Adam family
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The Adam family was a prominent Scottish dynasty of architects and designers in the 18th century, best known for developing the influential neoclassical "Adam style."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Adam family canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4125077 — 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: Adam family Context triple: [William Adam the Younger, memberOf, Adam family]
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Allen family
The Allen family is the group of relatives and beneficiaries associated with the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, inheriting and overseeing his substantial estate and philanthropic legacy.
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B.
Frank family
The Frank family was a German-Jewish family, including Anne Frank and her sister Margot, whose experiences hiding from the Nazis during World War II became world-famous through Anne’s diary.
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C.
Stephen family
The Stephen family was a prominent British intellectual and literary family of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, closely associated with the Bloomsbury Group and including figures such as Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell.
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D.
Martin family
The Martin family is a central, long-running fictional family on the soap opera "All My Children," known for its multigenerational storylines and key role in the series' drama.
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E.
James family
The James family is a prominent American intellectual and literary family that includes figures such as novelist Henry James, philosopher and psychologist William James, and diarist Alice James.
- 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: Adam family Target entity description: The Adam family was a prominent Scottish dynasty of architects and designers in the 18th century, best known for developing the influential neoclassical "Adam style."
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A.
Allen family
The Allen family is the group of relatives and beneficiaries associated with the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, inheriting and overseeing his substantial estate and philanthropic legacy.
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B.
Frank family
The Frank family was a German-Jewish family, including Anne Frank and her sister Margot, whose experiences hiding from the Nazis during World War II became world-famous through Anne’s diary.
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C.
Stephen family
The Stephen family was a prominent British intellectual and literary family of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, closely associated with the Bloomsbury Group and including figures such as Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell.
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D.
Martin family
The Martin family is a central, long-running fictional family on the soap opera "All My Children," known for its multigenerational storylines and key role in the series' drama.
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E.
James family
The James family is a prominent American intellectual and literary family that includes figures such as novelist Henry James, philosopher and psychologist William James, and diarist Alice James.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish family
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architectural dynasty ⓘ design family ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| architecturalApproach |
integrated architecture and interior design
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use of classical motifs such as urns, swags, and medallions ⓘ use of delicate classical ornament ⓘ use of light pastel color schemes ⓘ use of stucco and plasterwork decoration ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Edinburgh
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
architecture
ⓘ
decorative arts ⓘ interior design ⓘ |
| hasMember |
James Adam
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John Adam ⓘ Robert Adam ⓘ William Adam ⓘ William Adam the Younger ⓘ
surface form:
William Adam (the younger)
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| influenced |
British neoclassical architecture
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European neoclassical interior design ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Palladian architecture
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classical Greek architecture ⓘ classical Roman architecture ⓘ |
| legacy |
influence on later Regency architecture
ⓘ
widespread adoption of Adam style in Britain ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Adam style
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neoclassical architecture ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Culzean Castle
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surface form:
Culzean Castle alterations
Harewood House, Yorkshire, England ⓘ
surface form:
Harewood House interiors
Kedleston Hall ⓘ
surface form:
Kedleston Hall interiors
Kenwood House ⓘ Lansdowne House ⓘ
surface form:
Lansdowne House (London)
Luton Hoo ⓘ
surface form:
Luton Hoo interiors
Mellerstain House interiors ⓘ Osterley Park ⓘ
surface form:
Osterley Park interiors
Register House, Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form:
Register House (Edinburgh)
Syon House ⓘ |
| patronage |
British aristocracy
ⓘ
landed gentry in Britain ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
England
ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ |
| style |
Adam style
ⓘ
neoclassical style ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Georgian era ⓘ |
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: Adam family Description of subject: The Adam family was a prominent Scottish dynasty of architects and designers in the 18th century, best known for developing the influential neoclassical "Adam style."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.