Henry Shaw
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Henry Shaw was a 19th-century English-born American philanthropist and horticulturist best known for establishing the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Henry Shaw canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1596525 — 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: Henry Shaw Context triple: [Missouri Botanical Garden, foundedBy, Henry Shaw]
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A.
George Philip Wells
George Philip Wells was a British zoologist and author, known both for his scientific work and as the son of writer H. G. Wells.
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B.
Charles Lanyon
Charles Lanyon was a prominent 19th-century Irish architect known for designing many notable public buildings in Belfast and across Ulster.
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C.
Moorfield Storey
Moorfield Storey was an American lawyer, civil rights leader, and anti-imperialist known for his early and influential advocacy for racial equality and justice.
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D.
Henry Wolfe
Henry Wolfe is an American musician and actor known for his work as a singer-songwriter and for being the son of acclaimed actress Meryl Streep.
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E.
George Wells
George Wells was an American screenwriter known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including several MGM musicals and comedies.
- 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: Henry Shaw Target entity description: Henry Shaw was a 19th-century English-born American philanthropist and horticulturist best known for establishing the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis.
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A.
George Philip Wells
George Philip Wells was a British zoologist and author, known both for his scientific work and as the son of writer H. G. Wells.
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B.
Charles Lanyon
Charles Lanyon was a prominent 19th-century Irish architect known for designing many notable public buildings in Belfast and across Ulster.
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C.
Moorfield Storey
Moorfield Storey was an American lawyer, civil rights leader, and anti-imperialist known for his early and influential advocacy for racial equality and justice.
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D.
Henry Wolfe
Henry Wolfe is an American musician and actor known for his work as a singer-songwriter and for being the son of acclaimed actress Meryl Streep.
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E.
George Wells
George Wells was an American screenwriter known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including several MGM musicals and comedies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
horticulturist
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human ⓘ immigrant to the United States ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Sheffield
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surface form:
Sheffield, England
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| birthYear | 1800 ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Shaw neighborhood in St. Louis
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statue at Missouri Botanical Garden ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United States of America ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1889 ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Shaw ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
botany (patronage)
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horticulture ⓘ |
| founded |
Missouri Botanical Garden
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Tower Grove Park ⓘ |
| givenName | Henry ⓘ |
| heritage | English ⓘ |
| knownFor |
founding the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis
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philanthropy in St. Louis, Missouri ⓘ |
| movedTo |
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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surface form:
St. Louis, Missouri
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| notableProjectLocation |
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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surface form:
St. Louis, Missouri
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| notableWork | Missouri Botanical Garden ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessman
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horticulturist ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ |
| philanthropicFocus |
education and science (through botanical institutions)
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public gardens and parks ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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surface form:
St. Louis, Missouri
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| residence |
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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surface form:
St. Louis, Missouri
|
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: Henry Shaw Description of subject: Henry Shaw was a 19th-century English-born American philanthropist and horticulturist best known for establishing the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.