Samuel Wilson
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Samuel Wilson was an American meatpacker from Troy, New York, widely believed to be the real-life inspiration for the national personification "Uncle Sam."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Samuel Wilson canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4050394 — 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: Samuel Wilson Context triple: [Uncle Sam Memorial Statue, depicts, Samuel Wilson]
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A.
Samuel Thomas Wilson
Samuel Thomas Wilson is the full name of Sam Wilson, the Marvel Comics superhero better known as the Falcon and later as Captain America.
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B.
Bucky Barnes
Bucky Barnes is a Marvel Comics character best known as Captain America's childhood friend who becomes the brainwashed assassin Winter Soldier before seeking redemption.
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C.
Thaddeus Ross
Thaddeus Ross is a high-ranking U.S. military officer and government official in Marvel Comics and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, known for his relentless pursuit of the Hulk and later involvement in overseeing superhuman activities.
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D.
Sam Wilson
Sam Wilson is a Marvel Comics superhero better known as the Falcon, an ally of Captain America who later takes up the Captain America mantle himself.
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E.
Fitz Patton
Fitz Patton is an acclaimed American sound designer and composer known for his work on numerous Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.
- 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: Samuel Wilson Target entity description: Samuel Wilson was an American meatpacker from Troy, New York, widely believed to be the real-life inspiration for the national personification "Uncle Sam."
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A.
Samuel Thomas Wilson
Samuel Thomas Wilson is the full name of Sam Wilson, the Marvel Comics superhero better known as the Falcon and later as Captain America.
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B.
Bucky Barnes
Bucky Barnes is a Marvel Comics character best known as Captain America's childhood friend who becomes the brainwashed assassin Winter Soldier before seeking redemption.
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C.
Thaddeus Ross
Thaddeus Ross is a high-ranking U.S. military officer and government official in Marvel Comics and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, known for his relentless pursuit of the Hulk and later involvement in overseeing superhuman activities.
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D.
Sam Wilson
Sam Wilson is a Marvel Comics superhero better known as the Falcon, an ally of Captain America who later takes up the Captain America mantle himself.
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E.
Fitz Patton
Fitz Patton is an acclaimed American sound designer and composer known for his work on numerous Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
businessperson
ⓘ
human ⓘ meat packer ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
United States Army provisioning
ⓘ
War of 1812 ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, New York
ⓘ
linked to:
Oakwood Cemetery (Troy, New York)
|
| commemoratedBy |
historical markers in Troy, New York
ⓘ
statue in Troy, New York ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | local schools in Massachusetts ⓘ |
| employer | U.S. Army (contract supplier) ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | American ⓘ |
| hasCause | nickname "Uncle Sam" associated with his meat barrels marked "U.S." ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | linked to U.S. national identity through Uncle Sam figure ⓘ |
| hasEffect | popularization of the term "Uncle Sam" for the U.S. government ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | English-American ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | farmer ⓘ |
| hasPart | meatpacking business in Troy, New York ⓘ |
| hasRole | supplier to U.S. government ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Uncle Sam (folk attribution)
ⓘ
linked to:
Uncle Sam
|
| influenced | development of the Uncle Sam national personification ⓘ |
| livedIn |
Massachusetts
ⓘ
New York State ⓘ |
| movement | early American entrepreneurship ⓘ |
| name | Samuel Wilson ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableAlias | Uncle Sam ⓘ |
| notableFor | being a possible real-life inspiration for Uncle Sam ⓘ |
| notableWork | supplying meat to the U.S. Army during the War of 1812 ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessperson
ⓘ
meat packer ⓘ |
| partOf | early 19th-century American industrialization ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Arlington, Massachusetts
ⓘ
Menotomy, Massachusetts ⓘ
linked to:
Watertown, Massachusetts
|
| placeOfDeath | Troy, New York ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestantism
ⓘ
linked to:
Protestant Christianity
|
| residence | Troy, New York ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | Ebenezer Wilson ⓘ |
| subjectOf | local legends about origin of Uncle Sam ⓘ |
| workLocation | Troy, New York ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Samuel Wilson Description of subject: Samuel Wilson was an American meatpacker from Troy, New York, widely believed to be the real-life inspiration for the national personification "Uncle Sam."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.