Edgar Allan Poe’s foster-son William Henry Leonard Poe (check)
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William Henry Leonard Poe was the elder brother and foster-son of Edgar Allan Poe, a minor American poet and sailor whose troubled life and early death influenced Poe’s work and family history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Edgar Allan Poe’s foster-son William Henry Leonard Poe (check) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1052751 — 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: Edgar Allan Poe’s foster-son William Henry Leonard Poe (check) Context triple: [West Point Cemetery, notableBurial, Edgar Allan Poe’s foster-son William Henry Leonard Poe (check)]
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A.
Edgar Allan Woolf
Edgar Allan Woolf was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for co-writing the screenplay of the classic 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz."
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B.
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe was a 19th-century American writer, poet, and literary critic best known for his macabre and pioneering works in Gothic fiction and the development of the modern detective story.
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C.
Poe
Poe is the Baltimore Ravens' raven mascot, named in honor of the famed writer Edgar Allan Poe.
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D.
Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe
Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe was the young wife and first cousin of American writer Edgar Allan Poe, whose early death from tuberculosis deeply influenced his life and work.
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E.
Alice Mary Longfellow
Alice Mary Longfellow was an American philanthropist and preservationist best known for her work in historic education and for helping to preserve her father Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s Cambridge home as a national literary landmark.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Edgar Allan Poe’s foster-son William Henry Leonard Poe (check) Target entity description: William Henry Leonard Poe was the elder brother and foster-son of Edgar Allan Poe, a minor American poet and sailor whose troubled life and early death influenced Poe’s work and family history.
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A.
Edgar Allan Woolf
Edgar Allan Woolf was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for co-writing the screenplay of the classic 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz."
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B.
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe was a 19th-century American writer, poet, and literary critic best known for his macabre and pioneering works in Gothic fiction and the development of the modern detective story.
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C.
Poe
Poe is the Baltimore Ravens' raven mascot, named in honor of the famed writer Edgar Allan Poe.
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D.
Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe
Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe was the young wife and first cousin of American writer Edgar Allan Poe, whose early death from tuberculosis deeply influenced his life and work.
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E.
Alice Mary Longfellow
Alice Mary Longfellow was an American philanthropist and preservationist best known for her work in historic education and for helping to preserve her father Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s Cambridge home as a national literary landmark.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
poet ⓘ sailor ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName |
Edgar Allan Poe
ⓘ
surface form:
Poe
|
| father |
David Poe Sr.
ⓘ
surface form:
David Poe Jr.
|
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| givenName |
Henry
ⓘ
Leonard ⓘ William ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
early death
ⓘ
troubled life ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Poe family
ⓘ
surface form:
Edgar Allan Poe’s foster family (association)
|
| influenced | Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ |
| influenceOn | Edgar Allan Poe’s family history ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mother |
Virginia Maria Clemm
ⓘ
surface form:
Eliza Poe
|
| notability | minor American poet ⓘ |
| notableWork | poems in the North American press (attributed) ⓘ |
| occupation |
poet
ⓘ
sailor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| relative |
Edgar Allan Poe
ⓘ
Rosalie Poe ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling |
Edgar Allan Poe
ⓘ
Rosalie Poe ⓘ |
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Subject: Edgar Allan Poe’s foster-son William Henry Leonard Poe (check) Description of subject: William Henry Leonard Poe was the elder brother and foster-son of Edgar Allan Poe, a minor American poet and sailor whose troubled life and early death influenced Poe’s work and family history.
Referenced by (1)
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