George Q. Cannon
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George Q. Cannon was a prominent 19th-century Latter-day Saint leader, missionary, publisher, and long-serving counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| George Q. Cannon canonical | 4 |
| George Quayle Cannon | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6278401 — 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: George Q. Cannon Context triple: [Cannon, hasNotableBearer, George Q. Cannon]
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A.
George Albert Smith
George Albert Smith was a pioneering British filmmaker and early cinema innovator known for his contributions to narrative film techniques and special effects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Wilford Woodruff
Wilford Woodruff was a prominent early Latter-day Saint apostle and fourth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, known for leading the church through the transition away from plural marriage and helping establish it in the American West.
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C.
Brigham Young
Brigham Young was a 19th-century American religious leader who led the Latter-day Saints to the American West and served as the second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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D.
Lorenzo Snow
Lorenzo Snow was the fifth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, known for stabilizing the church’s finances and promoting the principle of tithing at the turn of the 20th century.
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E.
Monroe Cannon
Monroe Cannon is the daughter of singer Mariah Carey and entertainer Nick Cannon, known publicly through her parents' high-profile careers and media appearances.
- 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: George Q. Cannon Target entity description: George Q. Cannon was a prominent 19th-century Latter-day Saint leader, missionary, publisher, and long-serving counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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A.
George Albert Smith
George Albert Smith was a pioneering British filmmaker and early cinema innovator known for his contributions to narrative film techniques and special effects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Wilford Woodruff
Wilford Woodruff was a prominent early Latter-day Saint apostle and fourth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, known for leading the church through the transition away from plural marriage and helping establish it in the American West.
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C.
Brigham Young
Brigham Young was a 19th-century American religious leader who led the Latter-day Saints to the American West and served as the second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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D.
Lorenzo Snow
Lorenzo Snow was the fifth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, known for stabilizing the church’s finances and promoting the principle of tithing at the turn of the 20th century.
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E.
Monroe Cannon
Monroe Cannon is the daughter of singer Mariah Carey and entertainer Nick Cannon, known publicly through her parents' high-profile careers and media appearances.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latter-day Saint leader
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human ⓘ politician ⓘ publisher ⓘ religious missionary ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1827-01-11 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Liverpool, Lancashire, England ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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linked to:
Salt Lake City Cemetery
|
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1901-04-12 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Monterey, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Monterey
|
| editorOf |
Deseret News
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Juvenile Instructor magazine ⓘ |
| familyName | Cannon ⓘ |
| founderOf | Juvenile Instructor magazine ⓘ |
| fullName |
George Quayle Cannon
ⓘ
linked to:
George Q. Cannon
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| givenName | George ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Hawaiian ⓘ |
| memberOf | Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church) ⓘ |
| missionaryService |
Mission to California
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Mission to Great Britain ⓘ Mission to the Eastern United States ⓘ Mission to the Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands) ⓘ |
| movedTo |
Nauvoo, Illinois
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Salt Lake Valley, Utah Territory ⓘ
linked to:
Salt Lake Valley
|
| notableFor |
long service in the First Presidency of the LDS Church
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political representation of Utah Territory in the U.S. Congress ⓘ prominent role in 19th-century Latter-day Saint publishing ⓘ |
| notableWork | Translation of the Book of Mormon into Hawaiian ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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editor ⓘ missionary ⓘ politician ⓘ publisher ⓘ religious leader ⓘ |
| parentOf |
Abraham H. Cannon
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Frank J. Cannon ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from Utah Territory ⓘ First Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ
linked to:
First Presidency
Second Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ Third Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ |
| publisherOf | Deseret News ⓘ |
| relative |
Ann Quayle (mother)
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George Cannon (father) ⓘ |
| religion |
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
ⓘ
linked to:
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
|
| represented | Utah Territory ⓘ |
| servedUnder |
Brigham Young
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John Taylor ⓘ Lorenzo Snow ⓘ Wilford Woodruff ⓘ |
| spouse |
Elizabeth Hoagland Cannon
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multiple plural wives ⓘ |
| termEnd | as U.S. House Delegate: 1881 ⓘ |
| termStart | as U.S. House Delegate: 1873 ⓘ |
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: George Q. Cannon Description of subject: George Q. Cannon was a prominent 19th-century Latter-day Saint leader, missionary, publisher, and long-serving counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: George Q. Cannon