Lazarus W. Powell
E771744
Lazarus W. Powell was a 19th-century American politician who served as governor of Kentucky and later as a U.S. senator.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lazarus W. Powell canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8982044 — 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: Lazarus W. Powell Context triple: [Frankfort Cemetery, burialPlaceOf, Lazarus W. Powell]
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A.
George L. Tucker
George L. Tucker was an American figure of sufficient local or historical prominence to be recognized as a notable burial at Los Angeles’s Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery.
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B.
Persifor F. Smith
Persifor F. Smith was a 19th-century United States Army officer who served in the Mexican–American War and later became a key military administrator in newly acquired western territories.
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C.
Henry J. F. Brown
Henry J. F. Brown was a naval officer who played a commanding role in the World War II Battle of Narvik.
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D.
Nathaniel P. Davis
Nathaniel P. Davis was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Hungary.
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E.
Uriah Smith Stephens
Uriah Smith Stephens was a 19th-century American labor leader and reformer who helped pioneer the national labor movement in the United States.
- 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: Lazarus W. Powell Target entity description: Lazarus W. Powell was a 19th-century American politician who served as governor of Kentucky and later as a U.S. senator.
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A.
George L. Tucker
George L. Tucker was an American figure of sufficient local or historical prominence to be recognized as a notable burial at Los Angeles’s Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery.
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B.
Persifor F. Smith
Persifor F. Smith was a 19th-century United States Army officer who served in the Mexican–American War and later became a key military administrator in newly acquired western territories.
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C.
Henry J. F. Brown
Henry J. F. Brown was a naval officer who played a commanding role in the World War II Battle of Narvik.
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D.
Nathaniel P. Davis
Nathaniel P. Davis was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Hungary.
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E.
Uriah Smith Stephens
Uriah Smith Stephens was a 19th-century American labor leader and reformer who helped pioneer the national labor movement in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States senator
ⓘ
human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| admittedToBar | Kentucky bar ⓘ |
| birthName | Lazarus White Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| buriedAt | Fernwood Cemetery, Henderson, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1812-10-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1867-07-03 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
St. Joseph's College (Bardstown, Kentucky)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Transylvania University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electedToUSSenateIn | 1858 ⓘ |
| familyName | Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Lazarus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNameInMemorial | Powell County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Democratic Party ⓘ |
| middleName | White NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Lazarus W. Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Henderson County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Henderson, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignmentDuringCivilWar | Unionist Democrat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Governor of Kentucky
ⓘ
United States Senator NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| practicedLawIn | Henderson, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededInOfficeAsGovernorBy | John L. Helm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | Henderson, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedAsGovernorOf | Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedDuring | American Civil War era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedInLegislatureOf | Kentucky House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| stateRepresented | Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studied | law ⓘ |
| succeededInOfficeAsGovernorBy | Charles S. Morehead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supported | states' rights ⓘ |
| termEndAsGovernor | 1855 ⓘ |
| termEndAsSenator | 1865 ⓘ |
| termStartAsGovernor | 1851 ⓘ |
| termStartAsSenator | 1859 ⓘ |
| was19thCenturyPoliticianIn | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasAffiliatedWith | Democratic Party (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lazarus W. Powell Description of subject: Lazarus W. Powell was a 19th-century American politician who served as governor of Kentucky and later as a U.S. senator.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.