Joseph Smith Sr.
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Joseph Smith Sr. was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and the patriarch of the family from which Mormonism’s founder, Joseph Smith Jr., emerged.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Joseph Smith Sr. canonical | 23 |
| Joseph Smith | 5 |
| Joseph Smith Sr. (grandfather) | 2 |
| Joseph Smith Sr. (grandfather, presumed) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1968917 — 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: Joseph Smith Sr. Context triple: [Joseph Smith, father, Joseph Smith Sr.]
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A.
Joseph Smith
Joseph Smith was the 19th-century American religious leader who founded the Latter-day Saint movement and is regarded by its followers as a prophet.
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B.
Joseph Smith
Joseph Smith was a British aeronautical engineer best known as the chief designer of the Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft during and after World War II.
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C.
Brigham Young
Brigham Young was a 19th-century American religious leader who led the Latter-day Saints to the American West and served as the second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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D.
Prophet Joseph
Prophet Joseph is a revered figure in Islam, known for his prophetic wisdom, steadfast faith amid trials, and the Qur’anic narrative of his journey from betrayal and slavery to authority in Egypt.
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E.
Monroe Cannon
Monroe Cannon is the daughter of singer Mariah Carey and entertainer Nick Cannon, known publicly through her parents' high-profile careers and media appearances.
- 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: Joseph Smith Sr. Target entity description: Joseph Smith Sr. was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and the patriarch of the family from which Mormonism’s founder, Joseph Smith Jr., emerged.
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A.
Joseph Smith
Joseph Smith was the 19th-century American religious leader who founded the Latter-day Saint movement and is regarded by its followers as a prophet.
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B.
Joseph Smith
Joseph Smith was a British aeronautical engineer best known as the chief designer of the Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft during and after World War II.
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C.
Brigham Young
Brigham Young was a 19th-century American religious leader who led the Latter-day Saints to the American West and served as the second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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D.
Prophet Joseph
Prophet Joseph is a revered figure in Islam, known for his prophetic wisdom, steadfast faith amid trials, and the Qur’anic narrative of his journey from betrayal and slavery to authority in Egypt.
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E.
Monroe Cannon
Monroe Cannon is the daughter of singer Mariah Carey and entertainer Nick Cannon, known publicly through her parents' high-profile careers and media appearances.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latter Day Saint movement leader
ⓘ
person ⓘ religious leader ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Nauvoo, Illinois ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath |
consumption
ⓘ
tuberculosis ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| countryOfBirth |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| countryOfDeath |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dateOfBirth | 1771-07-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1840-09-14 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English American ⓘ |
| familyName | Smith ⓘ |
| father | Asael Smith ⓘ |
| fatherOf |
Don Carlos Smith
ⓘ
Hyrum Smith ⓘ Joseph Smith Jr. ⓘ
linked to:
Joseph Smith
Katharine Smith ⓘ Lucy Smith ⓘ Samuel H. Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Sophronia Smith ⓘ William Smith ⓘ |
| givenName | Joseph ⓘ |
| memberOf | First family of the Latter Day Saint movement ⓘ |
| mother | Mary Duty Smith ⓘ |
| movement |
Latter Day Saint movement
ⓘ
linked to:
Latter-day Saint movement churches
|
| notableEvent |
baptism into the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)
ⓘ
ordination as Patriarch to the Church ⓘ participation in early treasure-seeking activities with his family ⓘ support of Joseph Smith Jr. in the coming forth of the Book of Mormon ⓘ |
| notableWork | early leadership in the Latter Day Saint movement ⓘ |
| occupation |
farmer
ⓘ
merchant ⓘ religious leader ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Province of Massachusetts Bay
ⓘ
Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts ⓘ
linked to:
Topsfield, Massachusetts
|
| placeOfDeath |
Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois
ⓘ
linked to:
Nauvoo, Illinois
|
| positionHeld |
Church Patriarch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
ⓘ
Patriarch to the Church ⓘ |
| religion |
Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)
ⓘ
linked to:
Church of the Latter Day Saints
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (early member) ⓘ
linked to:
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Latter Day Saint movement ⓘ
linked to:
Latter Day Saint
|
| residence |
Far West, Missouri
ⓘ
linked to:
Far West, Missouri, United States
Kirtland, Ohio ⓘ Manchester, New York ⓘ Nauvoo, Illinois ⓘ Palmyra, New York ⓘ Randolph, Vermont ⓘ Royalton, Vermont ⓘ Tunbridge, Vermont ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | Jesse Smith ⓘ |
| spouse | Lucy Mack Smith ⓘ |
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: Joseph Smith Sr. Description of subject: Joseph Smith Sr. was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and the patriarch of the family from which Mormonism’s founder, Joseph Smith Jr., emerged.
Referenced by (31)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Joseph Smith Sr.
linked to: Joseph Smith Sr.
linked to: Joseph Smith Sr.
Church Patriarch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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officeHeldBy
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Joseph Smith Sr.
ⓘ
linked to: Joseph Smith Sr.
subject linked to:
Lucy Smith (daughter of Joseph Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith)
subject linked to:
Lucy Smith (daughter of Joseph Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith)
linked to: Joseph Smith Sr.
subject linked to:
Book of Lehi abridgment (later lost in 116 pages)
linked to: Joseph Smith Sr.
linked to: Joseph Smith Sr.
linked to: Joseph Smith Sr.