Schuyler family
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The Schuyler family was a prominent Dutch-American political and military dynasty in colonial and early United States history, influential in New York society and closely connected to figures of the American Revolution.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Schuyler family canonical | 40 |
| Schuyler | 5 |
| Schuyler–Van Rensselaer family | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2230439 — 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: Schuyler family Context triple: [Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, memberOf, Schuyler family]
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A.
Franklin family
The Franklin family is an American family best known for including Benjamin Franklin and his descendants, who were influential in politics, science, and public life in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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B.
Jefferson family
The Jefferson family was a prominent Virginia colonial dynasty best known for producing Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States and principal author of the Declaration of Independence.
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C.
Penn family
The Penn family is a prominent English Quaker family best known for William Penn, the founder of the Province of Pennsylvania in colonial America.
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De Witt family
The De Witt family was a prominent Dutch patrician dynasty from Dordrecht that played a leading role in the politics and governance of the Dutch Republic during the 17th century.
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E.
Custis family
The Custis family was a prominent and wealthy colonial Virginia dynasty, known for its extensive landholdings, political influence, and marital ties to George Washington through Martha Dandridge Custis.
- 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: Schuyler family Target entity description: The Schuyler family was a prominent Dutch-American political and military dynasty in colonial and early United States history, influential in New York society and closely connected to figures of the American Revolution.
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A.
Franklin family
The Franklin family is an American family best known for including Benjamin Franklin and his descendants, who were influential in politics, science, and public life in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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B.
Jefferson family
The Jefferson family was a prominent Virginia colonial dynasty best known for producing Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States and principal author of the Declaration of Independence.
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C.
Penn family
The Penn family is a prominent English Quaker family best known for William Penn, the founder of the Province of Pennsylvania in colonial America.
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D.
De Witt family
The De Witt family was a prominent Dutch patrician dynasty from Dordrecht that played a leading role in the politics and governance of the Dutch Republic during the 17th century.
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E.
Custis family
The Custis family was a prominent and wealthy colonial Virginia dynasty, known for its extensive landholdings, political influence, and marital ties to George Washington through Martha Dandridge Custis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American family
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Dutch-American family ⓘ historic house ⓘ military family ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ political family ⓘ |
| associatedBuilding | Schuyler Mansion ⓘ |
| connectedToFamily |
Hamilton family
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Livingston family ⓘ Van Rensselaer family ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | New Netherland ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Dutch ⓘ |
| family |
Schuyler family
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Schuyler family ⓘ Schuyler family ⓘ Schuyler family ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
Angelica Schuyler Church
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Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton ⓘ Margarita Schuyler Van Rensselaer ⓘ
linked to:
Margarita “Peggy” Schuyler
Philip Schuyler ⓘ |
| heritage | descendants of early Dutch settlers in New Netherland ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-founder of New York Orphan Asylum Society
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connections to Founding Fathers ⓘ military leadership in the American Revolution ⓘ political influence in New York ⓘ socialite in revolutionary-era New York and London ⓘ |
| landholdingsRegion |
upper Hudson Valley
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linked to:
Hudson Valley
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| language |
Dutch
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English ⓘ |
| location |
Albany, New York
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linked to:
Albany
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| notableInPeriod |
American Revolutionary War
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colonial America ⓘ early United States history ⓘ |
| occupation |
Continental Army general
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United States senator ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Patriot cause ⓘ |
| primaryCity |
Albany, New York
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linked to:
Albany
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| primaryRegion | New York ⓘ |
| religion | Dutch Reformed Church ⓘ |
| roleInEvent |
American Revolutionary War
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formation of early United States government ⓘ politics of the Province of New York ⓘ |
| socialClass |
elite
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landed gentry ⓘ |
| spouse |
Alexander Hamilton
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John Barker Church ⓘ Stephen Van Rensselaer II ⓘ
linked to:
Stephen Van Rensselaer
|
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: Schuyler family Description of subject: The Schuyler family was a prominent Dutch-American political and military dynasty in colonial and early United States history, influential in New York society and closely connected to figures of the American Revolution.
Referenced by (49)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Margarita “Peggy” Schuyler
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subject linked to:
Margarita “Peggy” Schuyler
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Schuyler family
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Schuyler family
subject linked to:
Schuyler family
subject linked to:
Schuyler family
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subject linked to:
Mary Anna Sawyer
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