Cabell family of Virginia
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The Cabell family of Virginia is a prominent colonial-era lineage known for its influential roles in the political, social, and economic development of early Virginia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cabell family | 2 |
| Cabell family of Virginia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8843933 — 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: Cabell family of Virginia Context triple: [William Cabell, notableFamily, Cabell family of Virginia]
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A.
Lee family of Virginia
The Lee family of Virginia is a prominent American political and military dynasty that played a major role in colonial, Revolutionary, and early United States history.
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B.
Harrison family of Virginia
The Harrison family of Virginia is a prominent American political dynasty whose members played significant roles in colonial leadership and early United States history, including producing two U.S. presidents.
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C.
Page family of Virginia
The Page family of Virginia was a prominent colonial-era lineage of planters and politicians who played a significant role in the early political and social life of Virginia.
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D.
Alexander family of Virginia
The Alexander family of Virginia is a prominent colonial-era lineage known for its early settlement, landholdings, and political influence in Virginia’s history.
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E.
Byrd family of Virginia
The Byrd family of Virginia is a prominent colonial-era dynasty known for its influential planters, politicians, and landowners who helped shape early Virginia society and governance.
- 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: Cabell family of Virginia Target entity description: The Cabell family of Virginia is a prominent colonial-era lineage known for its influential roles in the political, social, and economic development of early Virginia.
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A.
Lee family of Virginia
The Lee family of Virginia is a prominent American political and military dynasty that played a major role in colonial, Revolutionary, and early United States history.
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B.
Harrison family of Virginia
The Harrison family of Virginia is a prominent American political dynasty whose members played significant roles in colonial leadership and early United States history, including producing two U.S. presidents.
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C.
Page family of Virginia
The Page family of Virginia was a prominent colonial-era lineage of planters and politicians who played a significant role in the early political and social life of Virginia.
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D.
Alexander family of Virginia
The Alexander family of Virginia is a prominent colonial-era lineage known for its early settlement, landholdings, and political influence in Virginia’s history.
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E.
Byrd family of Virginia
The Byrd family of Virginia is a prominent colonial-era dynasty known for its influential planters, politicians, and landowners who helped shape early Virginia society and governance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American family
ⓘ
planter family ⓘ political family ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Albemarle County, Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Amherst County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ James River region NERFINISHED ⓘ Nelson County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| documentedIn | genealogical histories of Virginia families ⓘ |
| economicBase | plantation agriculture ⓘ |
| foundingAncestor | William Cabell (immigrant) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNamesake |
Cabell County, West Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
various historic houses in Virginia ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
George Cabell
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Cabell Breckinridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Cabell NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Carrington Cabell NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicholas Cabell NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Jordan Cabell NERFINISHED ⓘ William Cabell NERFINISHED ⓘ William Cabell Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ William Cabell Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ William H. Cabell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | contributed to political, social, and economic development of early Virginia ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
development of early Virginia infrastructure
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enslaved-labor-based agriculture ⓘ management of large plantations ⓘ |
| knownFor |
intermarriage with other Virginia gentry families
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local political leadership in central Virginia ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Virginia ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence in colonial Virginia politics
ⓘ
landownership in Virginia ⓘ participation in the American Revolutionary era ⓘ |
| origin | English descent ⓘ |
| politicalRole |
members served as Governor of Virginia
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members served in the United States Congress ⓘ members served in the Virginia House of Burgesses ⓘ members served in the Virginia House of Delegates ⓘ |
| regionOfInfluence |
Piedmont Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
central Virginia ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Anglican tradition (historically) ⓘ |
| settledIn | Virginia Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialClass | Virginia gentry ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
18th century
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colonial era ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Cabell family of Virginia Description of subject: The Cabell family of Virginia is a prominent colonial-era lineage known for its influential roles in the political, social, and economic development of early Virginia.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cabell family
this entity surface form:
Cabell family