Jonathan Carver
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Jonathan Carver was an 18th-century British-American explorer and writer known for his travels and mapping in the upper Mississippi River region of North America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jonathan Carver canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7533449 — 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: Jonathan Carver Context triple: [Carver County, Minnesota, namedAfter, Jonathan Carver]
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A.
John Alden
John Alden was an English cooper and early settler of Plymouth Colony, best known as one of the original Mayflower passengers and a prominent figure in early New England history.
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B.
William Ledyard
William Ledyard was an American Revolutionary War officer best known for his leadership and death during the 1781 British attack on Fort Griswold in Groton, Connecticut.
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C.
Thomas Savage
Thomas Savage was an American novelist best known for his psychologically rich Western fiction, particularly the novel "The Power of the Dog."
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D.
John Alden Mason
John Alden Mason was an American anthropologist and linguist known for his extensive fieldwork and documentation of Indigenous languages and cultures of the Americas.
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E.
Jedediah Leland
Jedediah Leland is a key supporting character in the film "Citizen Kane," serving as Charles Foster Kane’s longtime friend and moral conscience who ultimately critiques Kane’s corruption and lost ideals.
- 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: Jonathan Carver Target entity description: Jonathan Carver was an 18th-century British-American explorer and writer known for his travels and mapping in the upper Mississippi River region of North America.
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A.
John Alden
John Alden was an English cooper and early settler of Plymouth Colony, best known as one of the original Mayflower passengers and a prominent figure in early New England history.
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B.
William Ledyard
William Ledyard was an American Revolutionary War officer best known for his leadership and death during the 1781 British attack on Fort Griswold in Groton, Connecticut.
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C.
Thomas Savage
Thomas Savage was an American novelist best known for his psychologically rich Western fiction, particularly the novel "The Power of the Dog."
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D.
John Alden Mason
John Alden Mason was an American anthropologist and linguist known for his extensive fieldwork and documentation of Indigenous languages and cultures of the Americas.
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E.
Jedediah Leland
Jedediah Leland is a key supporting character in the film "Citizen Kane," serving as Charles Foster Kane’s longtime friend and moral conscience who ultimately critiques Kane’s corruption and lost ideals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British-American person
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cartographer ⓘ explorer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
British America
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Weymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1710 ⓘ |
| citizenship |
British America
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Great Britain ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | French and Indian War ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication | Great Britain ⓘ |
| deathPlace | London, England ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1780 ⓘ |
| describedIndigenousPeoples |
Dakota (Sioux)
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Ojibwe (Chippewa) ⓘ
linked to:
Ojibwe
Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) ⓘ
linked to:
Winnebago
|
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | English ⓘ |
| exploredRegion |
Great Lakes region
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present-day Iowa ⓘ present-day Minnesota ⓘ present-day Wisconsin ⓘ upper Mississippi River ⓘ
linked to:
Mississippi River
|
| genre |
exploration narrative
ⓘ
travel literature ⓘ |
| hasLegacy |
Carver County, Minnesota
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Carver, Minnesota ⓘ |
| influenced |
early American frontier literature
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later explorers of the upper Mississippi region ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early English-language account of the interior of North America
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exploration of the upper Mississippi River region ⓘ mapping parts of the upper Mississippi and Great Lakes region ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| militaryService | Massachusetts provincial forces ⓘ |
| name | Jonathan Carver ⓘ |
| notableWork | Travels through the Interior Parts of North America in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768 ⓘ |
| notedFor | detailed descriptions of North American geography and native cultures ⓘ |
| occupation |
cartographer
ⓘ
explorer ⓘ surveyor ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Carver’s Travels ⓘ |
| traveledYears |
1766
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1767 ⓘ |
| traveledYears | 1768 ⓘ |
| workPublishedYear | 1778 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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