Sarah Childress Polk
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Sarah Childress Polk was the First Lady of the United States from 1845 to 1849, noted for her political influence, strict social decorum, and support of her husband President James K. Polk’s administration.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sarah Childress Polk canonical | 8 |
| Sarah Childress Polk as First Lady of the United States | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3014801 — 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: Sarah Childress Polk Context triple: [James K. Polk, spouse, Sarah Childress Polk]
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A.
Abigail Fillmore
Abigail Fillmore was the First Lady of the United States from 1850 to 1853, noted for her intellectual interests and for establishing the first permanent White House library.
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B.
Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison
Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison was the First Lady of the United States in 1841 as the wife of President William Henry Harrison and is noted for never having lived in the White House during his brief term.
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C.
Ellen Wrenshall "Nellie" Grant
Ellen Wrenshall "Nellie" Grant was the daughter of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant and First Lady Julia Dent Grant, known for her prominent social role in Washington, D.C., including a widely publicized White House wedding.
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D.
Alice C. Tyler
Alice C. Tyler was a philanthropist and environmental advocate whose legacy is honored through the prestigious Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement.
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E.
Julia Dent Grant
Julia Dent Grant was the First Lady of the United States from 1869 to 1877 as the wife of President Ulysses S. Grant and was known for her social prominence and support of her husband's military and political career.
- 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: Sarah Childress Polk Target entity description: Sarah Childress Polk was the First Lady of the United States from 1845 to 1849, noted for her political influence, strict social decorum, and support of her husband President James K. Polk’s administration.
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A.
Abigail Fillmore
Abigail Fillmore was the First Lady of the United States from 1850 to 1853, noted for her intellectual interests and for establishing the first permanent White House library.
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B.
Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison
Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison was the First Lady of the United States in 1841 as the wife of President William Henry Harrison and is noted for never having lived in the White House during his brief term.
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C.
Ellen Wrenshall "Nellie" Grant
Ellen Wrenshall "Nellie" Grant was the daughter of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant and First Lady Julia Dent Grant, known for her prominent social role in Washington, D.C., including a widely publicized White House wedding.
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D.
Alice C. Tyler
Alice C. Tyler was a philanthropist and environmental advocate whose legacy is honored through the prestigious Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement.
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E.
Julia Dent Grant
Julia Dent Grant was the First Lady of the United States from 1869 to 1877 as the wife of President Ulysses S. Grant and was known for her social prominence and support of her husband's military and political career.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
First Lady of the United States
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| birthName | Sarah Childress ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
Nashville, Tennessee
Tennessee State Capitol ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1803-09-04 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1891-08-14 ⓘ |
| describedBySource | historical accounts of the Polk presidency ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Salem Female Academy
ⓘ
surface form:
Moravian Female Academy
Salem Female Academy ⓘ
surface form:
Salem Academy
|
| endTime | 1849-03-04 ⓘ |
| familyName | Polk ⓘ |
| father | Joel Childress ⓘ |
| givenName | Sarah ⓘ |
| hasRole |
informal presidential adviser
ⓘ
political hostess ⓘ |
| influenced | social customs of the White House in the mid-19th century ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Democratic Party circle ⓘ |
| mother |
Sarah Childress
ⓘ
surface form:
Elizabeth Whitsitt Childress
|
| notableFor |
banning dancing and card playing at White House events
ⓘ
political influence during James K. Polk’s presidency ⓘ strict social decorum in the White House ⓘ support of James K. Polk’s administration ⓘ |
| notableWork | management of White House social functions during the Polk administration ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 0 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Presidency of James K. Polk
ⓘ
surface form:
Polk administration
|
| placeOfBirth |
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
ⓘ
Rutherford County, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
Nashville, Tennessee
Polk Place, Nashville, Tennessee ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| positionHeld | First Lady of the United States ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Julia Gardiner Tyler
ⓘ
surface form:
Julia Tyler
|
| relative | Joel Childress ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterian
ⓘ
surface form:
Presbyterianism
|
| religiousPractice | observant Presbyterian social norms ⓘ |
| residence |
Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
Nashville, Tennessee
Polk Place, Nashville, Tennessee ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ White House ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | James K. Polk ⓘ |
| startTime | 1845-03-04 ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Margaret Taylor ⓘ |
| supported | policies of James K. Polk’s administration ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Washington, D.C.
ⓘ
White House ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Sarah Childress Polk Description of subject: Sarah Childress Polk was the First Lady of the United States from 1845 to 1849, noted for her political influence, strict social decorum, and support of her husband President James K. Polk’s administration.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sarah Childress Polk as First Lady of the United States