King Follett
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King Follett was an early Latter-day Saint whose death in 1844 prompted Joseph Smith’s famous “King Follett discourse,” making him chiefly remembered in connection with that influential theological sermon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| King Follett canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10111696 — 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: King Follett Context triple: [King Follett discourse, namedAfter, King Follett]
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A.
King Roland
King Roland is the well-meaning but naive monarch of Delain in Stephen King’s fantasy novel "The Eyes of the Dragon," whose poor judgment helps set the stage for the kingdom’s turmoil.
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B.
King-Noel
King-Noel is the hyphenated aristocratic surname borne by William King-Noel, 1st Earl of Lovelace, and his descendants in the British peerage.
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C.
Edward King
Edward King is a writer best known for authoring the work associated with the title "All Summer Long."
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D.
Sir Leoline Jenkins
Sir Leoline Jenkins was a 17th-century Welsh jurist, diplomat, and statesman who served as Secretary of State to King Charles II and played a key role in shaping English maritime and international law.
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E.
King Ban of Benwick
King Ban of Benwick is a legendary monarch in Arthurian romance, best known as the father of Sir Lancelot and an ally of King Arthur.
- 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: King Follett Target entity description: King Follett was an early Latter-day Saint whose death in 1844 prompted Joseph Smith’s famous “King Follett discourse,” making him chiefly remembered in connection with that influential theological sermon.
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A.
King Roland
King Roland is the well-meaning but naive monarch of Delain in Stephen King’s fantasy novel "The Eyes of the Dragon," whose poor judgment helps set the stage for the kingdom’s turmoil.
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B.
King-Noel
King-Noel is the hyphenated aristocratic surname borne by William King-Noel, 1st Earl of Lovelace, and his descendants in the British peerage.
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C.
Edward King
Edward King is a writer best known for authoring the work associated with the title "All Summer Long."
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D.
Sir Leoline Jenkins
Sir Leoline Jenkins was a 17th-century Welsh jurist, diplomat, and statesman who served as Secretary of State to King Charles II and played a key role in shaping English maritime and international law.
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E.
King Ban of Benwick
King Ban of Benwick is a legendary monarch in Arthurian romance, best known as the father of Sir Lancelot and an ally of King Arthur.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
early Latter-day Saint
ⓘ
person ⓘ sermon ⓘ theological discourse ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Joseph Smith
ⓘ
King Follett ⓘ Nauvoo, Illinois ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | King Follett discourse ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| date | 1844 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1844 ⓘ |
| gaveSermon | King Follett discourse ⓘ |
| givenBy | Joseph Smith ⓘ |
| hasNamePart |
Follett
ⓘ
King ⓘ |
| historicalRole | early member of the Latter-day Saint movement ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the subject of the King Follett discourse
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his death prompting Joseph Smith’s King Follett discourse ⓘ |
| memberOf | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ |
| namedAfter | King Follett ⓘ |
| occasion | death of King Follett ⓘ |
| place | Nauvoo, Illinois ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Nauvoo, Illinois ⓘ |
| religion | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Latter-day Saint movement
ⓘ
linked to:
Latter-day Saint movement churches
|
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: King Follett Description of subject: King Follett was an early Latter-day Saint whose death in 1844 prompted Joseph Smith’s famous “King Follett discourse,” making him chiefly remembered in connection with that influential theological sermon.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.