Thomas Starr King
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Thomas Starr King was a 19th-century American Unitarian minister and orator best known for his influential speeches that helped keep California in the Union during the Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thomas Starr King canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2921524 — 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 Starr King Context triple: [Statue of Thomas Starr King (San Francisco), depicts, Thomas Starr King]
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A.
Joseph Franklin Fulks
Joseph Franklin Fulks was an early NBA star and Hall of Fame forward for the Philadelphia Warriors, known as one of professional basketball’s first great scorers.
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B.
Horace Cayton
Horace Cayton was an influential African American sociologist, journalist, and author whose work documented Black urban life and helped shape the intellectual landscape of the Chicago Black Renaissance.
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C.
Ammi B. Young
Ammi B. Young was a 19th-century American architect known for his influential federal and public building designs in the Greek Revival style.
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D.
Sumner W. Jackson
Sumner W. Jackson was an American physician and U.S. Army officer in Paris during World War II who became known for aiding the French Resistance and was ultimately killed in a Nazi concentration camp.
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E.
Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington was a prominent African American educator, author, and leader who advocated for vocational training and economic self-reliance as the path to Black advancement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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 Starr King Target entity description: Thomas Starr King was a 19th-century American Unitarian minister and orator best known for his influential speeches that helped keep California in the Union during the Civil War.
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A.
Joseph Franklin Fulks
Joseph Franklin Fulks was an early NBA star and Hall of Fame forward for the Philadelphia Warriors, known as one of professional basketball’s first great scorers.
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B.
Horace Cayton
Horace Cayton was an influential African American sociologist, journalist, and author whose work documented Black urban life and helped shape the intellectual landscape of the Chicago Black Renaissance.
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C.
Ammi B. Young
Ammi B. Young was a 19th-century American architect known for his influential federal and public building designs in the Greek Revival style.
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D.
Sumner W. Jackson
Sumner W. Jackson was an American physician and U.S. Army officer in Paris during World War II who became known for aiding the French Resistance and was ultimately killed in a Nazi concentration camp.
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E.
Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington was a prominent African American educator, author, and leader who advocated for vocational training and economic self-reliance as the path to Black advancement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Unitarian minister
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human ⓘ orator ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1864 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1840s ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
San Francisco ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath |
diphtheria
ⓘ
pneumonia ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1824-12-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1864-03-04 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | public schools in New York City ⓘ |
| employer |
First Unitarian Church of San Francisco
ⓘ
Hollis Street Church, Boston ⓘ |
| familyName | King ⓘ |
| genre |
public lectures
ⓘ
sermons ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas ⓘ |
| hasMonument |
statue at the California State Capitol (historically)
ⓘ
statue in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco ⓘ |
| honoredIn | California place names ⓘ |
| influenced | public opinion in California during the American Civil War ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | death from disease ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Unitarian Association ⓘ |
| middleName | Starr ⓘ |
| movement |
Unitarianism
ⓘ
surface form:
American Unitarian movement
|
| notableFor |
helping keep California in the Union during the American Civil War
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public speaking ⓘ |
| notableWork | Union-supporting speeches in California during the American Civil War ⓘ |
| occupation |
clergyman
ⓘ
orator ⓘ |
| participantIn |
American Civil War
ⓘ
surface form:
American Civil War (as a Union supporter)
|
| placeOfBirth |
New York
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
San Francisco ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Unionist ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
minister of First Unitarian Church of San Francisco
ⓘ
pastor of Hollis Street Church in Boston ⓘ |
| religion | Unitarianism ⓘ |
| residence |
Boston
ⓘ
California, United States ⓘ
surface form:
California
San Francisco ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| supported |
Union (North)
ⓘ
surface form:
Union (American Civil War)
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Thomas Starr King Description of subject: Thomas Starr King was a 19th-century American Unitarian minister and orator best known for his influential speeches that helped keep California in the Union during the Civil War.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.