Flushing patent
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The Flushing patent was a 1645 charter granted under Dutch colonial rule that established the town of Flushing in New Netherland and later became historically significant for its early stance on religious tolerance.
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| Flushing patent canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21902754 — 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: Flushing patent Context triple: [Flushing, New Netherland, charterKnownAs, Flushing patent]
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Beekman Patent
The Beekman Patent was a large colonial land grant in New York’s Hudson Valley that formed the basis of a semi-feudal manor controlled by the Beekman family.
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February Patent
The February Patent was an 1861 constitutional document of the Austrian Empire that reorganized the state into a centralized, constitutional monarchy with a bicameral parliament.
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C.
Waldo Patent
Waldo Patent was a large colonial-era land grant in what is now Maine, historically associated with landowner Samuel Waldo and later central to regional settlement and land disputes.
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Letters Patent 1987
Letters Patent 1987 is a constitutional instrument issued by the British monarch that formally established and defined the office and powers of the Governor-General of New Zealand and related aspects of New Zealand’s system of government.
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US Patent 4,750
US Patent 4,750 is the landmark 1846 United States patent granted to Elias Howe for his pioneering lockstitch sewing machine, a key invention in the mechanization of garment production.
- 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: Flushing patent Target entity description: The Flushing patent was a 1645 charter granted under Dutch colonial rule that established the town of Flushing in New Netherland and later became historically significant for its early stance on religious tolerance.
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A.
Beekman Patent
The Beekman Patent was a large colonial land grant in New York’s Hudson Valley that formed the basis of a semi-feudal manor controlled by the Beekman family.
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B.
February Patent
The February Patent was an 1861 constitutional document of the Austrian Empire that reorganized the state into a centralized, constitutional monarchy with a bicameral parliament.
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C.
Waldo Patent
Waldo Patent was a large colonial-era land grant in what is now Maine, historically associated with landowner Samuel Waldo and later central to regional settlement and land disputes.
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D.
Letters Patent 1987
Letters Patent 1987 is a constitutional instrument issued by the British monarch that formally established and defined the office and powers of the Governor-General of New Zealand and related aspects of New Zealand’s system of government.
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E.
US Patent 4,750
US Patent 4,750 is the landmark 1846 United States patent granted to Elias Howe for his pioneering lockstitch sewing machine, a key invention in the mechanization of garment production.
- F. None of above. chosen
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