Mary Maxwell
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Mary Maxwell was an American businesswoman and philanthropist best known as the mother of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and for her leadership roles in civic and charitable organizations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mary Maxwell canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7171194 — 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 Maxwell Context triple: [Mary Maxwell Gates, birthName, Mary Maxwell]
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A.
Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson
Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson is the birth name of Tipper Gore, the American social issues advocate and former Second Lady of the United States.
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B.
Mary Campbell
Mary Campbell is a central character in the satirical television sitcom "Soap," known for her role in the show's parody of daytime soap opera tropes.
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C.
Margaret Guilfoyle
Margaret Guilfoyle was an Australian politician who served as a pioneering female cabinet minister and influential member of the Liberal Party in the late 20th century.
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D.
Martha Scott
Martha Scott was an American actress known for her work in film, television, and theater, including prominent roles in classic Hollywood epics.
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E.
Marian McAlpin
Marian McAlpin is the conflicted young protagonist of Margaret Atwood’s novel "The Edible Woman," whose growing aversion to food mirrors her anxiety about identity, gender roles, and societal expectations.
- 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 Maxwell Target entity description: Mary Maxwell was an American businesswoman and philanthropist best known as the mother of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and for her leadership roles in civic and charitable organizations.
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A.
Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson
Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson is the birth name of Tipper Gore, the American social issues advocate and former Second Lady of the United States.
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B.
Mary Campbell
Mary Campbell is a central character in the satirical television sitcom "Soap," known for her role in the show's parody of daytime soap opera tropes.
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C.
Margaret Guilfoyle
Margaret Guilfoyle was an Australian politician who served as a pioneering female cabinet minister and influential member of the Liberal Party in the late 20th century.
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D.
Martha Scott
Martha Scott was an American actress known for her work in film, television, and theater, including prominent roles in classic Hollywood epics.
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E.
Marian McAlpin
Marian McAlpin is the conflicted young protagonist of Margaret Atwood’s novel "The Edible Woman," whose growing aversion to food mirrors her anxiety about identity, gender roles, and societal expectations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
board member
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human ⓘ |
| boardMemberOf |
Children’s Hospital Foundation (Seattle)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
First Interstate Bank of Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce NERFINISHED ⓘ KIRO-TV NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Northwest Bell NERFINISHED ⓘ Seattle Symphony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | breast cancer ⓘ |
| child |
Bill Gates
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kristi Gates NERFINISHED ⓘ Libby Gates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1929-07-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1994-06-10 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Washington ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| familyName |
Gates
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maxwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Bill Gates
NERFINISHED
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Kristi Gates NERFINISHED ⓘ Libby Gates NERFINISHED ⓘ William H. Gates Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
civic leadership in Seattle
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philanthropic work with United Way ⓘ service on corporate and nonprofit boards ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
United Way of America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United Way of King County NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Washington Board of Regents NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the mother of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates ⓘ |
| notableWork | leadership in civic and charitable organizations in Seattle ⓘ |
| occupation |
businesswoman
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philanthropist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Seattle, Washington, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Seattle, Washington, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chair of United Way of King County
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First female president of King County’s United Way ⓘ First woman to chair the national United Way executive committee ⓘ Regent of the University of Washington ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
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surface form:
Protestantism
|
| residence | Seattle, Washington, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | William H. Gates Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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 Maxwell Description of subject: Mary Maxwell was an American businesswoman and philanthropist best known as the mother of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and for her leadership roles in civic and charitable organizations.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.