James A. Piatt
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James A. Piatt was an influential early settler and landowner in central Illinois after whom Piatt County was named.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James A. Piatt canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7765587 — 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 A. Piatt Context triple: [Piatt County, Illinois, namedAfter, James A. Piatt]
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A.
John A. McClernand
John A. McClernand was a prominent Union Army general and Illinois politician during the American Civil War, known for his leadership in the Western Theater and his close political ties to President Abraham Lincoln.
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B.
Lyman G. Bloomingdale
Lyman G. Bloomingdale was an American businessman and co-founder of the iconic Bloomingdale’s department store, which became a landmark in New York City retail.
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C.
Moses H. Grinnell
Moses H. Grinnell was a 19th-century American merchant, politician, and influential New York civic leader who played a prominent role in maritime commerce and public service.
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D.
Augustus C. Dodge
Augustus C. Dodge was a 19th-century American politician and U.S. senator from Iowa known for his role in westward expansion and territorial governance.
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E.
Charles W. Bingham
Charles W. Bingham was a prominent American businessman and philanthropist whose contributions to education and public institutions led to buildings such as Bingham Hall being named in his honor.
- 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 A. Piatt Target entity description: James A. Piatt was an influential early settler and landowner in central Illinois after whom Piatt County was named.
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A.
John A. McClernand
John A. McClernand was a prominent Union Army general and Illinois politician during the American Civil War, known for his leadership in the Western Theater and his close political ties to President Abraham Lincoln.
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B.
Lyman G. Bloomingdale
Lyman G. Bloomingdale was an American businessman and co-founder of the iconic Bloomingdale’s department store, which became a landmark in New York City retail.
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C.
Moses H. Grinnell
Moses H. Grinnell was a 19th-century American merchant, politician, and influential New York civic leader who played a prominent role in maritime commerce and public service.
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D.
Augustus C. Dodge
Augustus C. Dodge was a 19th-century American politician and U.S. senator from Iowa known for his role in westward expansion and territorial governance.
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E.
Charles W. Bingham
Charles W. Bingham was a prominent American businessman and philanthropist whose contributions to education and public institutions led to buildings such as Bingham Hall being named in his honor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
county
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person ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Piatt ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| hasParticularSignificance |
Piatt County, Illinois was named after him
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linked to:
Piatt County, Illinois
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| locatedIn | Illinois ⓘ |
| namedAfter | James A. Piatt ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a prominent landowner in central Illinois
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being an early settler in central Illinois ⓘ |
| occupation |
landowner
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settler ⓘ |
| residence |
central Illinois
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linked to:
Central Illinois
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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: James A. Piatt Description of subject: James A. Piatt was an influential early settler and landowner in central Illinois after whom Piatt County was named.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
James A. Piatt