Dabney Carr
E521679
Dabney Carr was an American lawyer, patriot, and close friend and brother-in-law of Thomas Jefferson who played a key role in early Revolutionary-era politics in Virginia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dabney Carr canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5448835 — 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: Dabney Carr Context triple: [Virginia Committee of Correspondence, hasMember, Dabney Carr]
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A.
Elizabeth Harrison Randolph
Elizabeth Harrison Randolph was a member of the prominent Harrison family of colonial Virginia and the wife of Peyton Randolph, the first President of the Continental Congress.
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B.
Elizabeth Virginia Wallace
Elizabeth Virginia Wallace, better known as Bess Truman, was the First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953 as the wife of President Harry S. Truman.
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C.
Harriet Kennerly Radford
Harriet Kennerly Radford was the wife of American explorer William Clark and a member of the prominent Kennerly family in early 19th-century St. Louis society.
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D.
Rebecca Tayloe
Rebecca Tayloe was a Virginia plantation heiress who became the wife of American Founding Father and Declaration of Independence signer Francis Lightfoot Lee.
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E.
Matilda Ludwell Lee
Matilda Ludwell Lee was an American heiress and member of the prominent Lee family of Virginia in the late 18th 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: Dabney Carr Target entity description: Dabney Carr was an American lawyer, patriot, and close friend and brother-in-law of Thomas Jefferson who played a key role in early Revolutionary-era politics in Virginia.
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A.
Elizabeth Harrison Randolph
Elizabeth Harrison Randolph was a member of the prominent Harrison family of colonial Virginia and the wife of Peyton Randolph, the first President of the Continental Congress.
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B.
Elizabeth Virginia Wallace
Elizabeth Virginia Wallace, better known as Bess Truman, was the First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953 as the wife of President Harry S. Truman.
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C.
Harriet Kennerly Radford
Harriet Kennerly Radford was the wife of American explorer William Clark and a member of the prominent Kennerly family in early 19th-century St. Louis society.
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D.
Rebecca Tayloe
Rebecca Tayloe was a Virginia plantation heiress who became the wife of American Founding Father and Declaration of Independence signer Francis Lightfoot Lee.
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E.
Matilda Ludwell Lee
Matilda Ludwell Lee was an American heiress and member of the prominent Lee family of Virginia in the late 18th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American lawyer
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patriot ⓘ person ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1743-10-26 ⓘ |
| brotherInLaw | Thomas Jefferson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Monticello cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| buriedNextTo | Thomas Jefferson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | illness ⓘ |
| closeFriend | Thomas Jefferson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Colony of Virginia
NERFINISHED
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United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1773-05-16 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | College of William & Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | American Revolutionary era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Carr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Dabney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Jane Dabney Carr
NERFINISHED
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Peter Carr NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Carr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early Revolutionary-era politics in Virginia
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proposing the Virginia Committee of Correspondence ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| notableEvent | speech in the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1773 advocating intercolonial committees of correspondence ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
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politician ⓘ |
| parent |
Barbara Overton Carr
NERFINISHED
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John Carr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Virginia gentry ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Louisa County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Charlottesville, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | patriot cause in the American colonies ⓘ |
| positionHeld | member of the Virginia House of Burgesses ⓘ |
| religion | Anglicanism ⓘ |
| residence |
Charlottesville, Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Louisa County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling | Thomas Jefferson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Martha Jefferson Carr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedUnder | Thomas Jefferson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dabney Carr Description of subject: Dabney Carr was an American lawyer, patriot, and close friend and brother-in-law of Thomas Jefferson who played a key role in early Revolutionary-era politics in Virginia.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.