William King
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William King was an American politician and merchant who became the first governor of the U.S. state of Maine after it separated from Massachusetts in 1820.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William King canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5456691 — 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: William King Context triple: [Governor of Maine, firstOfficeHolder, William King]
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A.
William King
William King is an American musician best known as a founding trumpeter and horn player of the funk and soul band The Commodores.
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B.
William
William is a common masculine given name of Germanic origin, widely used in English-speaking countries.
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C.
William Arthur
William Arthur was an Irish-born Baptist minister best known as the father of U.S. President Chester A. Arthur.
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D.
William Howard
William Howard is a notable individual who shares the Howard surname, which is historically associated with prominent figures in politics, nobility, and public life.
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E.
William Rufus King
William Rufus King was a 19th-century American politician who served as a U.S. senator from Alabama and briefly as the 13th vice president of the United States under President Franklin Pierce.
- 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: William King Target entity description: William King was an American politician and merchant who became the first governor of the U.S. state of Maine after it separated from Massachusetts in 1820.
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A.
William King
William King is an American musician best known as a founding trumpeter and horn player of the funk and soul band The Commodores.
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B.
William
William is a common masculine given name of Germanic origin, widely used in English-speaking countries.
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C.
William Arthur
William Arthur was an Irish-born Baptist minister best known as the father of U.S. President Chester A. Arthur.
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D.
William Howard
William Howard is a notable individual who shares the Howard surname, which is historically associated with prominent figures in politics, nobility, and public life.
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E.
William Rufus King
William Rufus King was a 19th-century American politician who served as a U.S. senator from Alabama and briefly as the 13th vice president of the United States under President Franklin Pierce.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
merchant ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
James Madison
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James Monroe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Democratic-Republican politics in New England
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Maine statehood convention NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Maple Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| businessActivity |
lumber trade
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real estate ⓘ shipping ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | War of 1812 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1768-02-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1852-06-17 ⓘ |
| education | self-educated ⓘ |
| endTimeOfPositionHeld: Governor of Maine | 1821-05-28 ⓘ |
| familyName | King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Richard King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| legacy | considered a leading founder of the state of Maine ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Massachusetts militia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | major general ⓘ |
| mother | Mary Black NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the first governor of the U.S. state of Maine
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leadership in the movement for Maine statehood ⓘ |
| occupation |
merchant
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politician ⓘ |
| officeContested | governor of Maine ⓘ |
| partyAffiliation | Democratic-Republican Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Scarborough, Maine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scarborough, Massachusetts Bay Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Bath, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Governor of Maine
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delegate to the Massachusetts constitutional convention ⓘ member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ member of the Massachusetts Senate ⓘ naval agent for the United States in Bath, Maine ⓘ |
| religion | Unitarianism ⓘ |
| residence |
Bath, Maine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scarborough, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ Topsham, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling | Cyrus King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Ann Frazier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTimeOfPositionHeld: Governor of Maine | 1820-03-15 ⓘ |
| stateRepresented |
Maine
NERFINISHED
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Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: William King Description of subject: William King was an American politician and merchant who became the first governor of the U.S. state of Maine after it separated from Massachusetts in 1820.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.