Augustus C. French
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Augustus C. French was an American politician who served as the ninth governor of Illinois in the mid-19th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Augustus C. French canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8965510 — 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: Augustus C. French Context triple: [Joel Aldrich Matteson, replaces, Augustus C. French]
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A.
William A. Rutherford
William A. Rutherford was a landscape designer known for shaping the grounds of major cultural sites such as the Storm King Art Center.
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B.
Azariah C. Flagg
Azariah C. Flagg was a 19th-century New York politician and reformer who served in several key state offices and became a prominent figure in the anti-corruption, anti-slavery Barnburner wing of the Democratic Party.
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C.
Greely S. Curtis
Greely S. Curtis was a Union Army officer and notable cavalry leader from Massachusetts during the American Civil War.
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D.
William A. Elliott
William A. Elliott is a film art director known for his production design work on movies such as "Action Jackson."
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E.
Moses H. Sherman
Moses H. Sherman was an American railroad executive and real estate developer who played a key role in the early urban and transportation development of Los Angeles and the American Southwest.
- 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: Augustus C. French Target entity description: Augustus C. French was an American politician who served as the ninth governor of Illinois in the mid-19th century.
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A.
William A. Rutherford
William A. Rutherford was a landscape designer known for shaping the grounds of major cultural sites such as the Storm King Art Center.
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B.
Azariah C. Flagg
Azariah C. Flagg was a 19th-century New York politician and reformer who served in several key state offices and became a prominent figure in the anti-corruption, anti-slavery Barnburner wing of the Democratic Party.
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C.
Greely S. Curtis
Greely S. Curtis was a Union Army officer and notable cavalry leader from Massachusetts during the American Civil War.
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D.
William A. Elliott
William A. Elliott is a film art director known for his production design work on movies such as "Action Jackson."
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E.
Moses H. Sherman
Moses H. Sherman was an American railroad executive and real estate developer who played a key role in the early urban and transportation development of Los Angeles and the American Southwest.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American politician
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human ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1808-08-02 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Hill, New Hampshire
NERFINISHED
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United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
College Hill Cemetery
NERFINISHED
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Lebanon, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1864-09-04 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Illinois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lebanon, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedBySource | historical records of the State of Illinois ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Dartmouth College ⓘ |
| electedIn | Illinois gubernatorial election, 1846 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | French ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
public administration
ⓘ
state governance ⓘ |
| givenName | Augustus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHonorificPrefix | Governor ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Democratic Party principles ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | Illinois House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Democratic Party ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the ninth governor of Illinois ⓘ |
| notableWork |
advocacy for state debt reduction in Illinois
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support for public education in Illinois ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| officeEndTime | 1853 ⓘ |
| officeStartTime | 1846 ⓘ |
| ordinalInOffice | 9 ⓘ |
| partOf | history of Illinois ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Jacksonian Democrat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Governor of Illinois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
member of the Illinois House of Representatives ⓘ |
| reElectedIn | Illinois gubernatorial election, 1848 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Baptist ⓘ |
| residence |
Carmi, Illinois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| significantEvent | oversaw adoption of the Illinois Constitution of 1848 ⓘ |
| spouse | Lucy Southwick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| workedAs |
receiver of public moneys at Palestine, Illinois
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state’s attorney in Illinois ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Augustus C. French Description of subject: Augustus C. French was an American politician who served as the ninth governor of Illinois in the mid-19th century.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.