John Smith (son of Hyrum)
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John Smith (son of Hyrum) was a 19th-century Latter-day Saint figure known primarily as the son of early LDS leader and martyr Hyrum Smith and a member of the prominent Smith family in Mormon history.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Smith (nephew of Joseph Smith) | 1 |
| John Smith (son of Hyrum Smith) | 1 |
| John Smith (son of Hyrum) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9400108 — 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: John Smith (son of Hyrum) Context triple: [Hyrum Smith, child, John Smith (son of Hyrum)]
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A.
Hyrum Smith
Hyrum Smith was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement, serving as Assistant President of the Church and a close supporter of his brother Joseph Smith before being killed alongside him in 1844.
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B.
Joseph Smith III
Joseph Smith III was the eldest surviving son of Joseph Smith Jr. and the founding prophet-president of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (now Community of Christ).
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C.
Joseph Smith Sr.
Joseph Smith Sr. was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and the patriarch of the family from which Mormonism’s founder, Joseph Smith Jr., emerged.
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D.
Hyrum
Hyrum is a small city in northern Utah known for its agricultural roots and proximity to outdoor recreation in the Cache Valley.
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E.
William L. Clayton
William L. Clayton was an influential American businessman and government official who played a key role in shaping U.S. economic policy and the post–World War II Marshall Plan.
- 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: John Smith (son of Hyrum) Target entity description: John Smith (son of Hyrum) was a 19th-century Latter-day Saint figure known primarily as the son of early LDS leader and martyr Hyrum Smith and a member of the prominent Smith family in Mormon history.
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A.
Hyrum Smith
Hyrum Smith was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement, serving as Assistant President of the Church and a close supporter of his brother Joseph Smith before being killed alongside him in 1844.
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B.
Joseph Smith III
Joseph Smith III was the eldest surviving son of Joseph Smith Jr. and the founding prophet-president of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (now Community of Christ).
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C.
Joseph Smith Sr.
Joseph Smith Sr. was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and the patriarch of the family from which Mormonism’s founder, Joseph Smith Jr., emerged.
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D.
Hyrum
Hyrum is a small city in northern Utah known for its agricultural roots and proximity to outdoor recreation in the Cache Valley.
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E.
William L. Clayton
William L. Clayton was an influential American businessman and government official who played a key role in shaping U.S. economic policy and the post–World War II Marshall Plan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (14)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latter-day Saint
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human ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Mormon history ⓘ |
| centuryActive | 19th century ⓘ |
| ethnicity | American ⓘ |
| familyName | Smith ⓘ |
| father | Hyrum Smith ⓘ |
| givenName | John ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Joseph Smith (uncle, presumed)
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linked to:
Joseph Smith
Joseph Smith Sr. (grandfather, presumed) ⓘ
linked to:
Joseph Smith Sr.
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| memberOf | Smith family ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a son of early LDS leader Hyrum Smith
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being part of a prominent family in Mormon history ⓘ |
| religion | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ |
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: John Smith (son of Hyrum) Description of subject: John Smith (son of Hyrum) was a 19th-century Latter-day Saint figure known primarily as the son of early LDS leader and martyr Hyrum Smith and a member of the prominent Smith family in Mormon history.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Church Patriarch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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officeHeldBy
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John Smith (nephew of Joseph Smith)
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linked to: John Smith (son of Hyrum)
linked to: John Smith (son of Hyrum)