Thomas Lincoln
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Thomas "Tad" Lincoln was the youngest son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, remembered for his spirited personality and close, affectionate relationship with his father during the Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thomas Lincoln canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4812925 — 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: Thomas Lincoln Context triple: [Tad Lincoln, givenName, Thomas Lincoln]
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A.
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, best known for leading the country through the Civil War and issuing the Emancipation Proclamation that began the process of ending slavery.
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B.
William Wallace Lincoln
William Wallace "Willie" Lincoln was the third son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, remembered for his intelligence, charm, and his early death in the White House at age 11.
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C.
Lincoln
Lincoln is a luxury automobile marque of the Ford Motor Company known for its premium sedans and SUVs.
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D.
Lincoln
Lincoln is a masculine given name of English origin most famously associated with U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
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E.
Lincoln
Lincoln is a suburban town in eastern Massachusetts known for its conservation land, historic sites, and commuter access to Boston.
- 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: Thomas Lincoln Target entity description: Thomas "Tad" Lincoln was the youngest son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, remembered for his spirited personality and close, affectionate relationship with his father during the Civil War.
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A.
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, best known for leading the country through the Civil War and issuing the Emancipation Proclamation that began the process of ending slavery.
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B.
William Wallace Lincoln
William Wallace "Willie" Lincoln was the third son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, remembered for his intelligence, charm, and his early death in the White House at age 11.
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C.
Lincoln
Lincoln is a luxury automobile marque of the Ford Motor Company known for its premium sedans and SUVs.
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D.
Lincoln
Lincoln is a masculine given name of English origin most famously associated with U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
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E.
Lincoln
Lincoln is a suburban town in eastern Massachusetts known for its conservation land, historic sites, and commuter access to Boston.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical figure
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human ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Oak Ridge Cemetery ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | tuberculosis ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1853-04-04 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1871-07-15 ⓘ |
| describedBySource | contemporary accounts of the Lincoln White House ⓘ |
| era | American Civil War era ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | Lincoln ⓘ |
| father | Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the youngest son of Abraham Lincoln
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close relationship with Abraham Lincoln ⓘ spirited and mischievous personality ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| mother | Mary Todd Lincoln ⓘ |
| nickname | Tad ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
deeply affected by the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
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lived in the White House during the American Civil War ⓘ present in Washington, D.C., during Abraham Lincoln’s presidency ⓘ |
| occupation | student ⓘ |
| partOf | Lincoln family ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Springfield, Illinois ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Chicago, Illinois
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linked to:
Chicago
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| positionHeld | son of the President of the United States ⓘ |
| relative |
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
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linked to:
Nancy Hanks Lincoln (paternal grandmother)
Thomas Lincoln Sr. ⓘ
linked to:
Thomas Lincoln
|
| religion |
Protestantism
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linked to:
Protestant Christianity
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| residence |
Chicago, Illinois
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linked to:
Chicago
Europe ⓘ Frankfurt am Main ⓘ Springfield, Illinois ⓘ White House ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling |
Edward Baker Lincoln
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Robert Todd Lincoln ⓘ William Wallace Lincoln ⓘ |
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: Thomas Lincoln Description of subject: Thomas "Tad" Lincoln was the youngest son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, remembered for his spirited personality and close, affectionate relationship with his father during the Civil War.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.