Alexander Hamilton
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Alexander Hamilton was a Founding Father of the United States, the first Secretary of the Treasury, and a principal architect of the nation’s financial system and federal government structure.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alexander Hamilton canonical | 206 |
| Alexander Hamilton (biography) | 2 |
| Alexander Hamilton (as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury) | 1 |
| Alexander Hamilton as Secretary of the Treasury | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10534 — 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.
Target entity: Alexander Hamilton Context triple: [Residence Act, negotiatedBy, Alexander Hamilton]
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A.
John Adams
John Adams was a Founding Father of the United States who served as the nation’s second president and was a leading advocate for independence and republican government.
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B.
Franklin
Franklin is the given name of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States who led the country through the Great Depression and World War II.
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Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States, principal author of the Declaration of Independence, and a leading figure of early American political and intellectual life.
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George Washington
George Washington was the first president of the United States and a key leader of the American Revolutionary War, often referred to as the "Father of His Country."
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Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was a leading American polymath of the 18th century, renowned as a statesman, inventor, writer, and key figure in the American Enlightenment and the founding of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Alexander Hamilton Target entity description: Alexander Hamilton was a Founding Father of the United States, the first Secretary of the Treasury, and a principal architect of the nation’s financial system and federal government structure.
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A.
John Adams
John Adams was a Founding Father of the United States who served as the nation’s second president and was a leading advocate for independence and republican government.
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B.
Franklin
Franklin is the given name of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States who led the country through the Great Depression and World War II.
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C.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States, principal author of the Declaration of Independence, and a leading figure of early American political and intellectual life.
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D.
George Washington
George Washington was the first president of the United States and a key leader of the American Revolutionary War, often referred to as the "Father of His Country."
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E.
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was a leading American polymath of the 18th century, renowned as a statesman, inventor, writer, and key figure in the American Enlightenment and the founding of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (67)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Founding Father of the United States
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economist ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ military officer ⓘ political philosopher ⓘ politician ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| aideDeCampTo | George Washington ⓘ |
| appearsOn | United States ten-dollar bill ⓘ |
| appointedBy | George Washington ⓘ |
| battle | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Trinity Church Cemetery
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surface form:
Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan
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| causeOfDeath | gunshot wound ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| coAuthorOf | The Federalist Papers ⓘ |
| coAuthorWith |
James Madison
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John Jay ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth |
Leeward Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
British Leeward Islands
|
| dateOfBirth |
1755-01-11
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1757-01-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1804-07-12 ⓘ |
| designed |
First Bank of the United States
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United States Revenue Cutter Service ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Coast Guard precursor (Revenue Cutter Service)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. customs service
U.S. federal financial system ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia University
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surface form:
King’s College (now Columbia University)
|
| ethnicGroup | Scottish descent ⓘ |
| familyName | Hamilton ⓘ |
| givenName | Alexander ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of American capitalism
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interpretation of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ structure of the U.S. executive branch ⓘ |
| killedIn | duel with Aaron Burr ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | homicide ⓘ |
| marriageStart | 1780 ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Federalists
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surface form:
Federalist Party
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| militaryRank |
Lieutenant Colonel
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Major General ⓘ |
| movement | Federalism in the United States ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
assumption of state debts by federal government
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creation of a national bank ⓘ protective tariffs and support for manufacturing ⓘ strong central federal government ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Report on Manufactures
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Report on Public Credit ⓘ First Bank of the United States ⓘ
surface form:
Report on a National Bank
The Federalist Papers ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 8 ⓘ |
| officeEnd | 1795-01-31 ⓘ |
| officeStart | 1789-09-11 ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
James Madison
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Thomas Jefferson ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Charlestown, Nevis ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New York City ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Delegate to the Constitutional Convention
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Member of the Continental Congress ⓘ Member of the New York State Assembly ⓘ Receiver of Continental Taxes for New York ⓘ Senior Officer of the United States Army ⓘ Secretary of the Treasury ⓘ
surface form:
United States Secretary of the Treasury
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| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| servedIn | Continental Army ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| signature | United States Constitution ⓘ |
| spouse | Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton ⓘ |
| subjectOf | musical "Hamilton" by Lin-Manuel Miranda ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Alexander Hamilton Description of subject: Alexander Hamilton was a Founding Father of the United States, the first Secretary of the Treasury, and a principal architect of the nation’s financial system and federal government structure.
Referenced by (210)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.