Joseph McMinn
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Joseph McMinn was an American politician who served as governor of Tennessee in the early 19th century, overseeing the state's expansion and relations with Native American tribes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Joseph McMinn canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6320128 — 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: Joseph McMinn Context triple: [Willie Blount, succeededBy, Joseph McMinn]
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A.
Lin McAdam
Lin McAdam is the determined and skilled gunslinger protagonist of the classic 1950 Western film "Winchester '73," portrayed by James Stewart.
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B.
Fred Kilgour
Fred Kilgour was an American librarian and information scientist best known for pioneering online library cataloging and founding the OCLC cooperative.
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C.
Andrew Macdonald
Andrew Macdonald is a British film producer best known for his collaborations with director Danny Boyle on acclaimed films such as "Trainspotting" and "28 Days Later."
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D.
Dan McGinty
Dan McGinty is the opportunistic drifter-turned-corrupt politician at the center of Preston Sturges’s 1940 political satire film "The Great McGinty."
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E.
Kevin Smuts
Kevin Smuts is a South African composer best known for scoring the Oscar-winning documentary film "My Octopus Teacher."
- 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: Joseph McMinn Target entity description: Joseph McMinn was an American politician who served as governor of Tennessee in the early 19th century, overseeing the state's expansion and relations with Native American tribes.
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A.
Lin McAdam
Lin McAdam is the determined and skilled gunslinger protagonist of the classic 1950 Western film "Winchester '73," portrayed by James Stewart.
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B.
Fred Kilgour
Fred Kilgour was an American librarian and information scientist best known for pioneering online library cataloging and founding the OCLC cooperative.
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C.
Andrew Macdonald
Andrew Macdonald is a British film producer best known for his collaborations with director Danny Boyle on acclaimed films such as "Trainspotting" and "28 Days Later."
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D.
Dan McGinty
Dan McGinty is the opportunistic drifter-turned-corrupt politician at the center of Preston Sturges’s 1940 political satire film "The Great McGinty."
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E.
Kevin Smuts
Kevin Smuts is a South African composer best known for scoring the Oscar-winning documentary film "My Octopus Teacher."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American politician
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human ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1758-06-22 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Chester County, Pennsylvania
NERFINISHED
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West Marlborough Township, Province of Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Calhoun, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1824-11-17 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Calhoun, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scots-Irish American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | McMinn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Joseph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHonor | McMinn County, Tennessee named after him NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Managing relations with Native American tribes in early 19th-century Tennessee
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Overseeing Tennessee’s territorial expansion ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | Tennessee Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Democratic-Republican Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryConflict | Cherokee–American wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Joseph McMinn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Oversaw treaties with Cherokee tribes as governor of Tennessee ⓘ |
| occupation |
farmer
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politician ⓘ |
| officeEndTime | 1821 ⓘ |
| officeStartTime | 1815 ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Governor of Tennessee ⓘ |
| precededBy | Willie Blount NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterian
ⓘ
surface form:
Presbyterianism
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| residence | Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedAs | Speaker of the Tennessee Senate ⓘ |
| stateGoverned | Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| succeededBy | William Carroll NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Joseph McMinn Description of subject: Joseph McMinn was an American politician who served as governor of Tennessee in the early 19th century, overseeing the state's expansion and relations with Native American tribes.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.