Thomas Nelson Jr.
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American Founding Father
Continental Army officer
governor of Virginia
human
signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
Thomas Nelson Jr. was an American Founding Father, Revolutionary War leader, and signer of the Declaration of Independence who served as governor of Virginia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thomas Nelson Jr. canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2513383 — 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: Thomas Nelson Jr. Context triple: [Nelson County, Kentucky, namedAfter, Thomas Nelson Jr.]
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A.
Thomas Nelson
Thomas Nelson is a major Christian publishing company known for producing Bibles and religious books, including the New King James Version.
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B.
John Randolph of Roanoke
John Randolph of Roanoke was an influential early 19th-century American congressman and orator from Virginia, known for his fiery rhetoric, staunch states’ rights advocacy, and idiosyncratic political independence.
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C.
Francis Fauquier
Francis Fauquier was an 18th-century British colonial administrator who served as lieutenant governor of Virginia and became a prominent figure in the colony’s political and social life.
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D.
William Grayson
William Grayson was an American Revolutionary War officer, early U.S. senator from Virginia, and prominent Anti-Federalist critic of the proposed U.S. Constitution.
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E.
Edmund Pendleton
Edmund Pendleton was an American lawyer, judge, and political leader from Virginia who played a key role in the early governance of the state during the Revolutionary era.
- 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: Thomas Nelson Jr. Target entity description: Thomas Nelson Jr. was an American Founding Father, Revolutionary War leader, and signer of the Declaration of Independence who served as governor of Virginia.
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A.
Thomas Nelson
Thomas Nelson is a major Christian publishing company known for producing Bibles and religious books, including the New King James Version.
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B.
John Randolph of Roanoke
John Randolph of Roanoke was an influential early 19th-century American congressman and orator from Virginia, known for his fiery rhetoric, staunch states’ rights advocacy, and idiosyncratic political independence.
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C.
Francis Fauquier
Francis Fauquier was an 18th-century British colonial administrator who served as lieutenant governor of Virginia and became a prominent figure in the colony’s political and social life.
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D.
William Grayson
William Grayson was an American Revolutionary War officer, early U.S. senator from Virginia, and prominent Anti-Federalist critic of the proposed U.S. Constitution.
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E.
Edmund Pendleton
Edmund Pendleton was an American lawyer, judge, and political leader from Virginia who played a key role in the early governance of the state during the Revolutionary era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Founding Father
ⓘ
Continental Army officer ⓘ governor of Virginia ⓘ human ⓘ signer of the United States Declaration of Independence ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Grace Episcopal Churchyard, Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | asthma ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Great Britain
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1738-12-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1789-01-04 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Eton College
ⓘ
Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ |
| familyName | Nelson ⓘ |
| father | William Nelson ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas ⓘ |
| heritage | English-American ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leadership during the Siege of Yorktown
ⓘ
signing the Declaration of Independence ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Continental Congress
ⓘ
Virginia Convention ⓘ House of Burgesses ⓘ
surface form:
Virginia House of Burgesses
|
| militaryRank | Brigadier General ⓘ |
| notableRelative | Thomas Nelson (father of William Nelson) ⓘ |
| notableWork | signing of the United States Declaration of Independence ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 11 ⓘ |
| occupation |
military officer
ⓘ
planter ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| participatedIn | signing of the Articles of Confederation ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Yorktown
ⓘ
surface form:
Yorktown, Virginia
|
| placeOfDeath |
Yorktown
ⓘ
surface form:
Yorktown, Virginia
|
| positionHeld |
Brigadier General of the Virginia militia
ⓘ
Governor of Virginia ⓘ member of the Continental Congress ⓘ |
| precededBy | Benjamin Harrison V ⓘ |
| religion | Anglicanism ⓘ |
| represented | Virginia ⓘ |
| residence |
Yorktown
ⓘ
surface form:
Yorktown, Virginia
|
| signatureImage | Thomas Nelson Jr signature image file (commons) ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
American Revolutionary War
ⓘ
Siege of Yorktown ⓘ |
| spouse |
Lucy Grymes Lee
ⓘ
surface form:
Lucy Grymes
|
| succeededBy | Patrick Henry ⓘ |
| termEnd | 1781-11-22 ⓘ |
| termStart | 1781-06-12 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Thomas Nelson Jr. Description of subject: Thomas Nelson Jr. was an American Founding Father, Revolutionary War leader, and signer of the Declaration of Independence who served as governor of Virginia.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.