Twelve Oaks plantation
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Twelve Oaks plantation is the grand antebellum estate featured in Margaret Mitchell’s novel "Gone with the Wind," known as the home of Ashley Wilkes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Twelve Oaks plantation canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2178964 — 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: Twelve Oaks plantation Context triple: [Ashley Wilkes, home, Twelve Oaks plantation]
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A.
Mulberry Grove plantation
Mulberry Grove plantation was a prominent Georgia estate along the Savannah River, historically notable as the home of Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene’s widow Catherine and as the site where Eli Whitney developed the cotton gin.
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B.
Landsford Plantation
Landsford Plantation was a historic Southern plantation estate in South Carolina associated with Revolutionary War officer and statesman William R. Davie.
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C.
Priestley Plantation
Priestley Plantation was a Southern plantation estate that served as the birthplace of influential American architect Henry Hobson Richardson.
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D.
Eden House plantation
Eden House plantation was a prominent historic estate in North Carolina whose name later inspired the naming of the city of Eden.
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E.
Cornell Plantations
Cornell Plantations, now known as Cornell Botanic Gardens, is Cornell University’s extensive network of botanical gardens, arboretum, and natural areas dedicated to plant conservation, education, and research.
- 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: Twelve Oaks plantation Target entity description: Twelve Oaks plantation is the grand antebellum estate featured in Margaret Mitchell’s novel "Gone with the Wind," known as the home of Ashley Wilkes.
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A.
Mulberry Grove plantation
Mulberry Grove plantation was a prominent Georgia estate along the Savannah River, historically notable as the home of Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene’s widow Catherine and as the site where Eli Whitney developed the cotton gin.
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B.
Landsford Plantation
Landsford Plantation was a historic Southern plantation estate in South Carolina associated with Revolutionary War officer and statesman William R. Davie.
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C.
Priestley Plantation
Priestley Plantation was a Southern plantation estate that served as the birthplace of influential American architect Henry Hobson Richardson.
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D.
Eden House plantation
Eden House plantation was a prominent historic estate in North Carolina whose name later inspired the naming of the city of Eden.
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E.
Cornell Plantations
Cornell Plantations, now known as Cornell Botanic Gardens, is Cornell University’s extensive network of botanical gardens, arboretum, and natural areas dedicated to plant conservation, education, and research.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional estate
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fictional location ⓘ plantation ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
1939 film Gone with the Wind
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linked to:
Gone with the Wind
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| appearsIn |
Gone with the Wind
ⓘ
linked to:
novel Gone with the Wind
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| appearsInWorkType | novel ⓘ |
| associatedCharacter |
Ashley Wilkes
ⓘ
Melanie Hamilton ⓘ Rhett Butler ⓘ Scarlett O’Hara ⓘ
linked to:
Scarlett O'Hara
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| associatedTheme |
decline of the Old South
ⓘ
romanticized plantation culture ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Tara plantation ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalLocation |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| creator | Margaret Mitchell ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Lost Cause mythology of the American South
ⓘ
linked to:
Lost Cause of the Confederacy
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| depictedIn |
1939 film Gone with the Wind
ⓘ
linked to:
Gone with the Wind
|
| destroyedDuring |
American Civil War (in the narrative)
ⓘ
linked to:
American Civil War
|
| fictionalArchitectureStyle |
Greek Revival
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Revival architecture
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| fictionalEconomicBase | cotton agriculture ⓘ |
| fictionalFamilyAssociated | Wilkes family ⓘ |
| fictionalLaborSystem | enslaved labor ⓘ |
| fictionalOwner | Ashley Wilkes ⓘ |
| fictionalRegion | Clay County, Georgia ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearsIn |
historical novel
ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ |
| hasFictionalEvent | barbecue and political gathering early in the story ⓘ |
| hasFictionalFeature |
extensive cotton fields
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formal gardens ⓘ large white-columned mansion ⓘ |
| influencedBy | real antebellum plantations in Georgia ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalCounty | Clay County ⓘ |
| medium | literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
contrasts with the more modest Tara plantation
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illustrates wealth and refinement of the Wilkes family ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the home of Ashley Wilkes ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | elegant and refined estate ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
setting for social gatherings
ⓘ
site of the barbecue where Scarlett O’Hara sees Ashley Wilkes ⓘ symbol of old Southern aristocracy ⓘ |
| setInFictionalState | Georgia ⓘ |
| settingType | rural plantation ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
American Civil War era
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linked to:
American Civil War
Antebellum South ⓘ
linked to:
Antebellum period
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| workPublicationYear | 1936 ⓘ |
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Subject: Twelve Oaks plantation Description of subject: Twelve Oaks plantation is the grand antebellum estate featured in Margaret Mitchell’s novel "Gone with the Wind," known as the home of Ashley Wilkes.
Referenced by (5)
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