Patuxet
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Patuxet was a 17th-century Indigenous Wampanoag village located at the site of present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts, known for its early contact with English colonists and devastation by epidemic disease.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Patuxet canonical | 5 |
| Patuxet village | 2 |
| Patuxet territory | 1 |
| Wampanoag Homesite | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T88057 — 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: Patuxet Context triple: [Wampanoag people, historicalVillage, Patuxet]
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A.
Aquinnah
Aquinnah is a small town on the western tip of Martha’s Vineyard, known for its dramatic clay cliffs, beaches, and Wampanoag cultural heritage.
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B.
Weetamoo
Weetamoo was a prominent 17th-century Wampanoag sachem (female leader) who played a key role in Native resistance during King Philip’s War in New England.
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C.
Mashpee, Massachusetts
Mashpee, Massachusetts is a town on Cape Cod known for its coastal scenery and as the historic and contemporary home of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe.
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D.
Massachusetts Bay
Massachusetts Bay is a large inlet of the Atlantic Ocean on the eastern coast of Massachusetts, historically significant as the site of early English colonial settlement in New England.
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E.
Awashonks
Awashonks was a 17th-century female sachem of the Sakonnet band of the Wampanoag people in what is now southern New England.
- 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: Patuxet Target entity description: Patuxet was a 17th-century Indigenous Wampanoag village located at the site of present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts, known for its early contact with English colonists and devastation by epidemic disease.
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A.
Aquinnah
Aquinnah is a small town on the western tip of Martha’s Vineyard, known for its dramatic clay cliffs, beaches, and Wampanoag cultural heritage.
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B.
Weetamoo
Weetamoo was a prominent 17th-century Wampanoag sachem (female leader) who played a key role in Native resistance during King Philip’s War in New England.
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C.
Mashpee, Massachusetts
Mashpee, Massachusetts is a town on Cape Cod known for its coastal scenery and as the historic and contemporary home of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe.
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D.
Massachusetts Bay
Massachusetts Bay is a large inlet of the Atlantic Ocean on the eastern coast of Massachusetts, historically significant as the site of early English colonial settlement in New England.
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E.
Awashonks
Awashonks was a 17th-century female sachem of the Sakonnet band of the Wampanoag people in what is now southern New England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous village
ⓘ
Wampanoag settlement ⓘ former populated place ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Cape Cod Bay ⓘ |
| archaeologicalStatus | archaeological site (largely built over) ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Massasoit
ⓘ
Squanto ⓘ
surface form:
Tisquantum (Squanto)
|
| colonialName | Plymouth ⓘ |
| contactWith |
English colonists
ⓘ
European fishermen and traders ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States (present-day)
|
| culture | Wampanoag culture ⓘ |
| demographicChange | population collapse due to epidemic disease ⓘ |
| economy |
agriculture
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ hunting and gathering ⓘ |
| environment | coastal forest and estuarine ecosystem ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Wampanoag people
ⓘ
surface form:
Wampanoag
|
| followedBy | Plymouth Colony ⓘ |
| foodSources |
corn, beans, and squash agriculture
ⓘ
shellfish and marine resources ⓘ |
| governedBy | Wampanoag leadership ⓘ |
| historicalEra | pre-colonial and early colonial New England ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | abandoned settlement ⓘ |
| indigenousName | Patuxet self-link ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy | Wampanoag people ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the site of the Plymouth Colony settlement
ⓘ
devastation by epidemic disease ⓘ early contact with English colonists ⓘ |
| language | Wampanoag language ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Massachusetts
ⓘ
New England ⓘ Northeastern United States ⓘ
surface form:
Northeastern North America
Plymouth County ⓘ
surface form:
Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Plymouth, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form:
present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts
|
| near | Plymouth Harbor ⓘ |
| partOf |
Wampanoag homelands
ⓘ
territory of the Pokanoket Wampanoag ⓘ |
| precededBy | pre-contact Wampanoag occupation ⓘ |
| presentDaySiteOf |
Plymouth Rock
ⓘ
surface form:
Plymouth Rock vicinity
Plymouth, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| regionType | coastal village ⓘ |
| religion | Indigenous spiritual traditions of the Wampanoag ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
abandonment following population loss
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epidemic disease outbreak circa 1616–1619 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Patuxet Description of subject: Patuxet was a 17th-century Indigenous Wampanoag village located at the site of present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts, known for its early contact with English colonists and devastation by epidemic disease.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Wampanoag Homesite
this entity surface form:
Patuxet village
this entity surface form:
Patuxet village
this entity surface form:
Patuxet territory