Nelson Davis
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Nelson Davis was the second husband of abolitionist and Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman, with whom he shared a long marriage after the Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nelson Davis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11056892 — 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: Nelson Davis Context triple: [Harriet Tubman, spouse, Nelson Davis]
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A.
James A. G. Davis
James A. G. Davis was a notable individual interred at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Washington, D.C., recognized for his significance in the region’s historical or civic life.
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B.
Peter S. Davis
Peter S. Davis is a film producer best known for his work on genre films, including the Highlander franchise.
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C.
R. K. Pierson
R. K. Pierson was a British aeronautical engineer best known for designing the Vickers Wellington bomber used extensively by the Royal Air Force during World War II.
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D.
John H. Ketcham
John H. Ketcham was a 19th-century American politician and Union Army officer who served multiple terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from New York.
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E.
William Howell Davis
William Howell Davis was the son of Varina Howell Davis and Confederate President Jefferson Davis, belonging to a prominent family in American Civil War history.
- 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: Nelson Davis Target entity description: Nelson Davis was the second husband of abolitionist and Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman, with whom he shared a long marriage after the Civil War.
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A.
James A. G. Davis
James A. G. Davis was a notable individual interred at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Washington, D.C., recognized for his significance in the region’s historical or civic life.
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B.
Peter S. Davis
Peter S. Davis is a film producer best known for his work on genre films, including the Highlander franchise.
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C.
R. K. Pierson
R. K. Pierson was a British aeronautical engineer best known for designing the Vickers Wellington bomber used extensively by the Royal Air Force during World War II.
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D.
John H. Ketcham
John H. Ketcham was a 19th-century American politician and Union Army officer who served multiple terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from New York.
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E.
William Howell Davis
William Howell Davis was the son of Varina Howell Davis and Confederate President Jefferson Davis, belonging to a prominent family in American Civil War history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical figure
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Harriet Tubman Home in Auburn, New York
NERFINISHED
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Underground Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ abolitionist movement ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African American
|
| freeTextDescription | Nelson Davis was the second husband of abolitionist and Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman, with whom he shared a long marriage after the Civil War. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| husbandOf | Harriet Tubman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| livedWith | Harriet Tubman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| memberOf | United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryConflict | American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the second husband of Harriet Tubman
ⓘ
marriage to Harriet Tubman after the American Civil War ⓘ |
| occupation | soldier ⓘ |
| partOf | African Americans in the American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInFamily | second husband of Harriet Tubman ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | Auburn, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedIn |
Union Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Colored Troops NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Harriet Tubman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harriet Tubman Davis 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: Nelson Davis Description of subject: Nelson Davis was the second husband of abolitionist and Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman, with whom he shared a long marriage after the Civil War.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.