Sherman family
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The Sherman family is an American family lineage that includes Mary Hoyt Sherman among its members.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sherman family canonical | 12 |
| the Sherman family | 2 |
| Sherman political dynasty | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3075804 — 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: Sherman family Context triple: [Mary Hoyt Sherman, memberOf, Sherman family]
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A.
Gadsden family
The Gadsden family was a prominent colonial-era family in South Carolina, influential in commerce and politics and associated with early American revolutionary leadership.
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B.
Longstreet family
The Longstreet family is a notable American family historically associated with figures such as Confederate General James Longstreet and his relatives.
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C.
Lyman family
The Lyman family is a prominent New England lineage with deep roots in early American history, known for its social, political, and economic influence and intermarriage with other notable families such as the Delanos.
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D.
Lee family
The Lee family is a prominent American dynasty from Virginia, historically influential in politics and the military and best known for producing figures such as Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
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E.
Montgomery family
The Montgomery family is a historic noble lineage of Scottish origin that produced influential aristocrats, soldiers, and landowners across Britain and beyond.
- 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: Sherman family Target entity description: The Sherman family is an American family lineage that includes Mary Hoyt Sherman among its members.
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A.
Gadsden family
The Gadsden family was a prominent colonial-era family in South Carolina, influential in commerce and politics and associated with early American revolutionary leadership.
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B.
Longstreet family
The Longstreet family is a notable American family historically associated with figures such as Confederate General James Longstreet and his relatives.
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C.
Lyman family
The Lyman family is a prominent New England lineage with deep roots in early American history, known for its social, political, and economic influence and intermarriage with other notable families such as the Delanos.
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D.
Lee family
The Lee family is a prominent American dynasty from Virginia, historically influential in politics and the military and best known for producing figures such as Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
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E.
Montgomery family
The Montgomery family is a historic noble lineage of Scottish origin that produced influential aristocrats, soldiers, and landowners across Britain and beyond.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (7)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American family
ⓘ
family ⓘ human ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| familyName | Sherman ⓘ |
| hasLineageType | family lineage ⓘ |
| hasMember | Mary Hoyt Sherman ⓘ |
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: Sherman family Description of subject: The Sherman family is an American family lineage that includes Mary Hoyt Sherman among its members.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sherman family
linked to: Sherman family
linked to: Sherman family