Jemmy
E175939
Jemmy was an enslaved African man in colonial South Carolina who led the 1739 Stono Rebellion, one of the largest slave uprisings in British North America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jemmy canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1553631 — 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: Jemmy Context triple: [Stono Rebellion, leader, Jemmy]
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A.
Jem
Jem is a common diminutive or nickname for the given name James.
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B.
Jayme
Jayme is a given name, typically a variant spelling of Jamie, used for people of any gender.
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C.
Nathaniel
Nathaniel is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God," historically borne by various notable figures in literature, science, and religion.
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D.
Clemmie
Clemmie is a diminutive given name commonly used as a nickname for Clementine.
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E.
Hughie
Hughie is a diminutive or affectionate form of the given name Hugh, often used as a nickname.
- 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: Jemmy Target entity description: Jemmy was an enslaved African man in colonial South Carolina who led the 1739 Stono Rebellion, one of the largest slave uprisings in British North America.
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A.
Jem
Jem is a common diminutive or nickname for the given name James.
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B.
Jayme
Jayme is a given name, typically a variant spelling of Jamie, used for people of any gender.
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C.
Nathaniel
Nathaniel is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God," historically borne by various notable figures in literature, science, and religion.
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D.
Clemmie
Clemmie is a diminutive given name commonly used as a nickname for Clementine.
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E.
Hughie
Hughie is a diminutive or affectionate form of the given name Hugh, often used as a nickname.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
enslaved person
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ rebel leader ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfBirth | early 18th century ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | violent death during suppression of rebellion ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Kongo ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1739 ⓘ |
| dateOfEventLed | 1739 ⓘ |
| enslavedIn |
British America
ⓘ
surface form:
British North America
|
| ethnicGroup | African ⓘ |
| givenName | Jemmy self-link ⓘ |
| goalOfRebellion | to reach Spanish Florida and gain freedom ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
military leadership
ⓘ
political resistance ⓘ |
| hasRole | leader of rebel slaves ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | colonial America ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
British America
ⓘ
surface form:
British North America
|
| inspired | later narratives of slave resistance in the United States ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Kikongo
ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ |
| ledUprisingAgainst |
British colonial authorities in South Carolina
ⓘ
slaveholders in South Carolina ⓘ |
| legacy | symbol of resistance to slavery in early American history ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in battle ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | colonial South Carolina legislative records ⓘ |
| notableFor | leading the Stono Rebellion ⓘ |
| occupation | field hand ⓘ |
| opponent | South Carolina militia ⓘ |
| opposedTo | slavery in colonial South Carolina ⓘ |
| participantIn | Stono Rebellion ⓘ |
| partOf |
African diaspora
ⓘ
surface form:
African diaspora in the Americas
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| placeOfActivity |
Province of South Carolina
ⓘ
Stono River ⓘ
surface form:
Stono River, South Carolina
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| placeOfEnslavement | Province of South Carolina ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| significantEvent | attack on Hutchenson’s store near the Stono River ⓘ |
| socialStatus | enslaved ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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.
Input
Subject: Jemmy Description of subject: Jemmy was an enslaved African man in colonial South Carolina who led the 1739 Stono Rebellion, one of the largest slave uprisings in British North America.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.