Smith family
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The Smith family is a prominent American family best known for its central role in the early history and leadership of the Latter Day Saint movement founded by Joseph Smith.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Smith family canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10111895 — 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: Smith family Context triple: [Smith Family Cemetery, Nauvoo, Illinois, United States, associatedWith, Smith family]
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Smith family
The Smith family is the central household in the classic 1944 musical film "Meet Me in St. Louis," depicting their everyday joys, romances, and challenges in early 20th-century St. Louis.
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Smith family
The Smith family is a notable American family that includes Cannon Smith among its members.
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Smith family
The Smith family is the central human household in the animated television series "American Dad!", with whom the extraterrestrial character Roger the Alien lives and interacts.
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Smith family
The Smith family is an American media-owning family best known for controlling Sinclair Broadcast Group, one of the largest television station operators in the United States.
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Smith family
The Smith family is an American family known in part through photographer and conservationist Windland Smith Rice, whose work and legacy have brought them public recognition.
- 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: Smith family Target entity description: The Smith family is a prominent American family best known for its central role in the early history and leadership of the Latter Day Saint movement founded by Joseph Smith.
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A.
Smith family
The Smith family is the central human household in the animated television series "American Dad!", with whom the extraterrestrial character Roger the Alien lives and interacts.
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B.
Smith family
The Smith family is the central household in the classic 1944 musical film "Meet Me in St. Louis," depicting their everyday joys, romances, and challenges in early 20th-century St. Louis.
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C.
Smith family
The Smith family is an American media-owning family best known for controlling Sinclair Broadcast Group, one of the largest television station operators in the United States.
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D.
Smith family
The Smith family is an American family known in part through photographer and conservationist Windland Smith Rice, whose work and legacy have brought them public recognition.
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E.
Smith family
The Smith family is a notable American family that includes Cannon Smith among its members.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American family
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religious leadership family ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kirtland, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ Nauvoo, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Palmyra, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| documentedIn | Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith, the Prophet, and His Progenitors for Many Generations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Euro-American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| experiencedPersecution | yes ⓘ |
| founderOfMovement | Joseph Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasApostle |
George A. Smith
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hyrum Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBiographer | Lucy Mack Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProphetPresident |
Joseph F. Smith
NERFINISHED
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Joseph Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligiousLeader |
Hyrum Smith
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Joseph F. Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
early leadership of Latter Day Saint movement
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founding family of the Latter Day Saint movement ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legacy | multi-generational leadership in Latter Day Saint denominations ⓘ |
| matriarch | Lucy Mack Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| migrationPattern | from New England to New York, Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois ⓘ |
| notableFor | central role in early Latter Day Saint movement ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Don Carlos Smith
NERFINISHED
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George A. Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Hyrum Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph F. Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Smith Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Katharine Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucy Mack Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucy Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel H. Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Sophronia Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ William Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originRegion | New England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patriarch | Joseph Smith Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousInfluence | Mormonism ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Latter Day Saint movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfProminence | 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Smith family Description of subject: The Smith family is a prominent American family best known for its central role in the early history and leadership of the Latter Day Saint movement founded by Joseph Smith.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.