James Garrard
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James Garrard was an early American politician who served as the second governor of Kentucky in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Garrard canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10944660 — 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: James Garrard Context triple: [Garrard County, Kentucky, namedAfter, James Garrard]
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A.
John Hunter Blair
John Hunter Blair is a British television producer best known for creating the long-running children's TV programme "Blue Peter."
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B.
Andrew Jackson Donelson
Andrew Jackson Donelson was a 19th-century American politician, diplomat, and nephew and namesake of President Andrew Jackson who served as U.S. minister to several European countries and ran for vice president in the 1856 election.
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C.
Jervis Pendleton III
Jervis Pendleton III is the wealthy, middle-aged benefactor and eventual love interest of the orphaned heroine in the 1955 musical film "Daddy Long Legs."
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D.
James A. Gilmore
James A. Gilmore was an early 20th-century baseball executive best known for leading the upstart Federal League in its challenge to the established major leagues.
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E.
William Crawford
William Crawford was the husband of American film and television actress Faye Emerson.
- 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: James Garrard Target entity description: James Garrard was an early American politician who served as the second governor of Kentucky in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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A.
John Hunter Blair
John Hunter Blair is a British television producer best known for creating the long-running children's TV programme "Blue Peter."
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B.
Andrew Jackson Donelson
Andrew Jackson Donelson was a 19th-century American politician, diplomat, and nephew and namesake of President Andrew Jackson who served as U.S. minister to several European countries and ran for vice president in the 1856 election.
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C.
Jervis Pendleton III
Jervis Pendleton III is the wealthy, middle-aged benefactor and eventual love interest of the orphaned heroine in the 1955 musical film "Daddy Long Legs."
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D.
James A. Gilmore
James A. Gilmore was an early 20th-century baseball executive best known for leading the upstart Federal League in its challenge to the established major leagues.
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E.
William Crawford
William Crawford was the husband of American film and television actress Faye Emerson.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American politician
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Family cemetery in Kentucky
ⓘ
Garrard County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1749-01-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1822-01-19 ⓘ |
| endTime | 1804-08-22 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English American ⓘ |
| familyName | Garrard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| livedDuring |
18th century
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19th century ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Democratic-Republican Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | colonel ⓘ |
| movement | early American frontier settlement ⓘ |
| namesake | Garrard County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the second governor of Kentucky
ⓘ
service as a Democratic-Republican leader in Kentucky ⓘ |
| notableWork | early development of Kentucky state government ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | at least 8 ⓘ |
| numberOfTermsInOffice | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation | politician ⓘ |
| orderInOffice | 2nd Governor of Kentucky ⓘ |
| participatedIn | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Colony of Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stafford County, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Garrard County, Kentucky
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Governor of Kentucky ⓘ |
| precededBy | Isaac Shelby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Baptist ⓘ |
| residence |
Bourbon County, Kentucky
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Garrard County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedIn |
Kentucky militia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Virginia militia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Elizabeth Mountjoy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1796-06-05 ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Christopher Greenup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasGovernorOf | Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasMemberOf |
Kentucky legislature
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Virginia House of Delegates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: James Garrard Description of subject: James Garrard was an early American politician who served as the second governor of Kentucky in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.