David Poe Sr.
E352701
David Poe Sr. was an American Revolutionary War patriot and quartermaster, best known as the grandfather of writer Edgar Allan Poe.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Poe Jr. | 4 |
| David Poe Sr. canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3368222 — 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: David Poe Sr. Context triple: [Westminster Hall and Burying Ground, hasNotableBurial, David Poe Sr.]
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A.
James Poe
James Poe was an American screenwriter known for his Academy Award–winning adaptation of the film "Lilies of the Field" and his work in radio, television, and cinema during the mid-20th century.
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B.
William Cabell
William Cabell was an 18th-century Virginia planter and politician who played a significant role in colonial and early American public life.
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C.
Thomas Greene
Thomas Greene is a common English personal name shared by numerous individuals across various professions and historical periods.
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D.
Charles Cabell
Charles Cabell was a U.S. Air Force general who served as Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency during the early Cold War era.
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E.
William Wilson
William Wilson was a Scottish artist renowned for his stained glass, printmaking, and architectural sculpture in the mid-20th century.
- 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: David Poe Sr. Target entity description: David Poe Sr. was an American Revolutionary War patriot and quartermaster, best known as the grandfather of writer Edgar Allan Poe.
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A.
James Poe
James Poe was an American screenwriter known for his Academy Award–winning adaptation of the film "Lilies of the Field" and his work in radio, television, and cinema during the mid-20th century.
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B.
William Cabell
William Cabell was an 18th-century Virginia planter and politician who played a significant role in colonial and early American public life.
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C.
Thomas Greene
Thomas Greene is a common English personal name shared by numerous individuals across various professions and historical periods.
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D.
Charles Cabell
Charles Cabell was a U.S. Air Force general who served as Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency during the early Cold War era.
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E.
William Wilson
William Wilson was a Scottish artist renowned for his stained glass, printmaking, and architectural sculpture in the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American patriot
ⓘ
person ⓘ quartermaster ⓘ |
| allegiance |
United States (Continental Congress)
ⓘ
linked to:
United States (during Revolutionary War)
|
| category |
Edgar Allan Poe family
ⓘ
linked to:
Poe family
People of the American Revolution ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish American ⓘ |
| familyName | Poe ⓘ |
| fatherOf | David Poe Jr. ⓘ |
| givenName | David ⓘ |
| grandfatherOf | Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
David Poe Jr.
ⓘ
Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ Elizabeth Cairnes Poe ⓘ |
| knownFor | patriotic support of the American cause in the Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Continental Army (logistical service)
ⓘ
linked to:
Continental Army
|
| notableFor |
being the grandfather of Edgar Allan Poe
ⓘ
service as a patriot in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| notableWork | logistical support for American forces during the Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| occupation | quartermaster ⓘ |
| participatedIn | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| residence |
Baltimore
ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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: David Poe Sr. Description of subject: David Poe Sr. was an American Revolutionary War patriot and quartermaster, best known as the grandfather of writer Edgar Allan Poe.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Edgar Allan Poe’s foster-son William Henry Leonard Poe (check)
linked to: David Poe Sr.
linked to: David Poe Sr.
linked to: David Poe Sr.
linked to: David Poe Sr.