Joseph Evan Davis
E276147
Joseph Evan Davis was the son of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and Varina Howell Davis, remembered primarily as a member of the Davis family who died in childhood during the American Civil War era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Joseph Evan Davis canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2273057 — 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: Joseph Evan Davis Context triple: [Varina Howell Davis, child, Joseph Evan Davis]
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James J. Davis
James J. Davis was a Welsh-born American labor leader and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of Labor in the early 20th century before becoming a long-time U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania.
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David Davis
David Davis is a British Conservative politician and former Brexit Secretary who played a leading role in the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union.
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George P. Davis
George P. Davis was the taxpayer whose challenge to the Social Security Act’s payroll tax provisions led to the landmark 1937 U.S. Supreme Court case Helvering v. Davis.
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D.
George W. Davis
George W. Davis was an American art director and production designer known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films.
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E.
Nathaniel P. Davis
Nathaniel P. Davis was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Hungary.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Joseph Evan Davis Target entity description: Joseph Evan Davis was the son of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and Varina Howell Davis, remembered primarily as a member of the Davis family who died in childhood during the American Civil War era.
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A.
James J. Davis
James J. Davis was a Welsh-born American labor leader and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of Labor in the early 20th century before becoming a long-time U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania.
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B.
David Davis
David Davis is a British Conservative politician and former Brexit Secretary who played a leading role in the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union.
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C.
George P. Davis
George P. Davis was the taxpayer whose challenge to the Social Security Act’s payroll tax provisions led to the landmark 1937 U.S. Supreme Court case Helvering v. Davis.
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D.
George W. Davis
George W. Davis was an American art director and production designer known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films.
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E.
Nathaniel P. Davis
Nathaniel P. Davis was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Hungary.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American Civil War
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Confederate States of America ⓘ |
| causeOfNotability |
child of Confederate president Jefferson Davis
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died in childhood during the American Civil War era ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| era | American Civil War ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | white American ⓘ |
| familyName | Davis ⓘ |
| father | Jefferson Davis ⓘ |
| givenName | Joseph ⓘ |
| hasNameInFamily | Joseph Evan "Joe" Davis ⓘ |
| lifeStageAtDeath | child ⓘ |
| middleName | Evan ⓘ |
| mother | Varina Howell Davis ⓘ |
| notableFamily | Davis family ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the children of Jefferson and Varina Davis ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
Jefferson Davis
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Varina Howell Davis ⓘ |
| partOf | Jefferson Davis family ⓘ |
| placeOfResidence | Confederate States of America ⓘ |
| positionInFamily |
son of Jefferson Davis
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son of Varina Howell Davis ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Joseph Evan Davis Description of subject: Joseph Evan Davis was the son of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and Varina Howell Davis, remembered primarily as a member of the Davis family who died in childhood during the American Civil War era.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.