Peter Lassen
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Peter Lassen was a Danish-American frontiersman and guide known for pioneering overland emigrant routes to California during the mid-19th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Peter Lassen canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2940872 — 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: Peter Lassen Context triple: [Applegate–Lassen Route, namedAfter, Peter Lassen]
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A.
Milton Van Dyke
Milton Van Dyke was an influential American fluid dynamicist and author known for his classic works on aerodynamics and fluid mechanics, including the widely used reference "An Album of Fluid Motion."
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B.
Charles F. Muntz
Charles F. Muntz is the obsessed and disgraced explorer villain from Pixar's animated film "Up," known for his ruthless quest to capture a rare bird.
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C.
Charles Rettig
Charles Rettig is an American tax attorney who served as the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from 2018 to 2022.
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D.
Culbert Olson
Culbert Olson was a Democratic politician who served as the 29th governor of California from 1939 to 1943 and was known for his progressive and secular views.
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E.
Harold Miner
Harold Miner is a former American professional basketball player best known for his high-flying dunking ability and winning two NBA Slam Dunk Contests in the 1990s.
- 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: Peter Lassen Target entity description: Peter Lassen was a Danish-American frontiersman and guide known for pioneering overland emigrant routes to California during the mid-19th century.
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A.
Milton Van Dyke
Milton Van Dyke was an influential American fluid dynamicist and author known for his classic works on aerodynamics and fluid mechanics, including the widely used reference "An Album of Fluid Motion."
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B.
Charles F. Muntz
Charles F. Muntz is the obsessed and disgraced explorer villain from Pixar's animated film "Up," known for his ruthless quest to capture a rare bird.
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C.
Charles Rettig
Charles Rettig is an American tax attorney who served as the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from 2018 to 2022.
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D.
Culbert Olson
Culbert Olson was a Democratic politician who served as the 29th governor of California from 1939 to 1943 and was known for his progressive and secular views.
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E.
Harold Miner
Harold Miner is a former American professional basketball player best known for his high-flying dunking ability and winning two NBA Slam Dunk Contests in the 1990s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
emigrant guide
ⓘ
explorer ⓘ frontiersman ⓘ person ⓘ pioneer ⓘ |
| activePeriod | mid-19th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith | emigrant wagon trains ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | California Gold Rush ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1800-10-31 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Farum, Denmark ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Lassen County, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Lassen County
|
| causeOfDeath | gunshot wound ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Lassen County, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Lassen County
Lassen Peak ⓘ Lassen Volcanic National Park ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Denmark ⓘ |
| deathCircumstances | killed under mysterious circumstances while prospecting ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1859-04-26 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | near Black Rock Desert, present-day Nevada ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Danish ⓘ |
| familyName | Lassen ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
American Westward expansion
ⓘ
linked to:
United States territorial expansion
overland migration to California ⓘ |
| founded | Rancho Bosquejo ⓘ |
| givenName | Peter ⓘ |
| knownAs | Don Pedro ⓘ |
| landGrant | Rancho Bosquejo ⓘ |
| landGrantLocation |
Sacramento Valley, California
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linked to:
Sacramento Valley
|
| languageSpoken |
Danish
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| migratedTo |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
United States of America ⓘ |
| name | Peter Lassen ⓘ |
| notableFor |
developing the Lassen Cutoff of the California Trail
ⓘ
guiding emigrant parties to northern California ⓘ pioneering overland emigrant routes to California ⓘ |
| occupation |
blacksmith
ⓘ
guide ⓘ rancher ⓘ trailblazer ⓘ |
| partOf |
California Trail (via Lassen Cutoff)
ⓘ
linked to:
Applegate–Lassen Route
|
| residence |
Northern California
ⓘ
Sacramento Valley ⓘ |
| trailPioneered |
Lassen Cutoff
ⓘ
linked to:
Applegate–Lassen Route
Lassen Trail ⓘ
linked to:
Applegate–Lassen Route
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Peter Lassen Description of subject: Peter Lassen was a Danish-American frontiersman and guide known for pioneering overland emigrant routes to California during the mid-19th century.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.