James B. Weaver
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James B. Weaver was an American politician and two-time presidential candidate best known as a leading figure in the Populist movement of the late 19th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James B. Weaver canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8029056 — 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: James B. Weaver Context triple: [1892 United States presidential election, thirdPartyCandidate, James B. Weaver]
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A.
James Weaver
James Weaver is a television producer best known for his work on the long-running Canadian teen drama series "Degrassi: The Next Generation."
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B.
Henry Wilson
Henry Wilson was a prominent British architect, designer, and craftsman associated with the Arts and Crafts movement.
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C.
Henry Wilson
Henry Wilson was an American politician and abolitionist who served as the 18th vice president of the United States under President Ulysses S. Grant.
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D.
Charles H. Buchanan
Charles H. Buchanan was the Louisville, Kentucky real estate agent whose challenge to a racially discriminatory housing ordinance led to the landmark 1917 U.S. Supreme Court case Buchanan v. Warley.
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E.
Henry B. Carrington
Henry B. Carrington was a U.S. Army officer and frontier commander best known for leading forces during Red Cloud's War in the 1860s.
- 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: James B. Weaver Target entity description: James B. Weaver was an American politician and two-time presidential candidate best known as a leading figure in the Populist movement of the late 19th century.
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A.
James Weaver
James Weaver is a television producer best known for his work on the long-running Canadian teen drama series "Degrassi: The Next Generation."
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B.
Henry Wilson
Henry Wilson was a prominent British architect, designer, and craftsman associated with the Arts and Crafts movement.
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C.
Henry Wilson
Henry Wilson was an American politician and abolitionist who served as the 18th vice president of the United States under President Ulysses S. Grant.
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D.
Charles H. Buchanan
Charles H. Buchanan was the Louisville, Kentucky real estate agent whose challenge to a racially discriminatory housing ordinance led to the landmark 1917 U.S. Supreme Court case Buchanan v. Warley.
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E.
Henry B. Carrington
Henry B. Carrington was a U.S. Army officer and frontier commander best known for leading forces during Red Cloud's War in the 1860s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American politician
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Populist leader ⓘ human ⓘ presidential candidate ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | James Baird Weaver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Columbus, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| candidateInElection |
United States presidential election, 1880
NERFINISHED
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United States presidential election, 1892 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1833-06-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1912-02-06 ⓘ |
| familyName | Weaver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| ideology |
Populism
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agrarianism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Greenback Party
NERFINISHED
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Populist Party NERFINISHED ⓘ Republican Party ⓘ |
| middleName | Baird NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Union Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedBy |
Greenback Party
NERFINISHED
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Populist Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership in the Populist movement
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third-party presidential campaigns ⓘ |
| notableWork | A Call to Action NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 7 ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
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politician ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| officeContested | President of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Dayton, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Des Moines, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
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U.S. Representative from Iowa ⓘ |
| religion | Methodism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| representedDistrict |
Iowa's 6th congressional district
NERFINISHED
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Iowa's 9th congressional district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Clarrisa Vinson Weaver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportedCause |
direct election of U.S. senators
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free silver ⓘ graduated income tax ⓘ regulation of railroads ⓘ |
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: James B. Weaver Description of subject: James B. Weaver was an American politician and two-time presidential candidate best known as a leading figure in the Populist movement of the late 19th century.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.