New York colonial elite
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The New York colonial elite were a small, powerful class of wealthy landowners, merchants, and officials who dominated the political, economic, and social life of colonial New York.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| New York colonial elite canonical | 2 |
| New York Dutch elite | 1 |
| New York colonial society | 1 |
| New York colonists | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15173981 — 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: New York colonial elite Context triple: [Lewis Morris, memberOf, New York colonial elite]
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A.
West Jersey proprietors
The West Jersey proprietors were a group of English Quaker landowners who controlled and administered the western portion of colonial New Jersey in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
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B.
Maryland proprietors
The Maryland proprietors were the colonial-era owners and administrators of the Province of Maryland, holding extensive political and economic authority under an English royal charter.
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C.
Pennsylvania proprietors
The Pennsylvania proprietors were the colonial-era landowning authorities who held and managed the proprietary rights to the Province of Pennsylvania before the American Revolution.
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D.
Lords Proprietors
The Lords Proprietors were a group of English nobles granted ownership and governing rights over the Province of Carolina in colonial America.
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E.
Lords and Gentlemen Proprietors
Lords and Gentlemen Proprietors were a group of English aristocratic investors and landholders who organized and financed the early 17th-century colonial venture that became the Saybrook Colony in New England.
- 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: New York colonial elite Target entity description: The New York colonial elite were a small, powerful class of wealthy landowners, merchants, and officials who dominated the political, economic, and social life of colonial New York.
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A.
West Jersey proprietors
The West Jersey proprietors were a group of English Quaker landowners who controlled and administered the western portion of colonial New Jersey in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
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B.
Maryland proprietors
The Maryland proprietors were the colonial-era owners and administrators of the Province of Maryland, holding extensive political and economic authority under an English royal charter.
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C.
Pennsylvania proprietors
The Pennsylvania proprietors were the colonial-era landowning authorities who held and managed the proprietary rights to the Province of Pennsylvania before the American Revolution.
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D.
Lords Proprietors
The Lords Proprietors were a group of English nobles granted ownership and governing rights over the Province of Carolina in colonial America.
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E.
Lords and Gentlemen Proprietors
Lords and Gentlemen Proprietors were a group of English aristocratic investors and landholders who organized and financed the early 17th-century colonial venture that became the Saybrook Colony in New England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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