Peary family
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The Peary family is an American family best known for its association with Arctic exploration through Robert E. Peary and his descendants.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Peary family canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8857490 — 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: Peary family Context triple: [Marie Ahnighito Peary, partOf, Peary family]
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Fairbanks family
The Fairbanks family is a notable American acting dynasty best known for silent film star Douglas Fairbanks and his relatives who were prominent in early Hollywood.
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Agassiz family
The Agassiz family is a prominent Swiss-American lineage known for its influential contributions to natural science, particularly through the 19th-century biologist and geologist Louis Agassiz and his descendants.
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C.
Peirce family
The Peirce family was a prominent Washington, D.C. landowning and milling family active in the 18th and 19th centuries, known for operating agricultural and industrial enterprises in the Rock Creek area.
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D.
Muir family
The Muir family is an American family best known for naturalist and conservationist John Muir and his descendants, who were influential in the early environmental movement and California horticulture.
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E.
Munson family
The Munson family is a prominent American family known for its significant patronage of the arts, including endowing the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute.
- 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: Peary family Target entity description: The Peary family is an American family best known for its association with Arctic exploration through Robert E. Peary and his descendants.
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A.
Fairbanks family
The Fairbanks family is a notable American acting dynasty best known for silent film star Douglas Fairbanks and his relatives who were prominent in early Hollywood.
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B.
Agassiz family
The Agassiz family is a prominent Swiss-American lineage known for its influential contributions to natural science, particularly through the 19th-century biologist and geologist Louis Agassiz and his descendants.
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C.
Peirce family
The Peirce family was a prominent Washington, D.C. landowning and milling family active in the 18th and 19th centuries, known for operating agricultural and industrial enterprises in the Rock Creek area.
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D.
Muir family
The Muir family is an American family best known for naturalist and conservationist John Muir and his descendants, who were influential in the early environmental movement and California horticulture.
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E.
Munson family
The Munson family is a prominent American family known for its significant patronage of the arts, including endowing the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | American family ⓘ |
| associatedWithInstitution |
Bowdoin College
NERFINISHED
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Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson | Matthew Henson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Eagle Island, Maine
NERFINISHED
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Peary’s Eagle Island State Historic Site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion |
Arctic Ocean
NERFINISHED
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Greenland NERFINISHED ⓘ North Pole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| ethnicOrigin | European American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfActivity |
Arctic exploration
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polar exploration ⓘ |
| hasAncestralConnectionTo |
Maine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLegacyIn |
Arctic cultural memory
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United States exploration history ⓘ polar research history ⓘ |
| hasNotableDescendantActivity |
donation of exploration artifacts to museums
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preservation of Robert E. Peary’s exploration legacy ⓘ |
| hasNotableMarriageConnection | Robert Edwin Peary–Josephine Diebitsch Peary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
Edward Stafford Peary
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Josephine Diebitsch Peary NERFINISHED ⓘ Marie Ahnighito Peary NERFINISHED ⓘ Peary MacMillan NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Edwin Peary NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Edwin Peary Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEraOfProminence |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| knownFor | multi‑generational involvement in Arctic-related activities ⓘ |
| notableFor | association with Arctic exploration ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Peary family Description of subject: The Peary family is an American family best known for its association with Arctic exploration through Robert E. Peary and his descendants.
Referenced by (1)
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