Elihu Adams
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Elihu Adams was an American farmer and soldier from colonial Massachusetts, known as the younger brother of U.S. President John Adams who served in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Elihu Adams canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15028535 — 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: Elihu Adams Context triple: [Deacon John Adams, child, Elihu Adams]
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A.
Abijah Bigelow
Abijah Bigelow was an early 19th-century American lawyer and Federalist politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
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B.
Elisha Williams
Elisha Williams was an 18th-century American clergyman, lawyer, and educator who served as a prominent early leader of Yale College.
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C.
Samuel Ellis
Samuel Ellis was the landowner after whom Ellis Island in New York Harbor was named.
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D.
Shubael Gorham
Shubael Gorham was a member of the prominent Gorham family of colonial New England, known through his connections to early Plymouth Colony descendants such as Desire Howland.
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E.
Ephraim Williams
Ephraim Williams was an 18th-century American soldier and landowner whose bequest led to the establishment of Williams College in Massachusetts.
- 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: Elihu Adams Target entity description: Elihu Adams was an American farmer and soldier from colonial Massachusetts, known as the younger brother of U.S. President John Adams who served in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War.
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A.
Abijah Bigelow
Abijah Bigelow was an early 19th-century American lawyer and Federalist politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
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B.
Elisha Williams
Elisha Williams was an 18th-century American clergyman, lawyer, and educator who served as a prominent early leader of Yale College.
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C.
Samuel Ellis
Samuel Ellis was the landowner after whom Ellis Island in New York Harbor was named.
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D.
Shubael Gorham
Shubael Gorham was a member of the prominent Gorham family of colonial New England, known through his connections to early Plymouth Colony descendants such as Desire Howland.
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E.
Ephraim Williams
Ephraim Williams was an 18th-century American soldier and landowner whose bequest led to the establishment of Williams College in Massachusetts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.