Benjamin Silliman

Target entity: Benjamin Silliman
Context triple: [Grove Street Cemetery, hasNotableBurial, Benjamin Silliman]

• A. Josiah Whitney
  Josiah Whitney was a prominent 19th-century American geologist and Harvard professor who served as the state geologist of California and became a leading figure in the geological exploration of the American West.
• B. Morris K. Jesup
  Morris K. Jesup was a prominent American banker and philanthropist known for his major contributions to science, education, and cultural institutions in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
• C. Joseph Ellicott
  Joseph Ellicott was an early 19th-century American surveyor and land agent best known for laying out and helping to develop the city of Buffalo, New York.
• D. George C. Perkins
  George C. Perkins was an American politician and businessman who served as the 14th governor of California and later as a U.S. Senator.
• E. Amos G. Throop
  Amos G. Throop was an American educator and philanthropist whose early vocational school in Pasadena evolved into the California Institute of Technology.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Benjamin Silliman
Target entity description: Benjamin Silliman was a pioneering American chemist and geologist, one of Yale College’s first science professors, and a key figure in the early development of scientific education in the United States.

• A. Josiah Whitney
  Josiah Whitney was a prominent 19th-century American geologist and Harvard professor who served as the state geologist of California and became a leading figure in the geological exploration of the American West.
• B. Morris K. Jesup
  Morris K. Jesup was a prominent American banker and philanthropist known for his major contributions to science, education, and cultural institutions in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
• C. Joseph Ellicott
  Joseph Ellicott was an early 19th-century American surveyor and land agent best known for laying out and helping to develop the city of Buffalo, New York.
• D. George C. Perkins
  George C. Perkins was an American politician and businessman who served as the 14th governor of California and later as a U.S. Senator.
• E. Amos G. Throop
  Amos G. Throop was an American educator and philanthropist whose early vocational school in Pasadena evolved into the California Institute of Technology.
• F. None of above. chosen