Berkeley Plantation
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Berkeley Plantation is a historic 17th-century estate on the James River in Virginia, known as one of America’s oldest plantations and the site of several significant events in early U.S. history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Berkeley Plantation canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7449553 — 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: Berkeley Plantation Context triple: [Shirley Plantation, near, Berkeley Plantation]
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A.
Barrington Plantation
Barrington Plantation is a living history farm and historic site in Texas that interprets mid-19th-century plantation life and the home of Anson Jones, the last president of the Republic of Texas.
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B.
Priestley Plantation
Priestley Plantation was a Southern plantation estate that served as the birthplace of influential American architect Henry Hobson Richardson.
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C.
Smith Plantation
Smith Plantation is a historic 19th-century Southern estate and former cotton plantation in Roswell, Georgia, preserved today as a house museum interpreting antebellum life and slavery.
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D.
Shirley Plantation
Shirley Plantation is a historic 17th-century Virginia plantation on the James River, renowned as one of the oldest family-owned businesses in North America and a well-preserved example of colonial architecture and plantation life.
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E.
Borough House Plantation
Borough House Plantation is a historic antebellum plantation complex in Stateburg, South Carolina, noted for its early use of rammed-earth construction and its significance in Southern architectural and social history.
- 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: Berkeley Plantation Target entity description: Berkeley Plantation is a historic 17th-century estate on the James River in Virginia, known as one of America’s oldest plantations and the site of several significant events in early U.S. history.
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A.
Barrington Plantation
Barrington Plantation is a living history farm and historic site in Texas that interprets mid-19th-century plantation life and the home of Anson Jones, the last president of the Republic of Texas.
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B.
Priestley Plantation
Priestley Plantation was a Southern plantation estate that served as the birthplace of influential American architect Henry Hobson Richardson.
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C.
Smith Plantation
Smith Plantation is a historic 19th-century Southern estate and former cotton plantation in Roswell, Georgia, preserved today as a house museum interpreting antebellum life and slavery.
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D.
Shirley Plantation
Shirley Plantation is a historic 17th-century Virginia plantation on the James River, renowned as one of the oldest family-owned businesses in North America and a well-preserved example of colonial architecture and plantation life.
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E.
Borough House Plantation
Borough House Plantation is a historic antebellum plantation complex in Stateburg, South Carolina, noted for its early use of rammed-earth construction and its significance in Southern architectural and social history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic house museum
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historic plantation ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Berkeley Hundred
NERFINISHED
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Harrison’s Landing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Georgian ⓘ |
| associatedWithFamily | Harrison family of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithOfficeholder |
Benjamin Harrison V, signer of the Declaration of Independence
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States (family home of his grandfather) NERFINISHED ⓘ William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson |
Daniel Butterfield
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
George B. McClellan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthplaceOf |
Benjamin Harrison V
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William Henry Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtFor | Berkeley Company of London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currentUse | privately owned historic site open for tours ⓘ |
| established | 1619 ⓘ |
| foundedAs | Berkeley Hundred NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundingCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
formal gardens
ⓘ
historic outbuildings ⓘ riverfront lawn ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
museum
ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ |
| hasHistoricDesignation | National Historic Landmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStructure | Georgian brick manor house ⓘ |
| hasUsePeriod |
American Civil War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
colonial era ⓘ |
| historicalEvent |
headquarters of Union General George B. McClellan during the Peninsula Campaign
ⓘ
location of a 1619 thanksgiving observance by English settlers ⓘ location where the bugle call “Taps” was first played during the American Civil War ⓘ site of Civil War Union encampment at Harrison’s Landing ⓘ site of early English settlement in Virginia ⓘ |
| listedOn | National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Charles City County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | James River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainHouseCompletionDate | circa 1726 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Richard Berkeley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableResident |
Benjamin Harrison IV
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Benjamin Harrison V NERFINISHED ⓘ Benjamin Harrison VI NERFINISHED ⓘ William Henry Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NRHPListingDate | 1969 ⓘ |
| NRHPReferenceNumber | 69000250 ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| originalOwnerFamily | Harrison family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Tidewater Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Virginia Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Virginia ⓘ |
| tourType |
guided tours
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self-guided grounds tours ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Berkeley Plantation Description of subject: Berkeley Plantation is a historic 17th-century estate on the James River in Virginia, known as one of America’s oldest plantations and the site of several significant events in early U.S. history.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Shirley Plantation