Leland Stanford Jr.
E171765
Leland Stanford Jr. was the only son of railroad magnate and California governor Leland Stanford, whose early death led his parents to found Stanford University in his memory.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Leland Stanford Jr. canonical | 8 |
| Leland DeWitt Stanford Jr. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1449171 — 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: Leland Stanford Jr. Context triple: [Leland Stanford, child, Leland Stanford Jr.]
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A.
Leland Stanford
Leland Stanford was an American industrialist, railroad magnate, and politician who served as governor of California and co-founded Stanford University.
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B.
Charles Crocker
Charles Crocker was a 19th-century American railroad executive and industrialist best known as one of the "Big Four" who built the Central Pacific Railroad and helped create the first U.S. transcontinental railroad.
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C.
Andrew Smith Hallidie
Andrew Smith Hallidie was a 19th-century engineer and inventor credited with pioneering San Francisco’s cable car system and advancing wire rope technology.
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D.
William Jackson Palmer
William Jackson Palmer was a 19th-century American civil engineer, railroad builder, and philanthropist who played a key role in developing the American West.
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E.
Edwin B. Crocker
Edwin B. Crocker was a 19th-century California judge, lawyer, and art collector whose personal collection and patronage led to the creation of the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Leland Stanford Jr. Target entity description: Leland Stanford Jr. was the only son of railroad magnate and California governor Leland Stanford, whose early death led his parents to found Stanford University in his memory.
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A.
Leland Stanford
Leland Stanford was an American industrialist, railroad magnate, and politician who served as governor of California and co-founded Stanford University.
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B.
Charles Crocker
Charles Crocker was a 19th-century American railroad executive and industrialist best known as one of the "Big Four" who built the Central Pacific Railroad and helped create the first U.S. transcontinental railroad.
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C.
Andrew Smith Hallidie
Andrew Smith Hallidie was a 19th-century engineer and inventor credited with pioneering San Francisco’s cable car system and advancing wire rope technology.
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D.
William Jackson Palmer
William Jackson Palmer was a 19th-century American civil engineer, railroad builder, and philanthropist who played a key role in developing the American West.
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E.
Edwin B. Crocker
Edwin B. Crocker was a 19th-century California judge, lawyer, and art collector whose personal collection and patronage led to the creation of the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical figure
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human ⓘ |
| ageAtDeath | 15 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Leland Stanford Jr.
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surface form:
Leland DeWitt Stanford Jr.
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| associatedWith | Stanford University ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Stanford Mausoleum
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Stanford University ⓘ
surface form:
Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States
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| causeOfDeath | typhoid fever ⓘ |
| causeOfNotability | his early death leading to the founding of Stanford University in his memory ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Stanford University
ⓘ
surface form:
Leland Stanford Junior University
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1868-05-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1884-03-13 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | Stanford ⓘ |
| father | Leland Stanford ⓘ |
| fullName | Leland Stanford Jr. self-link ⓘ |
| givenName | Leland ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | American ⓘ |
| hasMonument | statue of Leland Stanford Jr. at Stanford University ⓘ |
| inspiredCreationOf | Stanford University ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Stanford family ⓘ |
| mother | Jane Stanford ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Leland Stanford ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the namesake of Stanford University
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being the only son of Leland Stanford and Jane Stanford ⓘ |
| occupation | student ⓘ |
| onlyChildOf |
Jane Stanford
ⓘ
Leland Stanford ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Sacramento
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surface form:
Sacramento, California, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
Florence
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surface form:
Florence, Kingdom of Italy
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| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence |
Sacramento
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surface form:
Sacramento, California, United States
San Francisco, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
San Francisco, California, United States
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| siblingCount | 0 ⓘ |
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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: Leland Stanford Jr. Description of subject: Leland Stanford Jr. was the only son of railroad magnate and California governor Leland Stanford, whose early death led his parents to found Stanford University in his memory.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.