Brigham Young
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Brigham Young was a 19th-century American religious leader who led the Latter-day Saints to the American West and served as the second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brigham Young canonical | 19 |
| Brother Brigham | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1025505 — 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: Brigham Young Context triple: [Salt Lake City, foundedBy, Brigham Young]
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A.
Joseph Smith
Joseph Smith was the 19th-century American religious leader who founded the Latter-day Saint movement and is regarded by its followers as a prophet.
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B.
Joseph Smith
Joseph Smith was a British aeronautical engineer best known as the chief designer of the Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft during and after World War II.
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C.
Monroe Cannon
Monroe Cannon is the daughter of singer Mariah Carey and entertainer Nick Cannon, known publicly through her parents' high-profile careers and media appearances.
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D.
Joseph Lane
Joseph Lane was a 19th-century American politician and military officer who served as the first governor of Oregon Territory and later as a U.S. senator from Oregon.
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E.
George Reynolds
George Reynolds was the 19th-century Mormon defendant whose challenge to federal anti-polygamy laws led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Reynolds v. United States, which helped define the limits of religious freedom under the First Amendment.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Brigham Young Target entity description: Brigham Young was a 19th-century American religious leader who led the Latter-day Saints to the American West and served as the second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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A.
Joseph Smith
Joseph Smith was the 19th-century American religious leader who founded the Latter-day Saint movement and is regarded by its followers as a prophet.
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B.
Joseph Smith
Joseph Smith was a British aeronautical engineer best known as the chief designer of the Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft during and after World War II.
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C.
Monroe Cannon
Monroe Cannon is the daughter of singer Mariah Carey and entertainer Nick Cannon, known publicly through her parents' high-profile careers and media appearances.
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D.
Joseph Lane
Joseph Lane was a 19th-century American politician and military officer who served as the first governor of Oregon Territory and later as a U.S. senator from Oregon.
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E.
George Reynolds
George Reynolds was the 19th-century Mormon defendant whose challenge to federal anti-polygamy laws led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Reynolds v. United States, which helped define the limits of religious freedom under the First Amendment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
pioneer ⓘ politician ⓘ religious leader ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
American Moses
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Brigham Young ⓘ
surface form:
Brother Brigham
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| baptismYear | 1832 ⓘ |
| baptizedInto |
Church of the Latter Day Saints
ⓘ
surface form:
Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)
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| birthDate | 1801-06-01 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Whitingham, Vermont
ⓘ
surface form:
Whitingham, Vermont, United States
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| burialPlace |
Salt Lake City Cemetery
ⓘ
surface form:
Brigham Young Family Memorial Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah
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| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1877-08-29 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Salt Lake City
ⓘ
surface form:
Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, United States
|
| ethnicGroup | English American ⓘ |
| familyName | Young ⓘ |
| founded |
Brigham Young University
ⓘ
surface form:
Brigham Young Academy (precursor to Brigham Young University)
Salt Lake City ⓘ
surface form:
Salt Lake City, Utah
University of Utah ⓘ
surface form:
University of Deseret (precursor to University of Utah)
|
| fullName | Brigham Young self-link ⓘ |
| givenName | Brigham ⓘ |
| knownFor |
establishing Latter-day Saint settlements in the Great Basin
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leading the Latter-day Saint migration to the American West ⓘ serving as second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ |
| led | Mormon pioneers to the Salt Lake Valley ⓘ |
| memberOf | Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church) ⓘ |
| migrationYearToSaltLakeValley | 1847 ⓘ |
| movement |
Latter-day Saint movement churches
ⓘ
surface form:
Latter Day Saint movement
|
| numberOfChildren | 55 ⓘ |
| numberOfWives | at least 50 ⓘ |
| occupation |
carpenter
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farmer ⓘ glazier ⓘ religious leader ⓘ |
| officeEnd | 1877-08-29 ⓘ |
| officeEnd (Governor of Utah Territory) | 1858-12-15 ⓘ |
| officeStart | 1847-12-27 ⓘ |
| officeStart (Governor of Utah Territory) | 1851-02-03 ⓘ |
| parent |
Abigail Howe Young
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John Young ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Governor of Utah Territory
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President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church) ⓘ
surface form:
President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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| predecessor | Joseph Smith ⓘ |
| religion |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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surface form:
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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| residence |
Kirtland, Ohio, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Kirtland, Ohio
Nauvoo, Illinois ⓘ Salt Lake City ⓘ
surface form:
Salt Lake City, Utah Territory
|
| spouse |
Augusta Adams Cobb
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Clarissa Ross ⓘ Eliza R. Snow ⓘ Emily Dow Partridge ⓘ Harriet Elizabeth Cook ⓘ Lucy Ann Decker ⓘ Mary Ann Angell ⓘ Miriam Angeline Works ⓘ Zina D. H. Young ⓘ |
| successor | John Taylor ⓘ |
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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: Brigham Young Description of subject: Brigham Young was a 19th-century American religious leader who led the Latter-day Saints to the American West and served as the second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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