The Departure of the Mayflower
E176325
The Departure of the Mayflower is a 19th-century historical painting by American artist Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow depicting the Pilgrims’ ship setting sail for the New World.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Departure of the Mayflower canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1546763 — 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: The Departure of the Mayflower Context triple: [Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow, notableWork, The Departure of the Mayflower]
-
A.
Pilgrims
The Pilgrims were a group of English Separatists who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 and established one of the first permanent European settlements in New England.
-
B.
Mourt’s Relation
Mourt’s Relation is a 1622 pamphlet chronicling the early experiences of the Plymouth colonists in New England, including their interactions with Indigenous leaders and the first Thanksgiving.
-
C.
Of Plymouth Plantation
Of Plymouth Plantation is a 17th-century historical account by William Bradford that chronicles the experiences and development of the Plymouth Colony in New England.
-
D.
Mayflower
The Mayflower was the English ship that famously transported the Pilgrims to North America in 1620, leading to the founding of Plymouth Colony.
-
E.
Mayflower landing at Plymouth
The Mayflower landing at Plymouth was the 1620 arrival of English Pilgrims on the coast of present-day Massachusetts, marking one of the foundational moments in early European colonization of North America.
- 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: The Departure of the Mayflower Target entity description: The Departure of the Mayflower is a 19th-century historical painting by American artist Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow depicting the Pilgrims’ ship setting sail for the New World.
-
A.
Pilgrims
The Pilgrims were a group of English Separatists who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 and established one of the first permanent European settlements in New England.
-
B.
Mourt’s Relation
Mourt’s Relation is a 1622 pamphlet chronicling the early experiences of the Plymouth colonists in New England, including their interactions with Indigenous leaders and the first Thanksgiving.
-
C.
Of Plymouth Plantation
Of Plymouth Plantation is a 17th-century historical account by William Bradford that chronicles the experiences and development of the Plymouth Colony in New England.
-
D.
Mayflower
The Mayflower was the English ship that famously transported the Pilgrims to North America in 1620, leading to the founding of Plymouth Colony.
-
E.
Mayflower landing at Plymouth
The Mayflower landing at Plymouth was the 1620 arrival of English Pilgrims on the coast of present-day Massachusetts, marking one of the foundational moments in early European colonization of North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical painting
ⓘ
maritime painting ⓘ painting ⓘ |
| artForm | oil painting ⓘ |
| artist | Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow ⓘ |
| basedOn | voyage of the Mayflower in 1620 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | American ⓘ |
| depicts |
Atlantic Ocean voyage
ⓘ
Mayflower ⓘ Pilgrims ⓘ ship departure scene ⓘ |
| depictsEvent | departure of the Mayflower for the New World ⓘ |
| depictsGroup |
Separatists
ⓘ
surface form:
English Separatists
Pilgrim settlers ⓘ |
| depictsPlace | England ⓘ |
| depictsTime | 1620 ⓘ |
| genre | history painting ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Pilgrims
ⓘ
surface form:
Pilgrim Fathers
colonization of North America ⓘ emigration ⓘ religious freedom ⓘ |
| inception | 19th century ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | none ⓘ |
| locationOfCreation |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| mainSubject | Mayflower leaving for the New World ⓘ |
| medium | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | 19th-century American art ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | farewell before transatlantic voyage ⓘ |
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: The Departure of the Mayflower Description of subject: The Departure of the Mayflower is a 19th-century historical painting by American artist Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow depicting the Pilgrims’ ship setting sail for the New World.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.