Fielding Lewis
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Fielding Lewis was an 18th-century Virginia merchant and patriot, best known as the brother-in-law of George Washington and a prominent supporter of the American Revolutionary cause.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fielding Lewis canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10051420 — 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: Fielding Lewis Context triple: [Kenmore Plantation, builtFor, Fielding Lewis]
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A.
Fielding Dawson
Fielding Dawson was an American writer and painter associated with the Black Mountain poets, known for his experimental prose and close ties to the Black Mountain College community.
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B.
Asahel Nettleton
Asahel Nettleton was a prominent early 19th-century American revivalist and theologian whose preaching and writings significantly shaped the development of New England Calvinist thought and evangelical practice.
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C.
John Brasfield
John Brasfield is the stepchild of American comedian and actor Jack Carter.
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D.
Raymond Field
Raymond Field is the main outdoor sports stadium at Acadia University, used primarily for football and other athletic events.
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E.
Henry Parrish
Henry Parrish is a central antagonist in the TV series "Sleepy Hollow," revealed as the Horseman of War and the estranged son of Ichabod Crane and Katrina.
- 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: Fielding Lewis Target entity description: Fielding Lewis was an 18th-century Virginia merchant and patriot, best known as the brother-in-law of George Washington and a prominent supporter of the American Revolutionary cause.
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A.
Fielding Dawson
Fielding Dawson was an American writer and painter associated with the Black Mountain poets, known for his experimental prose and close ties to the Black Mountain College community.
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B.
Asahel Nettleton
Asahel Nettleton was a prominent early 19th-century American revivalist and theologian whose preaching and writings significantly shaped the development of New England Calvinist thought and evangelical practice.
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C.
John Brasfield
John Brasfield is the stepchild of American comedian and actor Jack Carter.
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D.
Raymond Field
Raymond Field is the main outdoor sports stadium at Acadia University, used primarily for football and other athletic events.
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E.
Henry Parrish
Henry Parrish is a central antagonist in the TV series "Sleepy Hollow," revealed as the Horseman of War and the estranged son of Ichabod Crane and Katrina.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American patriot
ⓘ
merchant ⓘ person ⓘ |
| birthPlace | King and Queen County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1725 ⓘ |
| built | Kenmore house in Fredericksburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Colony of Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Fredericksburg, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1781 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| financed | Virginia state gun manufactory at Fredericksburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Fielding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
American Revolution era
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Colonial America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Virginia gentry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRole | commissary for Virginia troops ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being brother-in-law of George Washington
ⓘ
financial support of the Continental war effort ⓘ |
| notableWork | Kenmore plantation house NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
merchant
ⓘ
planter ⓘ |
| owned |
Kenmore plantation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
enslaved people ⓘ |
| parent |
Frances Fielding
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Lewis of Warner Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participantIn | American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | St. George’s Episcopal Church, Fredericksburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propertyLocation | Fredericksburg, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative |
Augustine Washington
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lawrence Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Anglicanism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Fredericksburg, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| siblingInLaw | George Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialClass | planter elite ⓘ |
| spouse |
Betty Washington Lewis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Catherine Washington Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supported | American Revolutionary cause ⓘ |
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: Fielding Lewis Description of subject: Fielding Lewis was an 18th-century Virginia merchant and patriot, best known as the brother-in-law of George Washington and a prominent supporter of the American Revolutionary cause.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.