Cornelius Vanderbilt III
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Cornelius Vanderbilt III was an American military officer, engineer, and member of the prominent Vanderbilt family known for his service in the U.S. Army and his role in high society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cornelius Vanderbilt III canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6630079 — 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.
Target entity: Cornelius Vanderbilt III Context triple: [Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt, child, Cornelius Vanderbilt III]
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Cornelius Vanderbilt II
Cornelius Vanderbilt II was a prominent American businessman and socialite of the Gilded Age who served as chairman of the New York Central Railroad and was a leading figure in the wealthy Vanderbilt dynasty.
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William Henry Vanderbilt III
William Henry Vanderbilt III was an American politician and businessman who served as the 59th Governor of Rhode Island from 1939 to 1941 and was a prominent member of the wealthy Vanderbilt family.
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William Henry Vanderbilt II
William Henry Vanderbilt II was a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family and the son of Gilded Age socialite Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt.
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William Henry Vanderbilt
William Henry Vanderbilt was a 19th-century American businessman and railroad magnate who became one of the wealthiest men in the United States as the principal heir and successor to Cornelius Vanderbilt.
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William Kissam Vanderbilt II
William Kissam Vanderbilt II was an American heir of the Vanderbilt family, noted as a yachtsman, automobile enthusiast, and philanthropist who amassed significant collections that later formed the basis of the Vanderbilt Museum.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Cornelius Vanderbilt III Target entity description: Cornelius Vanderbilt III was an American military officer, engineer, and member of the prominent Vanderbilt family known for his service in the U.S. Army and his role in high society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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A.
Cornelius Vanderbilt II
Cornelius Vanderbilt II was a prominent American businessman and socialite of the Gilded Age who served as chairman of the New York Central Railroad and was a leading figure in the wealthy Vanderbilt dynasty.
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B.
William Henry Vanderbilt III
William Henry Vanderbilt III was an American politician and businessman who served as the 59th Governor of Rhode Island from 1939 to 1941 and was a prominent member of the wealthy Vanderbilt family.
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C.
William Henry Vanderbilt II
William Henry Vanderbilt II was a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family and the son of Gilded Age socialite Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt.
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William Henry Vanderbilt
William Henry Vanderbilt was a 19th-century American businessman and railroad magnate who became one of the wealthiest men in the United States as the principal heir and successor to Cornelius Vanderbilt.
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William Kissam Vanderbilt II
William Kissam Vanderbilt II was an American heir of the Vanderbilt family, noted as a yachtsman, automobile enthusiast, and philanthropist who amassed significant collections that later formed the basis of the Vanderbilt Museum.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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military officer ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Distinguished Service Medal (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1873-09-05 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Newport, Rhode Island, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Moravian Cemetery, Staten Island, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cerebral hemorrhage ⓘ |
| conflict | World War I ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1942-03-01 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Miami Beach, Florida, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Sheffield Scientific School
NERFINISHED
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Yale University ⓘ |
| familyName | Vanderbilt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Cornelius Vanderbilt II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
engineering
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railroad management ⓘ |
| fullName | Cornelius Vanderbilt III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Cornelius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| marriagePartner | Grace Graham Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Vanderbilt family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | brigadier general ⓘ |
| mother | Alice Claypoole Gwynne Vanderbilt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
membership in the Vanderbilt family
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patents for railway and engineering devices ⓘ role in New York high society ⓘ service as a United States Army officer in World War I ⓘ |
| notableWork | leadership of the 27th Division trains in World War I ⓘ |
| occupation |
engineer
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inventor ⓘ military officer ⓘ railroad executive ⓘ |
| participatedIn | World War I ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of New York Central Railroad
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officer in the United States Army Reserve ⓘ |
| religion | Episcopalian ⓘ |
| residence |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
Newport, Rhode Island, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling |
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
NERFINISHED
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Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialClass | American upper class ⓘ |
| spouse | Grace Graham Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Cornelius Vanderbilt III Description of subject: Cornelius Vanderbilt III was an American military officer, engineer, and member of the prominent Vanderbilt family known for his service in the U.S. Army and his role in high society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Referenced by (4)
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