William Alexander Graham
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William Alexander Graham was a 19th-century American politician from North Carolina who served as the state's governor, a U.S. senator, and Secretary of the Navy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Alexander Graham canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8182076 — 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: William Alexander Graham Context triple: [Graham, North Carolina, namedAfter, William Alexander Graham]
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A.
William Robert Bruce
William Robert Bruce was a member of the Scottish aristocratic Bruce family and the brother of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, famed for acquiring the Elgin Marbles.
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B.
Hugh John Mungo Grant
Hugh John Mungo Grant is a British actor known for his charismatic performances in romantic comedies such as "Four Weddings and a Funeral," "Notting Hill," and "Love Actually."
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C.
James Ramsay
James Ramsay was an 18th-century Anglican clergyman and prominent British abolitionist who campaigned vigorously against the transatlantic slave trade.
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D.
James Gillespie Graham
James Gillespie Graham was a prominent 19th-century Scottish architect known for helping popularize the Scottish Baronial and Gothic Revival styles through numerous country houses and public buildings.
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E.
Charles Stewart
Charles Stewart was a distinguished early 19th-century United States Navy officer and War of 1812 hero who later rose to the rank of commodore.
- 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: William Alexander Graham Target entity description: William Alexander Graham was a 19th-century American politician from North Carolina who served as the state's governor, a U.S. senator, and Secretary of the Navy.
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A.
William Robert Bruce
William Robert Bruce was a member of the Scottish aristocratic Bruce family and the brother of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, famed for acquiring the Elgin Marbles.
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B.
Hugh John Mungo Grant
Hugh John Mungo Grant is a British actor known for his charismatic performances in romantic comedies such as "Four Weddings and a Funeral," "Notting Hill," and "Love Actually."
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C.
James Ramsay
James Ramsay was an 18th-century Anglican clergyman and prominent British abolitionist who campaigned vigorously against the transatlantic slave trade.
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D.
James Gillespie Graham
James Gillespie Graham was a prominent 19th-century Scottish architect known for helping popularize the Scottish Baronial and Gothic Revival styles through numerous country houses and public buildings.
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E.
Charles Stewart
Charles Stewart was a distinguished early 19th-century United States Navy officer and War of 1812 hero who later rose to the rank of commodore.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American politician
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Millard Fillmore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| candidateIn | United States presidential election, 1852 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Confederate States of America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1804-09-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1875-08-11 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ⓘ |
| endTime |
service in United States Senate: 1843
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term as Governor of North Carolina: 1849 ⓘ term as United States Secretary of the Navy: 1852 ⓘ |
| familyName | Graham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Joseph Graham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Confederate States Senate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Carolina House of Commons NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Senate ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Whig Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| middleName | Alexander NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
governorship of North Carolina, 1845–1849
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service as United States Secretary of the Navy during the Fillmore administration ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 10 ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| officeContested | Vice President of the United States ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Lincoln County, North Carolina
NERFINISHED
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near Lincolnton, North Carolina ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial |
Hillsborough Old Town Cemetery
NERFINISHED
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Hillsborough, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Saratoga Springs, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Confederate States senator
ⓘ
Governor of North Carolina ⓘ Speaker of the North Carolina House of Commons NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Secretary of the Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Senator NERFINISHED ⓘ member of the North Carolina House of Commons ⓘ presidential elector ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterian
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surface form:
Presbyterianism
|
| represented | North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Hillsborough, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runningMateOf | Winfield Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Susannah Sarah Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime |
service in United States Senate: 1840
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term as Governor of North Carolina: 1845 ⓘ term as United States Secretary of the Navy: 1850 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: William Alexander Graham Description of subject: William Alexander Graham was a 19th-century American politician from North Carolina who served as the state's governor, a U.S. senator, and Secretary of the Navy.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.