Thomas Jefferson’s enslaved servant Robert Hemings
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Thomas Jefferson’s enslaved servant Robert Hemings was an enslaved man from the prominent Hemings family at Monticello who attended Jefferson in Philadelphia during the drafting of the Declaration of Independence.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thomas Jefferson’s enslaved servant Robert Hemings canonical | 2 |
| Thomas Jefferson's enslaved servant Robert Hemings | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T916024 — 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.
Target entity: Thomas Jefferson’s enslaved servant Robert Hemings Context triple: [Declaration House, tenant, Thomas Jefferson’s enslaved servant Robert Hemings]
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Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson
Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson was an American planter's daughter who became the wife of future U.S. President Thomas Jefferson and served as the mistress of Monticello until her death in 1782.
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B.
Varina Howell Davis
Varina Howell Davis was an American writer and the second wife of Jefferson Davis, serving as First Lady of the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
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C.
Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fuller was a 19th-century Canadian-born architect best known for designing major public buildings in North America, including prominent government structures.
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D.
George Washington Parke Custis
George Washington Parke Custis was an American plantation owner, writer, and orator best known as the step-grandson of George and Martha Washington and the builder of Arlington House, later Arlington National Cemetery.
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E.
Martha Washington
Martha Washington was the first First Lady of the United States, a wealthy widow who managed large estates and played a key role as a social and political hostess during George Washington’s leadership.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Thomas Jefferson’s enslaved servant Robert Hemings Target entity description: Thomas Jefferson’s enslaved servant Robert Hemings was an enslaved man from the prominent Hemings family at Monticello who attended Jefferson in Philadelphia during the drafting of the Declaration of Independence.
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A.
Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson
Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson was an American planter's daughter who became the wife of future U.S. President Thomas Jefferson and served as the mistress of Monticello until her death in 1782.
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B.
Varina Howell Davis
Varina Howell Davis was an American writer and the second wife of Jefferson Davis, serving as First Lady of the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
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C.
Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fuller was a 19th-century Canadian-born architect best known for designing major public buildings in North America, including prominent government structures.
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D.
George Washington Parke Custis
George Washington Parke Custis was an American plantation owner, writer, and orator best known as the step-grandson of George and Martha Washington and the builder of Arlington House, later Arlington National Cemetery.
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E.
Martha Washington
Martha Washington was the first First Lady of the United States, a wealthy widow who managed large estates and played a key role as a social and political hostess during George Washington’s leadership.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
enslaved person
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| accompanied | Thomas Jefferson ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American Declaration of Independence
ⓘ
surface form:
Declaration of Independence
Hemings family of Monticello ⓘ Monticello (plantation) ⓘ
surface form:
Monticello plantation
Thomas Jefferson ⓘ |
| attended | Thomas Jefferson ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| enslavedBy | Thomas Jefferson ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African American
|
| familyName | Hemings ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| locationDuringEvent | Philadelphia ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Hemings
ⓘ
surface form:
Hemings family
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| notableFor |
attending Thomas Jefferson in Philadelphia during the drafting of the Declaration of Independence
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being an enslaved servant of Thomas Jefferson from the Hemings family ⓘ |
| occupation |
personal servant
ⓘ
valet ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Thomas Jefferson’s stay in Philadelphia during the drafting of the Declaration of Independence ⓘ |
| partOf | enslaved community at Monticello ⓘ |
| placeOfEnslavement | Monticello ⓘ |
| placeOfWork | Philadelphia ⓘ |
| residence | Monticello ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Thomas Jefferson’s enslaved servant Robert Hemings Description of subject: Thomas Jefferson’s enslaved servant Robert Hemings was an enslaved man from the prominent Hemings family at Monticello who attended Jefferson in Philadelphia during the drafting of the Declaration of Independence.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.