Linn Boyd
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Linn Boyd was a 19th-century American politician who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and later as lieutenant governor of Kentucky.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Linn Boyd canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11082971 — 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: Linn Boyd Context triple: [Nathaniel P. Banks, precededBy, Linn Boyd]
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A.
Lynda Boyd
Lynda Boyd is a Canadian actress and singer known for her work in film and television, including prominent roles in series such as Tin Star.
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B.
Marion Boyd
Marion Boyd was a Scottish noblewoman of the late 15th and early 16th centuries, known primarily as a royal mistress of King James IV of Scotland and the mother of several of his illegitimate children.
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C.
Dorothy Boyd
Dorothy Boyd is a compassionate single mother and accountant who becomes Jerry Maguire’s loyal partner in both his fledgling sports management venture and his personal journey toward genuine love and integrity.
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D.
Byra Whittlesey
Byra Whittlesey was the first wife of Jack Hemingway, the son of author Ernest Hemingway, and the mother of his three daughters.
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E.
Belinda Boyd
Belinda Boyd, later known as Khalilah Ali, is an American woman best known as the second wife of boxing legend Muhammad Ali and for her involvement in his public and religious life during their marriage.
- 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: Linn Boyd Target entity description: Linn Boyd was a 19th-century American politician who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and later as lieutenant governor of Kentucky.
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A.
Lynda Boyd
Lynda Boyd is a Canadian actress and singer known for her work in film and television, including prominent roles in series such as Tin Star.
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B.
Marion Boyd
Marion Boyd was a Scottish noblewoman of the late 15th and early 16th centuries, known primarily as a royal mistress of King James IV of Scotland and the mother of several of his illegitimate children.
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C.
Dorothy Boyd
Dorothy Boyd is a compassionate single mother and accountant who becomes Jerry Maguire’s loyal partner in both his fledgling sports management venture and his personal journey toward genuine love and integrity.
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D.
Byra Whittlesey
Byra Whittlesey was the first wife of Jack Hemingway, the son of author Ernest Hemingway, and the mother of his three daughters.
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E.
Belinda Boyd
Belinda Boyd, later known as Khalilah Ali, is an American woman best known as the second wife of boxing legend Muhammad Ali and for her involvement in his public and religious life during their marriage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American politician
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human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Boyd ⓘ |
| givenName | Linn ⓘ |
| ideology |
Jacksonian democracy
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linked to:
Jacksonian era
|
| legislativeBody |
Kentucky state government
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linked to:
Government of Kentucky
United States House of Representatives ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Democratic Party (United States)
ⓘ
linked to:
Democratic Party
|
| notableFor | serving as a prominent Democratic leader in the antebellum U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ |
| notableWork | presiding over the U.S. House during debates on the Compromise of 1850 implementation and sectional issues ⓘ |
| occupation | politician ⓘ |
| officeEndTime |
as Speaker of the U.S. House: 1855
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as U.S. Representative: 1837 ⓘ as U.S. Representative: 1855 ⓘ |
| officeStartTime |
as Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky: 1859
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as Speaker of the U.S. House: 1851 ⓘ as U.S. Representative: 1835 ⓘ as U.S. Representative: 1839 ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky
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Member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ |
| representedIn | United States Congress ⓘ |
| residence | Kentucky ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| stateRepresented | Kentucky ⓘ |
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: Linn Boyd Description of subject: Linn Boyd was a 19th-century American politician who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and later as lieutenant governor of Kentucky.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.