William D. Washburn
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William D. Washburn was a 19th-century American lawyer, businessman, and Republican politician from Minnesota who served in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William D. Washburn canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7547728 — 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.
Target entity: William D. Washburn Context triple: [Lakewood Cemetery, hasNotableBurial, William D. Washburn]
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A.
William G. Fargo
William G. Fargo was a 19th-century American businessman and express pioneer best known as a co-founder of American Express and Wells Fargo.
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B.
Robert L. Eichelberger
Robert L. Eichelberger was a senior U.S. Army general in the Pacific Theater during World War II, noted for his leadership of the Eighth Army in major campaigns against Japanese forces.
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C.
William G. Livesay
William G. Livesay was a U.S. Army officer who served as a notable commander of the 3rd Infantry Division.
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D.
Thomas U. Walter
Thomas U. Walter was a prominent 19th-century American architect best known for designing the cast-iron dome of the United States Capitol and shaping key federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
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E.
Cleveland H. Dodge
Cleveland H. Dodge was an American philanthropist and businessman known for his significant charitable contributions, including helping to establish major health organizations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: William D. Washburn Target entity description: William D. Washburn was a 19th-century American lawyer, businessman, and Republican politician from Minnesota who served in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
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A.
William G. Fargo
William G. Fargo was a 19th-century American businessman and express pioneer best known as a co-founder of American Express and Wells Fargo.
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B.
Robert L. Eichelberger
Robert L. Eichelberger was a senior U.S. Army general in the Pacific Theater during World War II, noted for his leadership of the Eighth Army in major campaigns against Japanese forces.
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C.
William G. Livesay
William G. Livesay was a U.S. Army officer who served as a notable commander of the 3rd Infantry Division.
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D.
Thomas U. Walter
Thomas U. Walter was a prominent 19th-century American architect best known for designing the cast-iron dome of the United States Capitol and shaping key federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
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E.
Cleveland H. Dodge
Cleveland H. Dodge was an American philanthropist and businessman known for his significant charitable contributions, including helping to establish major health organizations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| admittedToTheBar | 1857 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Minneapolis flour milling industry
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Washburn-Crosby Company NERFINISHED ⓘ railroad development in Minnesota ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Lakewood Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | William Drew Washburn Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coFounderOf | Washburn-Crosby Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1831-01-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1912-07-29 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Bowdoin College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | United States government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Washburn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| graduationYear | 1854 ⓘ |
| industry |
flour milling
ⓘ
lumber ⓘ railroads ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Republican Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Republican Party (United States)
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| middleName | Drew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
development of Minneapolis as a milling center
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service in the U.S. Congress representing Minnesota ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessperson
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| officeContested | Governor of Minnesota ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Livermore, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Minneapolis, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
United States representative
ⓘ
United States senator ⓘ member of the Minnesota House of Representatives ⓘ |
| relocatedTo | Minneapolis, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| represented | Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| representedIn |
United States House of Representatives
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Minneapolis, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling |
Cadwallader C. Washburn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elihu B. Washburne NERFINISHED ⓘ Israel Washburn Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateOfOrigin | Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studied | law ⓘ |
| workedAs | surveyor ⓘ |
| yearOfRelocation | 1857 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: William D. Washburn Description of subject: William D. Washburn was a 19th-century American lawyer, businessman, and Republican politician from Minnesota who served in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
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