Mayflower Compact
E1771
The Mayflower Compact was a 1620 agreement among the Pilgrim settlers establishing a framework for self-government and majority rule in the Plymouth Colony.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mayflower Compact canonical | 27 |
| Agreement Between the Settlers of New Plymouth | 1 |
| Mayflower Compact signatories | 1 |
| Mayflower Compact signers’ community | 1 |
| Plymouth Colony legal framework | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7637 — 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: Mayflower Compact Context triple: [Mayflower landing at Plymouth, associatedWith, Mayflower Compact]
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A.
Massachusetts colonial legislature
The Massachusetts colonial legislature was the governing body of the Province of Massachusetts Bay during the colonial era, responsible for making laws, levying taxes, and overseeing public institutions in the colony.
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B.
Magna Carta
Magna Carta is a landmark 1215 English charter that limited royal power and established foundational principles of rule of law and individual rights that shaped later constitutional traditions.
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C.
American Declaration of Independence
The American Declaration of Independence is the 1776 document in which the thirteen American colonies formally asserted their separation from Great Britain and articulated foundational principles of individual rights and self-government.
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D.
Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was a 17th-century English Puritan settlement in New England that became a major political, religious, and cultural center and a foundation for the future state of Massachusetts.
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E.
Residence Act
The Residence Act was a 1790 law passed by the U.S. Congress that authorized the establishment of a permanent national capital along the Potomac River, leading to the creation of Washington, D.C.
- 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: Mayflower Compact Target entity description: The Mayflower Compact was a 1620 agreement among the Pilgrim settlers establishing a framework for self-government and majority rule in the Plymouth Colony.
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A.
Massachusetts colonial legislature
The Massachusetts colonial legislature was the governing body of the Province of Massachusetts Bay during the colonial era, responsible for making laws, levying taxes, and overseeing public institutions in the colony.
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B.
Magna Carta
Magna Carta is a landmark 1215 English charter that limited royal power and established foundational principles of rule of law and individual rights that shaped later constitutional traditions.
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C.
American Declaration of Independence
The American Declaration of Independence is the 1776 document in which the thirteen American colonies formally asserted their separation from Great Britain and articulated foundational principles of individual rights and self-government.
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D.
English Bill of Rights
The English Bill of Rights is a 1689 act of the English Parliament that limited the powers of the monarchy, affirmed certain civil liberties, and helped establish principles of constitutional government and the rule of law.
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E.
Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was a 17th-century English Puritan settlement in New England that became a major political, religious, and cultural center and a foundation for the future state of Massachusetts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (72)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial charter
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historical document ⓘ political agreement ⓘ social contract ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Plymouth Colony ⓘ |
| category |
1620 in law
ⓘ
1620 in the Thirteen Colonies ⓘ colonial records of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
surface form:
Documents of the Thirteen Colonies
Founding documents of the United States ⓘ Legal history of Massachusetts ⓘ Plymouth Colony ⓘ |
| containsPhrase |
civil Body Politick
ⓘ
general good of the Colony ⓘ just and equal Laws ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Pilgrim settlers
ⓘ
Puritanism ⓘ
surface form:
Separatist Puritans
non-Separatist colonists ⓘ |
| draftedBy |
John Carver
ⓘ
Pilgrim leaders ⓘ William Bradford ⓘ William Brewster ⓘ |
| established |
civil body politic
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majority rule ⓘ self-government in Plymouth Colony ⓘ |
| governedUntil | 1691 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Mayflower Compact
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surface form:
Agreement Between the Settlers of New Plymouth
Mayflower landing at Plymouth ⓘ
surface form:
Compact of the Mayflower
|
| hasDateDiscrepancyReason | difference between Julian and Gregorian calendars ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
English self-governing traditions
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church covenant models ⓘ covenant theology ⓘ |
| jurisdictionContext | outside the bounds of the Virginia Company patent ⓘ |
| knownFrom | later copies and transcriptions ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| originalTextStatus | original manuscript lost ⓘ |
| purpose |
to legitimize settlement outside Virginia Company jurisdiction
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to maintain order and survival ⓘ to provide a framework for government in Plymouth Colony ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Mayflower Compact
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Plymouth Colony legal framework
United States constitutional history ⓘ colonial New England governance ⓘ |
| signedAboard |
Mayflower landing at Plymouth
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surface form:
Mayflower
|
| signedAtLocation | Provincetown Harbor ⓘ |
| signedBy |
41 male passengers
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Degory Priest ⓘ Edward Doty ⓘ Edward Leister ⓘ Edward Tilley ⓘ Edward Winslow ⓘ Francis Cooke ⓘ Isaac Allerton ⓘ John Alden ⓘ John Billington ⓘ John Carver ⓘ John Howland ⓘ John Tilley ⓘ John Turner ⓘ Myles Standish ⓘ Richard Warren ⓘ Samuel Fuller ⓘ Stephen Hopkins ⓘ Thomas Tinker ⓘ William Bradford ⓘ William Brewster ⓘ |
| signedInColony | Plymouth Colony ⓘ |
| signedNear | Cape Cod ⓘ |
| signedOn |
1620-11-11
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1620-11-21 ⓘ |
| significance |
early example of self-government in North America
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precursor to later American constitutional documents ⓘ symbol of majority rule tradition in the United States ⓘ |
| supersededBy |
royal charter of Massachusetts Bay
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surface form:
Massachusetts Bay Colony charter
|
How these facts were elicited
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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: Mayflower Compact Description of subject: The Mayflower Compact was a 1620 agreement among the Pilgrim settlers establishing a framework for self-government and majority rule in the Plymouth Colony.
Referenced by (31)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Plymouth Colony legal framework
this entity surface form:
Agreement Between the Settlers of New Plymouth
this entity surface form:
Mayflower Compact signatories
this entity surface form:
Mayflower Compact signers’ community