John Augustine Washington III
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John Augustine Washington III was the last private owner of George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate and a member of the prominent Washington family in 19th-century Virginia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Augustine Washington III canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10177165 — 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: John Augustine Washington III Context triple: [Washington family, hasNotableMember, John Augustine Washington III]
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A.
John Augustine Washington
John Augustine Washington was an 18th-century Virginia planter, politician, and member of the prominent Washington family, known as a younger brother of George Washington.
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B.
William Augustine Washington
William Augustine Washington was an American planter, soldier in the Revolutionary War, and prominent member of the extended family of George Washington.
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C.
James Washington
James Washington is a songwriter best known for his work on the Britney Spears hit single "Gimme More."
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D.
Malcolm Washington
Malcolm Washington is an American filmmaker and former college basketball player, best known as the son of acclaimed actor Denzel Washington.
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E.
Thomas Washington Daniel
Thomas Washington Daniel is one of the sons of American journalist and former New York Times managing editor Clifton Daniel and his wife, Margaret Truman, the daughter of U.S. President Harry S. Truman.
- 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: John Augustine Washington III Target entity description: John Augustine Washington III was the last private owner of George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate and a member of the prominent Washington family in 19th-century Virginia.
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A.
John Augustine Washington
John Augustine Washington was an 18th-century Virginia planter, politician, and member of the prominent Washington family, known as a younger brother of George Washington.
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B.
William Augustine Washington
William Augustine Washington was an American planter, soldier in the Revolutionary War, and prominent member of the extended family of George Washington.
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C.
James Washington
James Washington is a songwriter best known for his work on the Britney Spears hit single "Gimme More."
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D.
Malcolm Washington
Malcolm Washington is an American filmmaker and former college basketball player, best known as the son of acclaimed actor Denzel Washington.
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E.
Thomas Washington Daniel
Thomas Washington Daniel is one of the sons of American journalist and former New York Times managing editor Clifton Daniel and his wife, Margaret Truman, the daughter of U.S. President Harry S. Truman.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American planter
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Confederate officer ⓘ person ⓘ slave owner ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Charles Town, West Virginia
NERFINISHED
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West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Zion Episcopal Churchyard, Charles Town, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | gunshot wound ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1821-05-03 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1861-09-13 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English American ⓘ |
| familyName | Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | John Augustine Washington III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| memberOf | Washington family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Confederate States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | lieutenant colonel ⓘ |
| militaryUnit | staff of General Robert E. Lee ⓘ |
| notableFor | last private owner of Mount Vernon ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 7 ⓘ |
| occupation |
farmer
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landowner ⓘ planter ⓘ |
| owned | Mount Vernon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participantIn |
American Civil War
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Cheat Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Blakeley, Jefferson County, Virginia
NERFINISHED
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Jefferson County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Floyd County, Virginia
NERFINISHED
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Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative |
George Washington
NERFINISHED
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John Augustine Washington II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Episcopalian ⓘ |
| residence |
Blakeley, Jefferson County, Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mount Vernon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Robert E. Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sold | Mount Vernon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soldTo | Mount Vernon Ladies' Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Eleanor Love Selden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateOfActivity | Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: John Augustine Washington III Description of subject: John Augustine Washington III was the last private owner of George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate and a member of the prominent Washington family in 19th-century Virginia.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.