Wye House
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Wye House is a historic plantation estate in Maryland best known as one of the places where abolitionist Frederick Douglass was enslaved and later wrote about in his autobiographies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wye House canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6485373 — 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: Wye House Context triple: [Queen Anne's County, Maryland, hasHistoricSite, Wye House]
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A.
Ryves Holt House
The Ryves Holt House is one of the oldest surviving houses in Delaware, historically significant as a colonial-era inn and residence in the coastal town of Lewes.
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B.
Hurtwood House
Hurtwood House is a prestigious independent sixth-form boarding college in Surrey, England, known for its strong emphasis on the performing arts and creative subjects.
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C.
Rewley House
Rewley House is a historic Oxford building that serves as the base for the University of Oxford’s Department for Continuing Education and was the original home of Kellogg College.
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D.
Kenwood House
Kenwood House is a historic neoclassical villa on the edge of Hampstead Heath in London, renowned for its impressive art collection and landscaped grounds.
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E.
Wigglesworth Hall
Wigglesworth Hall is a freshman dormitory at Harvard University, located along the edge of Harvard Yard in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- 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: Wye House Target entity description: Wye House is a historic plantation estate in Maryland best known as one of the places where abolitionist Frederick Douglass was enslaved and later wrote about in his autobiographies.
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A.
Ryves Holt House
The Ryves Holt House is one of the oldest surviving houses in Delaware, historically significant as a colonial-era inn and residence in the coastal town of Lewes.
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B.
Hurtwood House
Hurtwood House is a prestigious independent sixth-form boarding college in Surrey, England, known for its strong emphasis on the performing arts and creative subjects.
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C.
Rewley House
Rewley House is a historic Oxford building that serves as the base for the University of Oxford’s Department for Continuing Education and was the original home of Kellogg College.
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D.
Kenwood House
Kenwood House is a historic neoclassical villa on the edge of Hampstead Heath in London, renowned for its impressive art collection and landscaped grounds.
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E.
Wigglesworth Hall
Wigglesworth Hall is a freshman dormitory at Harvard University, located along the edge of Harvard Yard in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
National Historic Landmark
ⓘ
historic house ⓘ historic plantation estate ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Georgian architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Frederick Douglass
ⓘ
Lloyd family of Maryland ⓘ history of abolitionism in the United States ⓘ |
| builtFor | Lloyd family ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dateOfConstruction | late 18th century ⓘ |
| era |
18th century American South
ⓘ
antebellum period ⓘ |
| hasMainBuildingMaterial | brick ⓘ |
| hasPart |
chapel (or orangerie/greenhouse complex)
ⓘ
gardens ⓘ plantation outbuildings ⓘ slave quarters (archaeological remains) ⓘ |
| hasUse |
agricultural plantation
ⓘ
private residence ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
ⓘ
listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| knownFor |
association with Frederick Douglass
ⓘ
large slaveholding plantation ⓘ well-preserved plantation landscape ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Eastern Shore of Maryland
ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ Talbot County, Maryland ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Wye River (nearby waterway)
ⓘ
linked to:
Wye River
|
| mentionedIn |
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
ⓘ
My Bondage and My Freedom ⓘ Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave ⓘ |
| nearestCity | Easton, Maryland ⓘ |
| notableResident |
Edward Lloyd III
ⓘ
linked to:
Edward Lloyd IV
Edward Lloyd IV ⓘ Edward Lloyd V ⓘ |
| NRHPType | district ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Lloyd family ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
National Historic Landmark of the United States
ⓘ
linked to:
National Historic Landmark
|
| region | Chesapeake Bay region ⓘ |
| significance |
history of African Americans on the Eastern Shore
ⓘ
history of slavery in the United States ⓘ study of plantation archaeology ⓘ |
| significantEvent | enslavement of Frederick Douglass during his childhood ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
archaeological excavations on slave life
ⓘ
historical research on the Lloyd family ⓘ scholarship on Frederick Douglass ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Wye House Description of subject: Wye House is a historic plantation estate in Maryland best known as one of the places where abolitionist Frederick Douglass was enslaved and later wrote about in his autobiographies.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.