Peleg Sanford
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Peleg Sanford was a colonial-era political figure who served as governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in the late 17th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Peleg Sanford canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14429249 — 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: Peleg Sanford Context triple: [Sanford, Maine, namedFor, Peleg Sanford]
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A.
John F. A. Sanford
John F. A. Sanford was a 19th-century American businessman and slave owner best known as the defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Dred Scott v. Sandford.
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B.
Lazarus W. Powell
Lazarus W. Powell was a 19th-century American politician who served as governor of Kentucky and later as a U.S. senator.
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C.
Benjamin R. Curtis
Benjamin R. Curtis was a 19th-century American jurist best known as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and for his notable dissent in the Dred Scott decision.
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D.
Morris Hayes
Morris Hayes is an American keyboardist, producer, and musical director best known for his longtime collaboration with Prince as a core member of The New Power Generation.
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E.
Zephaniah Platt
Zephaniah Platt was an American lawyer, politician, and landowner who founded the city of Plattsburgh, New York in the late 18th century.
- 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: Peleg Sanford Target entity description: Peleg Sanford was a colonial-era political figure who served as governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in the late 17th century.
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A.
John F. A. Sanford
John F. A. Sanford was a 19th-century American businessman and slave owner best known as the defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Dred Scott v. Sandford.
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B.
Lazarus W. Powell
Lazarus W. Powell was a 19th-century American politician who served as governor of Kentucky and later as a U.S. senator.
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C.
Benjamin R. Curtis
Benjamin R. Curtis was a 19th-century American jurist best known as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and for his notable dissent in the Dred Scott decision.
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D.
Morris Hayes
Morris Hayes is an American keyboardist, producer, and musical director best known for his longtime collaboration with Prince as a core member of The New Power Generation.
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E.
Zephaniah Platt
Zephaniah Platt was an American lawyer, politician, and landowner who founded the city of Plattsburgh, New York in the late 18th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.