Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin was a leading American polymath of the 18th century, renowned as a statesman, inventor, writer, and key figure in the American Enlightenment and the founding of the United States.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2369 — 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.
Target entity: Benjamin Franklin Context triple: [American Philosophical Society, founder, Benjamin Franklin]
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Franklin
Franklin is the given name of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States who led the country through the Great Depression and World War II.
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John Hancock
John Hancock was a prominent American Founding Father, revolutionary leader, and the first signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, known for his bold and iconic signature.
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Increase Mather
Increase Mather was a prominent 17th-century New England Puritan minister and political leader who played a major role in colonial religious life and governance, including efforts to curb the excesses of the Salem witch trials.
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George Washington
George Washington was the first president of the United States and a key leader of the American Revolutionary War, often referred to as the "Father of His Country."
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Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States, principal author of the Declaration of Independence, and a leading figure of early American political and intellectual life.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Benjamin Franklin Target entity description: Benjamin Franklin was a leading American polymath of the 18th century, renowned as a statesman, inventor, writer, and key figure in the American Enlightenment and the founding of the United States.
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A.
Franklin
Franklin is the given name of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States who led the country through the Great Depression and World War II.
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B.
John Hancock
John Hancock was a prominent American Founding Father, revolutionary leader, and the first signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, known for his bold and iconic signature.
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C.
Increase Mather
Increase Mather was a prominent 17th-century New England Puritan minister and political leader who played a major role in colonial religious life and governance, including efforts to curb the excesses of the Salem witch trials.
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D.
George Washington
George Washington was the first president of the United States and a key leader of the American Revolutionary War, often referred to as the "Father of His Country."
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E.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States, principal author of the Declaration of Independence, and a leading figure of early American political and intellectual life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Founding Father of the United States
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diplomat ⓘ human ⓘ inventor ⓘ philosopher ⓘ politician ⓘ polymath ⓘ postmaster ⓘ printer ⓘ publisher ⓘ scientist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| appearsOn |
Federal Reserve Note
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surface form:
United States one-hundred-dollar bill
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| birthDate | 1706-01-17 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay
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| child |
Francis Folger Franklin
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Sarah Franklin Bache ⓘ William Franklin ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Kingdom of Great Britain
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United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1790-04-17 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Philadelphia
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surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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| familyName |
Benjamin Franklin
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Franklin
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| founded |
American Philosophical Society
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Library Company of Philadelphia ⓘ Union Fire Company ⓘ University of Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| fullName | Benjamin Franklin self-link ⓘ |
| givenName | Benjamin ⓘ |
| heldPosition |
Postmaster General of the United States
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President of Pennsylvania ⓘ United States Ambassador to France ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Franklin stove
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bifocal glasses ⓘ experiments with electricity ⓘ founding the University of Pennsylvania ⓘ kite experiment ⓘ lightning rod ⓘ negotiating the Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ role in drafting the United States Constitution ⓘ role in drafting the United States Declaration of Independence ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Constitutional Convention
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surface form:
Constitutional Convention of 1787
Second Continental Congress ⓘ |
| movement |
Age of Enlightenment
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American Enlightenment ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Poor Richard's Almanack
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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diplomat ⓘ inventor ⓘ politician ⓘ printer ⓘ scientist ⓘ |
| portraitImage | https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Benjamin_Franklin_by_Joseph_Duplessis_1778.jpg ⓘ |
| religion | Deism ⓘ |
| signatureImage | https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Benjamin_Franklin_Signature.svg ⓘ |
| spouse | Deborah Read ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Benjamin Franklin Description of subject: Benjamin Franklin was a leading American polymath of the 18th century, renowned as a statesman, inventor, writer, and key figure in the American Enlightenment and the founding of the United States.
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