Beauvoir
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Beauvoir is the historic Biloxi, Mississippi estate that served as the postwar home of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and now operates as a museum and presidential library.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Beauvoir canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3511236 — 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: Beauvoir Context triple: [Mississippi Gulf Coast, hasLandmark, Beauvoir]
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A.
Simone de Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir was a French existentialist philosopher, novelist, and feminist theorist whose work, including "The Second Sex," profoundly influenced modern feminist thought.
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B.
Sylvia Bataille
Sylvia Bataille was a French actress known for her roles in 1930s and 1940s cinema and for her marriage to writer Georges Bataille.
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C.
Brigitte Fouré
Brigitte Fouré is a French politician known for serving as the mayor of the city of Amiens.
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D.
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre was a 20th-century French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, and political activist known for works such as "Being and Nothingness" and "No Exit."
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E.
Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt was a German-born political theorist best known for her analyses of totalitarianism, authority, and the nature of evil in works such as "The Origins of Totalitarianism" and "Eichmann in Jerusalem."
- 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: Beauvoir Target entity description: Beauvoir is the historic Biloxi, Mississippi estate that served as the postwar home of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and now operates as a museum and presidential library.
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A.
Simone de Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir was a French existentialist philosopher, novelist, and feminist theorist whose work, including "The Second Sex," profoundly influenced modern feminist thought.
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B.
Sylvia Bataille
Sylvia Bataille was a French actress known for her roles in 1930s and 1940s cinema and for her marriage to writer Georges Bataille.
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C.
Brigitte Fouré
Brigitte Fouré is a French politician known for serving as the mayor of the city of Amiens.
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D.
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre was a 20th-century French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, and political activist known for works such as "Being and Nothingness" and "No Exit."
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E.
Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt was a German-born political theorist best known for her analyses of totalitarianism, authority, and the nature of evil in works such as "The Origins of Totalitarianism" and "Eichmann in Jerusalem."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic estate
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house museum ⓘ presidential library ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Jefferson Davis ⓘ |
| acquisitionYear | 1877 ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Greek Revival architecture
ⓘ
Raised cottage ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Confederate States of America
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Jefferson Davis ⓘ
surface form:
Confederate president Jefferson Davis
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| builtFor | James Brown ⓘ |
| city | Biloxi ⓘ |
| constructionEndDate | 1852 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1848 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| damagedBy | Hurricane Katrina ⓘ |
| damageYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Historic house museums in Mississippi
ⓘ
Plantation houses in Mississippi ⓘ Presidential homes in the United States ⓘ |
| hasCollection |
Confederate memorabilia
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Jefferson Davis artifacts ⓘ |
| hasFacility | Jefferson Davis Presidential Library ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
museum
ⓘ
presidential library ⓘ |
| hasGroundsFeature |
Confederate cemetery
ⓘ
cemetery ⓘ gardens ⓘ outbuildings ⓘ pavilion ⓘ |
| hasMuseumType | historic house museum ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
ⓘ
National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form:
National Register of Historic Places listing
|
| listedOnNRHP | 1969 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Biloxi, Mississippi, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Biloxi, Mississippi
Harrison County, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ Mississippi ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| namedAfter | French word "beauvoir" ⓘ |
| NHLDesignationYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| NRHPType | historic district ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Mississippi Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans ⓘ |
| servedAsHomeOf |
Jefferson Davis
ⓘ
Varina Howell Davis ⓘ |
| servedAsPostwarHomeOf | Jefferson Davis ⓘ |
| state | Mississippi ⓘ |
| underwent | restoration after Hurricane Katrina ⓘ |
| usedAs |
retirement home of Jefferson Davis
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site for Confederate veterans home ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Beauvoir Description of subject: Beauvoir is the historic Biloxi, Mississippi estate that served as the postwar home of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and now operates as a museum and presidential library.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.