Samuel Colt
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Samuel Colt was a 19th-century American inventor and industrialist best known for developing the Colt revolver and revolutionizing modern firearms manufacturing.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Samuel Colt canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5999094 — 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: Samuel Colt Context triple: [Cedar Hill Cemetery, notableBurial, Samuel Colt]
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A.
Richard Jordan Gatling
Richard Jordan Gatling was a 19th-century American inventor best known for creating the Gatling gun, one of the first successful rapid-fire weapons.
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B.
John Browning
John Browning was a pioneering American firearms designer whose innovations, including several iconic pistols, rifles, and machine guns, profoundly shaped modern small arms.
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C.
Daniel B. Wesson
Daniel B. Wesson was an American firearms designer and co-founder of the Smith & Wesson gun manufacturing company.
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D.
Arthur Judson
Arthur Judson was an influential American music manager and impresario who co-founded the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) and played a major role in shaping early 20th-century broadcasting and classical music management.
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E.
Henry Harrison Culver
Henry Harrison Culver was an American businessman and philanthropist best known for establishing the prestigious Culver Military Academy in Indiana.
- 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: Samuel Colt Target entity description: Samuel Colt was a 19th-century American inventor and industrialist best known for developing the Colt revolver and revolutionizing modern firearms manufacturing.
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A.
Richard Jordan Gatling
Richard Jordan Gatling was a 19th-century American inventor best known for creating the Gatling gun, one of the first successful rapid-fire weapons.
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B.
John Browning
John Browning was a pioneering American firearms designer whose innovations, including several iconic pistols, rifles, and machine guns, profoundly shaped modern small arms.
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C.
Daniel B. Wesson
Daniel B. Wesson was an American firearms designer and co-founder of the Smith & Wesson gun manufacturing company.
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D.
Arthur Judson
Arthur Judson was an influential American music manager and impresario who co-founded the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) and played a major role in shaping early 20th-century broadcasting and classical music management.
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E.
Henry Harrison Culver
Henry Harrison Culver was an American businessman and philanthropist best known for establishing the prestigious Culver Military Academy in Indiana.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | gout ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1814-07-19 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1862-01-10 ⓘ |
| employer |
Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Colt's Manufacturing Company
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| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Colt ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
firearms
ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ |
| founded |
Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Colt's Manufacturing Company
Patent Arms Manufacturing Company ⓘ
linked to:
Colt's Manufacturing Company
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| fullName | Samuel Colt ⓘ |
| givenName | Samuel ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | American of English descent ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of modern revolvers
ⓘ
industrial mass-production techniques ⓘ |
| knownFor |
mass production of firearms
ⓘ
revolver with a rotating cylinder ⓘ use of interchangeable parts in gun manufacturing ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Connecticut State Militia (as colonel by honorary title)
ⓘ
linked to:
Connecticut militia
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| notableWork |
Colt Army Model 1860
ⓘ
Colt Dragoon revolver ⓘ Colt Navy revolver ⓘ
linked to:
Colt revolver
Colt Paterson revolver ⓘ
linked to:
Colt revolver
Colt Walker revolver ⓘ Colt revolver ⓘ |
| occupation |
firearms designer
ⓘ
industrialist ⓘ inventor ⓘ manufacturer ⓘ |
| patent | US patent for a revolving-breech firearm mechanism ⓘ |
| patentDate | 1836-02-25 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Hartford, Connecticut
ⓘ
linked to:
Hartford
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| placeOfBurial | Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Hartford, Connecticut
ⓘ
linked to:
Hartford
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| religion | Episcopalian ⓘ |
| residence |
Hartford, Connecticut
ⓘ
linked to:
Hartford
London, England ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
established large armory in Hartford using assembly-line methods
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secured large firearms contracts during the Mexican–American War ⓘ |
| spouse | Elizabeth Jarvis Colt ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Samuel Colt Description of subject: Samuel Colt was a 19th-century American inventor and industrialist best known for developing the Colt revolver and revolutionizing modern firearms manufacturing.
Referenced by (7)
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