Hercules Posey
E1098179
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Hercules Posey was an enslaved chef owned by George Washington, renowned for his culinary skill and his dramatic escape to freedom in 1797.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hercules Posey canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14411292 — 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: Hercules Posey Context triple: [The General’s Cook, mainCharacter, Hercules Posey]
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A.
Hercules Robinson
Hercules Robinson was a 19th-century British colonial administrator who served in several key governorships across the British Empire, including in southern Africa and Australasia.
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B.
Mahlon Sweet
Mahlon Sweet was a prominent local aviation advocate and civic leader in Eugene, Oregon, whose efforts were instrumental in establishing the city’s municipal airport.
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C.
Gridley Bryant
Gridley Bryant was a 19th-century American civil engineer best known for pioneering early railroad engineering and construction techniques in the United States.
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D.
Volney Rogers
Volney Rogers was an American lawyer and conservationist best known for creating and championing Mill Creek Park in Youngstown, Ohio, one of the earliest metropolitan park districts in the United States.
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E.
Gulian McEvers
Gulian McEvers was an early American merchant and broker in New York City who was among the original founders of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
- 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: Hercules Posey Target entity description: Hercules Posey was an enslaved chef owned by George Washington, renowned for his culinary skill and his dramatic escape to freedom in 1797.
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A.
Hercules Robinson
Hercules Robinson was a 19th-century British colonial administrator who served in several key governorships across the British Empire, including in southern Africa and Australasia.
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B.
Mahlon Sweet
Mahlon Sweet was a prominent local aviation advocate and civic leader in Eugene, Oregon, whose efforts were instrumental in establishing the city’s municipal airport.
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C.
Gridley Bryant
Gridley Bryant was a 19th-century American civil engineer best known for pioneering early railroad engineering and construction techniques in the United States.
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D.
Volney Rogers
Volney Rogers was an American lawyer and conservationist best known for creating and championing Mill Creek Park in Youngstown, Ohio, one of the earliest metropolitan park districts in the United States.
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E.
Gulian McEvers
Gulian McEvers was an early American merchant and broker in New York City who was among the original founders of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.