Stephen Hopkins (Mayflower passenger)
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Stephen Hopkins was an early English settler who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 and signed the Mayflower Compact, playing a notable role in the founding of Plymouth Colony.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hopkins family of Plymouth Colony | 1 |
| Stephen Hopkins (Mayflower passenger) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4307845 — 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: Stephen Hopkins (Mayflower passenger) Context triple: [Upper Clatford, hasNotablePerson, Stephen Hopkins (Mayflower passenger)]
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A.
Edward Fuller (Mayflower passenger)
Edward Fuller was an English Separatist and early Pilgrim who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 and signed the Mayflower Compact before dying during the first winter at Plymouth Colony.
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B.
William Brewster
William Brewster was a senior leader of the Pilgrim Separatists and a religious elder of Plymouth Colony who played a key role in guiding the Mayflower passengers and establishing their early governance.
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C.
Edward Winslow
Edward Winslow was an English Separatist leader and diplomat who became a prominent governor of Plymouth Colony and an important figure in early New England history.
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D.
John Alden
John Alden was an English cooper and early settler of Plymouth Colony, best known as one of the original Mayflower passengers and a prominent figure in early New England history.
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E.
Richard Mather
Richard Mather was a prominent 17th-century Puritan minister and early New England clergyman influential in shaping colonial religious life.
- 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: Stephen Hopkins (Mayflower passenger) Target entity description: Stephen Hopkins was an early English settler who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 and signed the Mayflower Compact, playing a notable role in the founding of Plymouth Colony.
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A.
Edward Fuller (Mayflower passenger)
Edward Fuller was an English Separatist and early Pilgrim who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 and signed the Mayflower Compact before dying during the first winter at Plymouth Colony.
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B.
William Brewster
William Brewster was a senior leader of the Pilgrim Separatists and a religious elder of Plymouth Colony who played a key role in guiding the Mayflower passengers and establishing their early governance.
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C.
Edward Winslow
Edward Winslow was an English Separatist leader and diplomat who became a prominent governor of Plymouth Colony and an important figure in early New England history.
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D.
John Alden
John Alden was an English cooper and early settler of Plymouth Colony, best known as one of the original Mayflower passengers and a prominent figure in early New England history.
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E.
Richard Mather
Richard Mather was a prominent 17th-century Puritan minister and early New England clergyman influential in shaping colonial religious life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English colonist
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Mayflower passenger ⓘ person ⓘ |
| appearsIn | William Shakespeare’s play The Tempest (as a possible inspiration for a character) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Plymouth, Plymouth Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Benjamin Hopkins
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Caleb Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Constance Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Damaris Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Damaris Hopkins (younger) NERFINISHED ⓘ Deborah Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Elizabeth Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Giles Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ John Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Oceanus Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruth Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 1581 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | between 6 June 1644 and 17 July 1644 ⓘ |
| familyName | Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Stephen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| householdOnMayflower |
included children Giles and Constance from first marriage
ⓘ
included servants Edward Doty and Edward Leister ⓘ included wife Elizabeth Fisher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the signers of the Mayflower Compact
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early English settlement in New England ⓘ experience in Jamestown prior to Plymouth ⓘ |
| occupation |
colonist
ⓘ
merchant ⓘ tanner ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Sea Venture voyage to Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
founding of Plymouth Colony ⓘ |
| passengerOn | Mayflower NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Hursley, Hampshire, England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Upper Clatford, Hampshire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Plymouth, Plymouth Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
|
| residence |
Jamestown, Virginia Colony
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Plymouth, Plymouth Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInColony | assistant to the governor of Plymouth Colony ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| shipwreckSurvivorOf | Sea Venture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| signed | Mayflower Compact NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Elizabeth Fisher
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mary Kent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| voyage | Mayflower voyage (1620) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfArrivalInNorthAmerica | 1609 ⓘ |
| yearOfArrivalInPlymouth | 1620 ⓘ |
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: Stephen Hopkins (Mayflower passenger) Description of subject: Stephen Hopkins was an early English settler who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 and signed the Mayflower Compact, playing a notable role in the founding of Plymouth Colony.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Upper Clatford
this entity surface form:
Hopkins family of Plymouth Colony