Augustine Washington
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Augustine Washington was an 18th-century Virginia planter and landowner best known as the father of George Washington, the first President of the United States.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Augustine Washington canonical | 3 |
| Augustine Washington Jr. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4749583 — 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: Augustine Washington Context triple: [Lawrence Washington, father, Augustine Washington]
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Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fuller was a 19th-century Canadian-born architect best known for designing major public buildings in North America, including prominent government structures.
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Cornelius Johnson
Cornelius Johnson was an American high jumper who won the gold medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, setting an Olympic record and challenging Nazi racial ideology.
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Absalom Martin
Absalom Martin was an early settler and landowner in what became Martins Ferry, Ohio, whose influence and development efforts led the town to bear his name.
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Walter Washington
Walter Washington was an American politician who became the first modern home-rule mayor of Washington, D.C., helping guide the city through a crucial period of political transition and urban change in the 1960s and 1970s.
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John DuBois
John DuBois was a French-born Catholic priest and later bishop in the United States, best known for his pioneering role in early American Catholic education and leadership in the Diocese of New York.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Augustine Washington Target entity description: Augustine Washington was an 18th-century Virginia planter and landowner best known as the father of George Washington, the first President of the United States.
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A.
Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fuller was a 19th-century Canadian-born architect best known for designing major public buildings in North America, including prominent government structures.
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B.
Cornelius Johnson
Cornelius Johnson was an American high jumper who won the gold medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, setting an Olympic record and challenging Nazi racial ideology.
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C.
Absalom Martin
Absalom Martin was an early settler and landowner in what became Martins Ferry, Ohio, whose influence and development efforts led the town to bear his name.
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D.
Walter Washington
Walter Washington was an American politician who became the first modern home-rule mayor of Washington, D.C., helping guide the city through a crucial period of political transition and urban change in the 1960s and 1970s.
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E.
John DuBois
John DuBois was a French-born Catholic priest and later bishop in the United States, best known for his pioneering role in early American Catholic education and leadership in the Diocese of New York.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonist
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landowner ⓘ person ⓘ planter ⓘ |
| activity |
iron mining and smelting investments
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land speculation ⓘ tobacco cultivation ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1694-11-12 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Washington family burial ground at Popes Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Augustine Washington Jr.
NERFINISHED
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Betty Washington Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ Butler Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ George Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ John Augustine Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1743-04-12 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Ferry Farm, Stafford County, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | home education ⓘ |
| era | Colonial America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Lawrence Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Augustine Washington Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritage | English-American ⓘ |
| mother | Mildred Warner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
George Washington
NERFINISHED
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Lawrence Washington (son) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Ball Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | development of Mount Vernon plantation ⓘ |
| notedFor | being the father of George Washington ⓘ |
| occupation |
ironworks investor
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tobacco planter ⓘ |
| owned |
Ferry Farm plantation
NERFINISHED
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Mount Vernon plantation NERFINISHED ⓘ Popes Creek plantation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
justice of the peace in Westmoreland County
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sheriff of Westmoreland County ⓘ vestryman of Washington Parish ⓘ |
| religion | Anglicanism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Ferry Farm, Stafford County, Colony of Virginia
NERFINISHED
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Little Hunting Creek (later Mount Vernon), Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Popes Creek, Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Jane Butler
NERFINISHED
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Mary Ball Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Augustine Washington Description of subject: Augustine Washington was an 18th-century Virginia planter and landowner best known as the father of George Washington, the first President of the United States.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.