Decatur family
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The Decatur family is a historically notable American family associated with figures such as naval officer Stephen Decatur Jr. and his relatives, including Ann Pine Decatur.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Decatur family canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6773840 — 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: Decatur family Context triple: [Ann Pine Decatur, memberOf, Decatur family]
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A.
Decatur City Council
The Decatur City Council is the elected municipal legislative body responsible for setting policy, passing ordinances, and overseeing city governance in Decatur, Illinois.
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B.
Downtown Decatur
Downtown Decatur is the central business and cultural district of Decatur, Alabama, known for its historic architecture, local shops, restaurants, and entertainment venues.
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C.
Decatur, Illinois
Decatur, Illinois is a mid-sized industrial and agricultural city in central Illinois known historically for manufacturing, agribusiness, and its location along Lake Decatur.
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D.
Delano family
The Delano family is a prominent American lineage known for its wealth, influence in New England society, and as the maternal family of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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E.
Decatur, Georgia
Decatur, Georgia is a small, historic city in the Atlanta metropolitan area known for its walkable downtown, vibrant arts and dining scene, and progressive community.
- 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: Decatur family Target entity description: The Decatur family is a historically notable American family associated with figures such as naval officer Stephen Decatur Jr. and his relatives, including Ann Pine Decatur.
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A.
Decatur City Council
The Decatur City Council is the elected municipal legislative body responsible for setting policy, passing ordinances, and overseeing city governance in Decatur, Illinois.
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B.
Downtown Decatur
Downtown Decatur is the central business and cultural district of Decatur, Alabama, known for its historic architecture, local shops, restaurants, and entertainment venues.
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C.
Decatur, Illinois
Decatur, Illinois is a mid-sized industrial and agricultural city in central Illinois known historically for manufacturing, agribusiness, and its location along Lake Decatur.
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D.
Delano family
The Delano family is a prominent American lineage known for its wealth, influence in New England society, and as the maternal family of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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E.
Decatur, Georgia
Decatur, Georgia is a small, historic city in the Atlanta metropolitan area known for its walkable downtown, vibrant arts and dining scene, and progressive community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American family
ⓘ
United States Navy officer ⓘ historical family ⓘ person ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateOfBirth |
1751
ⓘ
1779-01-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath |
1808
ⓘ
1820-03-22 ⓘ |
| family |
Decatur family
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Decatur family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfActivity | naval service ⓘ |
| hasEthnicOrigin | American ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Ann Pine Decatur
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stephen Decatur Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen Decatur Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Decatur family
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Decatur family NERFINISHED ⓘ Decatur family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | burning of the captured frigate USS Philadelphia in Tripoli harbor ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Ann Pine Decatur
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stephen Decatur Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen Decatur Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
service in the American Revolutionary War
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service in the First Barbary War ⓘ service in the War of 1812 ⓘ |
| occupation |
naval officer
ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Sinepuxent, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| sexOrGender |
female
ⓘ
male ⓘ male ⓘ |
| spouse | Stephen Decatur Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
18th century
ⓘ
19th century ⓘ |
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: Decatur family Description of subject: The Decatur family is a historically notable American family associated with figures such as naval officer Stephen Decatur Jr. and his relatives, including Ann Pine Decatur.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.