Nancy Hanks Lincoln (paternal grandmother)
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Nancy Hanks Lincoln was the mother of President Abraham Lincoln and thus the paternal grandmother of his son, Tad Lincoln.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nancy Hanks Lincoln | 1 |
| Nancy Hanks Lincoln (paternal grandmother) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4812947 — 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: Nancy Hanks Lincoln (paternal grandmother) Context triple: [Tad Lincoln, relative, Nancy Hanks Lincoln (paternal grandmother)]
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A.
Abigail Lincoln
Abigail Lincoln is a central character in the animated series "Codename: Kids Next Door," known as the intelligent and level-headed leader of Sector V under the codename Numbuh 5.
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B.
Jessie Harlan Lincoln
Jessie Harlan Lincoln was the granddaughter of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and the daughter of statesman and lawyer Robert Todd Lincoln.
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C.
Mary Todd Lincoln
Mary Todd Lincoln was the First Lady of the United States during Abraham Lincoln’s presidency, known for her political influence, personal tragedies, and controversial public image during and after the Civil War.
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D.
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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E.
Mary J. Lincoln
Mary J. Lincoln was a pioneering American cookbook author and one of the first professional cooking instructors, best known for helping to establish scientific, standardized methods of domestic cookery in the late 19th century.
- 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: Nancy Hanks Lincoln (paternal grandmother) Target entity description: Nancy Hanks Lincoln was the mother of President Abraham Lincoln and thus the paternal grandmother of his son, Tad Lincoln.
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A.
Abigail Lincoln
Abigail Lincoln is a central character in the animated series "Codename: Kids Next Door," known as the intelligent and level-headed leader of Sector V under the codename Numbuh 5.
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B.
Jessie Harlan Lincoln
Jessie Harlan Lincoln was the granddaughter of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and the daughter of statesman and lawyer Robert Todd Lincoln.
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C.
Mary Todd Lincoln
Mary Todd Lincoln was the First Lady of the United States during Abraham Lincoln’s presidency, known for her political influence, personal tragedies, and controversial public image during and after the Civil War.
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D.
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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E.
Mary J. Lincoln
Mary J. Lincoln was a pioneering American cookbook author and one of the first professional cooking instructors, best known for helping to establish scientific, standardized methods of domestic cookery in the late 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical figure
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Indiana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Nancy Hanks Lincoln Gravesite and Memorial NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | milk sickness ⓘ |
| child |
Abraham Lincoln
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sarah Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Lincoln Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateOfBirth |
1784
ⓘ
February 5, 1784 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | October 5, 1818 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | American of English descent ⓘ |
| familyName | Hanks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Nancy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandmotherOf | Tad Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGraveMemorial | Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| householdRole | frontier farm wife ⓘ |
| knownFor | being the mother of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| livedDuring |
18th century
ⓘ
19th century ⓘ |
| marriageDate | June 12, 1806 ⓘ |
| marriagePlace | Washington County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Nancy Hanks Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motherOfHeadOfGovernment | Abraham Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Nancy Hanks Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
Abraham Lincoln
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mary Todd Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ Tad Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| paternalGrandmother | Nancy Hanks Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| paternalGrandmotherOf | Tad Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Hampshire County, Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
present-day Mineral County, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Spencer County, Indiana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
near Little Pigeon Creek, Indiana ⓘ |
| positionHeld | 16th President of the United States ⓘ |
| religion | Baptist ⓘ |
| residence |
Hardin County, Kentucky
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spencer County, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thomas Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Nancy Hanks Lincoln (paternal grandmother) Description of subject: Nancy Hanks Lincoln was the mother of President Abraham Lincoln and thus the paternal grandmother of his son, Tad Lincoln.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.