiress, political activist, and feminist who was a prominent member of the Fabian Society and the wife of playwright George Bernard Shaw.
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B.
Jane Leveson-Gower
Jane Leveson-Gower was an 18th-century British aristocrat and daughter of Catherine Douglas, Duchess of Queensberry, who was connected to prominent noble families of the period.
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C.
Elizabeth Douglas, Countess of Morton
Elizabeth Douglas, Countess of Morton, was a Scottish noblewoman of the powerful Douglas family who became Countess of Morton through her marriage to James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, a prominent 16th-century Scottish regent.
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D.
Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran
Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran, was a 15th-century Scottish princess and noblewoman, the daughter of King James II of Scotland who became prominent through her marriage into the powerful Hamilton family.
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E.
Elizabeth Poyntz
Elizabeth Poyntz was an English noblewoman best known as the wife of Thomas Butler, Viscount Thurles, and the mother of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond, a leading statesman in 17th-century Ireland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
First Lady of the United States
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Republican Party (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| endTime | 1901 ⓘ |
| familyConnection | married her late aunt’s widower, Benjamin Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | widow at the death of Benjamin Harrison ⓘ |
| notableEvent | marriage to Benjamin Harrison after the death of his first wife ⓘ |
| notableFor |
second wife of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison
ⓘ
serving as First Lady after the presidency during Harrison’s post‑presidential years ⓘ |
| occupation | socialite ⓘ |
| positionHeld | First Lady of the United States ⓘ |
| relative | Caroline Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relativeType | niece of Caroline Harrison ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterian
ⓘ
surface form:
Presbyterianism
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| residence |
Indianapolis, Indiana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| role | White House hostess ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| sphereOfActivity | social life of Indianapolis and Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| spouse | Benjamin Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouseOccupation | President of the United States ⓘ |
| spousePositionHeld | 23rd President of the United States ⓘ |
| startTime | 1896 ⓘ |
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
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: Mary Scott Lord Description of subject: Mary Scott Lord was an American socialite who became the second wife of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison and served as First Lady from 1896 until his death.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.