Elias Polk
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Elias Polk was an enslaved man who served President James K. Polk and later became a notable political figure and advocate for African American rights during Reconstruction.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Elias Polk canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13339712 — 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: Elias Polk Context triple: [Polk, hasNotableBearer, Elias Polk]
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A.
James Polk Johnson
James Polk Johnson was a 19th-century American settler and early landowner in Texas after whom the town of Johnson City was named.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
Levi Woodbury
Levi Woodbury was a prominent 19th-century American statesman and jurist who served as a U.S. senator, governor of New Hampshire, Secretary of the Navy, Secretary of the Treasury, and later as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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E.
John Eaton
John Eaton was a 19th-century American politician and U.S. Secretary of War under President Andrew Jackson.
- 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: Elias Polk Target entity description: Elias Polk was an enslaved man who served President James K. Polk and later became a notable political figure and advocate for African American rights during Reconstruction.
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A.
James Polk Johnson
James Polk Johnson was a 19th-century American settler and early landowner in Texas after whom the town of Johnson City was named.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
Levi Woodbury
Levi Woodbury was a prominent 19th-century American statesman and jurist who served as a U.S. senator, governor of New Hampshire, Secretary of the Navy, Secretary of the Treasury, and later as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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E.
John Eaton
John Eaton was a 19th-century American politician and U.S. Secretary of War under President Andrew Jackson.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American political figure
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formerly enslaved person ⓘ person ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
African American community in Nashville
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James K. Polk ⓘ Reconstruction era politics ⓘ Sarah Childress Polk ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer |
James K. Polk
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Sarah Childress Polk ⓘ |
| enslavedBy | James K. Polk ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
African American
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
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| familyName | Polk ⓘ |
| givenName | Elias ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Reconstruction era ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy related to African American rights
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political activity during Reconstruction ⓘ service to President James K. Polk ⓘ |
| occupation |
coachman
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household servant ⓘ political organizer ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Republican Party ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Republican Party organizer in Tennessee ⓘ |
| residence |
Nashville, Tennessee
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Tennessee ⓘ |
| socialRole |
community leader
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spokesman for African Americans in Tennessee ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
biographical entries on James K. Polk’s household
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historical studies of Reconstruction-era Black politics ⓘ |
| workedAt |
Polk family plantation
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White House ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Elias Polk Description of subject: Elias Polk was an enslaved man who served President James K. Polk and later became a notable political figure and advocate for African American rights during Reconstruction.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.