Menokin, Richmond County, Virginia, United States
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Menokin in Richmond County, Virginia, is a historic plantation and former home of Founding Father and Declaration of Independence signer Francis Lightfoot Lee.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Menokin, Richmond County, Virginia, United States canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4776707 — 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: Menokin, Richmond County, Virginia, United States Context triple: [Francis Lightfoot Lee, deathPlace, Menokin, Richmond County, Virginia, United States]
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Pocahontas, Virginia
Pocahontas, Virginia is a small historic coal-mining town in southwestern Virginia known for its role in the early development of the coal industry in Appalachia.
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B.
Manakin-Sabot, Virginia, United States
Manakin-Sabot, Virginia, United States is a small unincorporated community in Goochland County best known as the birthplace of Major League Baseball pitcher Justin Verlander.
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C.
Mount Vernon, Virginia
Mount Vernon, Virginia is a historic estate along the Potomac River best known as George Washington’s longtime plantation home and burial site.
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D.
Etlan, Virginia
Etlan, Virginia is a small unincorporated rural community in Madison County known for its scenic foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, farms, and nearby wineries.
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E.
Quantico, Virginia
Quantico, Virginia is a small town in northern Virginia best known for its major U.S. Marine Corps base and associated military and federal training facilities.
- 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: Menokin, Richmond County, Virginia, United States Target entity description: Menokin in Richmond County, Virginia, is a historic plantation and former home of Founding Father and Declaration of Independence signer Francis Lightfoot Lee.
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A.
Pocahontas, Virginia
Pocahontas, Virginia is a small historic coal-mining town in southwestern Virginia known for its role in the early development of the coal industry in Appalachia.
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B.
Manakin-Sabot, Virginia, United States
Manakin-Sabot, Virginia, United States is a small unincorporated community in Goochland County best known as the birthplace of Major League Baseball pitcher Justin Verlander.
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C.
Mount Vernon, Virginia
Mount Vernon, Virginia is a historic estate along the Potomac River best known as George Washington’s longtime plantation home and burial site.
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D.
Etlan, Virginia
Etlan, Virginia is a small unincorporated rural community in Madison County known for its scenic foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, farms, and nearby wineries.
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E.
Quantico, Virginia
Quantico, Virginia is a small town in northern Virginia best known for its major U.S. Marine Corps base and associated military and federal training facilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic house
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historic plantation ⓘ museum ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Georgian architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtFor | Francis Lightfoot Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| foundedBy | Tayloe family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConservationStatus | ruin stabilized with modern interventions ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLocation |
approximate latitude 37.9° N
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approximate longitude 76.6° W ⓘ |
| hasPart |
main house
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original foundations ⓘ outbuildings ⓘ plantation landscape ⓘ stone cellar ⓘ |
| hasUse |
educational center
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heritage tourism site ⓘ historic site open to the public ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.menokin.org ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
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Virginia Landmarks Register NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 18th century ⓘ |
| listedOn | National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Menokin Historic Site
NERFINISHED
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Northern Neck NERFINISHED ⓘ Richmond County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Tidewater Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Rappahannock River watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
brick
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sandstone ⓘ wood ⓘ |
| NRHPReferenceNumber | 69000247 ⓘ |
| NRHPType | National Historic Landmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | Menokin Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Francis Lightfoot Lee
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rebecca Tayloe Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Menokin Plantation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
home of Francis Lightfoot Lee
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plantation operations using enslaved labor ⓘ |
| significantPerson |
Francis Lightfoot Lee
NERFINISHED
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Rebecca Tayloe Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ Tayloe family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| topic |
American Revolutionary era
NERFINISHED
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history of slavery in Virginia ⓘ plantation architecture ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Menokin, Richmond County, Virginia, United States Description of subject: Menokin in Richmond County, Virginia, is a historic plantation and former home of Founding Father and Declaration of Independence signer Francis Lightfoot Lee.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.