Fourth Relief
E510083
Fourth Relief was the final rescue party that reached the stranded Donner Party survivors in the Sierra Nevada during the winter of 1846–1847.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fourth Relief canonical | 2 |
| Fourth Relief party | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5297075 — 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: Fourth Relief Context triple: [Donner Party, rescueEffort, Fourth Relief]
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A.
Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935
The Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 was a major New Deal law that funded large-scale public works and employment programs to combat unemployment during the Great Depression.
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B.
La Sexta
La Sexta is a Spanish free-to-air television channel known for its general entertainment programming, news, and political satire.
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C.
Stafford Act
The Stafford Act is a U.S. federal law that provides the legal framework for federal natural disaster and emergency assistance to state and local governments.
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D.
Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932
The Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932 was a major U.S. law that expanded federal public works spending and authorized loans to states for unemployment relief during the Great Depression.
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E.
Fighting Fourth
Fighting Fourth is the storied nickname of the U.S. Marine Corps’ 4th Marine Division, renowned for its combat service in major World War II Pacific campaigns.
- 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: Fourth Relief Target entity description: Fourth Relief was the final rescue party that reached the stranded Donner Party survivors in the Sierra Nevada during the winter of 1846–1847.
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A.
Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935
The Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 was a major New Deal law that funded large-scale public works and employment programs to combat unemployment during the Great Depression.
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B.
La Sexta
La Sexta is a Spanish free-to-air television channel known for its general entertainment programming, news, and political satire.
-
C.
Stafford Act
The Stafford Act is a U.S. federal law that provides the legal framework for federal natural disaster and emergency assistance to state and local governments.
-
D.
Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932
The Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932 was a major U.S. law that expanded federal public works spending and authorized loans to states for unemployment relief during the Great Depression.
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E.
Fighting Fourth
Fighting Fourth is the storied nickname of the U.S. Marine Corps’ 4th Marine Division, renowned for its combat service in major World War II Pacific campaigns.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event participant group
ⓘ
rescue party ⓘ |
| activityType | overland mountain rescue ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Fourth Relief party
ⓘ
linked to:
Fourth Relief
|
| associatedWith |
Donner Party
ⓘ
Sierra Nevada snowbound emigrant camps ⓘ
linked to:
Donner Party
|
| cause | stranding of Donner Party in heavy Sierra Nevada snows ⓘ |
| followedBy | no subsequent relief parties ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Donner Party tragedy
ⓘ
linked to:
Donner Party
|
| historicalSignificance | concluded organized rescue efforts for the Donner Party ⓘ |
| name | Fourth Relief ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the last organized rescue group to reach Donner Party camps ⓘ |
| objective | rescue stranded Donner Party survivors ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
Sierra Nevada ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| participatedIn | rescue of the Donner Party ⓘ |
| precededBy | Third Relief ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
California Trail migration of 1846
ⓘ
linked to:
California Trail
|
| relatedTo | American westward expansion ⓘ |
| riskLevel | high-risk winter mountain travel ⓘ |
| role | final rescue party to reach the Donner Party ⓘ |
| sequenceNumber | fourth relief party sent to aid the Donner Party ⓘ |
| timePeriod | winter of 1846–1847 ⓘ |
| transportMode | overland travel on foot and by primitive means ⓘ |
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: Fourth Relief Description of subject: Fourth Relief was the final rescue party that reached the stranded Donner Party survivors in the Sierra Nevada during the winter of 1846–1847.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Fourth Relief