David Swinson Maynard
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David Swinson Maynard was a 19th-century American pioneer and early settler who played a key role in the founding and development of Seattle, Washington.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Swinson Maynard canonical | 1 |
| Doc Maynard | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12598659 — 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: David Swinson Maynard Context triple: [Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, notableBurial, David Swinson Maynard]
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A.
George Markland
George Markland was a 19th-century Canadian politician who served as a prominent member of the colonial government in Upper Canada.
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B.
David Lisnard
David Lisnard is a French politician from the centre-right who has served as mayor of Cannes and gained prominence for his roles in local governance and national municipal associations.
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C.
John Sewell
John Sewell is a former English footballer and manager best known for his involvement in North American soccer, including coaching in the NASL.
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D.
John Greenwood
John Greenwood was a prominent 16th-century English Separatist leader and clergyman who advocated for congregational independence from the Church of England and was executed for his nonconformist religious views.
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E.
John Greenwood
John Greenwood was a British film composer known for scoring mid-20th-century films, including the 1941 anti-Nazi drama "Pimpernel Smith."
- 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: David Swinson Maynard Target entity description: David Swinson Maynard was a 19th-century American pioneer and early settler who played a key role in the founding and development of Seattle, Washington.
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A.
George Markland
George Markland was a 19th-century Canadian politician who served as a prominent member of the colonial government in Upper Canada.
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B.
David Lisnard
David Lisnard is a French politician from the centre-right who has served as mayor of Cannes and gained prominence for his roles in local governance and national municipal associations.
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C.
John Sewell
John Sewell is a former English footballer and manager best known for his involvement in North American soccer, including coaching in the NASL.
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D.
John Greenwood
John Greenwood was a prominent 16th-century English Separatist leader and clergyman who advocated for congregational independence from the Church of England and was executed for his nonconformist religious views.
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E.
John Greenwood
John Greenwood was a British film composer known for scoring mid-20th-century films, including the 1941 anti-Nazi drama "Pimpernel Smith."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American pioneer
ⓘ
person ⓘ physician ⓘ politician ⓘ settler ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Doc Maynard
ⓘ
linked to:
David Swinson Maynard
|
| birthDate | 1808-03-22 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
Vermont ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle
ⓘ
Seattle ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | illness ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
economic development of early Seattle
ⓘ
urban planning of early Seattle ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| deathDate | 1873-03-13 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Seattle
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
Washington Territory ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| familyName | Maynard ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
frontier settlement
ⓘ
local politics ⓘ medicine ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | David ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | early American settler in the Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early development of Seattle
ⓘ
founding of Seattle ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| middleName | Swinson ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of Seattle’s founding pioneers ⓘ |
| notableWork | promotion of Seattle as a city site ⓘ |
| occupation |
merchant
ⓘ
physician ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of Seattle
ⓘ
history of Washington Territory ⓘ |
| playedKeyRoleIn |
development of Seattle, Washington
ⓘ
founding of Seattle, Washington ⓘ |
| politicalOffice | member of the Washington Territorial Legislature ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Pacific Northwest
ⓘ
Washington Territory ⓘ |
| residence |
Seattle
ⓘ
Washington Territory ⓘ |
| settledIn | Seattle ⓘ |
| spouse |
Catherine Maynard
ⓘ
Lydia Maynard ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
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: David Swinson Maynard Description of subject: David Swinson Maynard was a 19th-century American pioneer and early settler who played a key role in the founding and development of Seattle, Washington.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: David Swinson Maynard