Isabella Van Wagenen
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African American
abolitionist
civil rights activist
former slave
human
religious preacher
women’s rights activist
Isabella Van Wagenen, better known as Sojourner Truth, was a formerly enslaved African American abolitionist and women’s rights activist renowned for her powerful speeches and advocacy for equality in the 19th century United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Isabella Van Wagenen canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7140355 — 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)
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Target entity: Isabella Van Wagenen Context triple: [Sojourner Truth, alsoKnownAs, Isabella Van Wagenen]
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A.
Isabella Ward
Isabella Ward was an American actress best known for her early stage work and for being the first wife of actor Raymond Burr.
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B.
Isabella Harris
Isabella Harris was the mother of pioneering British surgeon and antiseptic surgery innovator Joseph Lister.
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C.
Isabella de Wolff
Isabella de Wolff was a 17th-century Dutch woman from a family of painters, best known as the wife of genre painter Gabriel Metsu.
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D.
Isabella Sermon
Isabella Sermon is a British actress best known for playing Maisie Lockwood in the Jurassic World film series.
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E.
Isabella Strahan
Isabella Strahan is an American college student and model best known as the daughter of former NFL star and television personality Michael Strahan.
- 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: Isabella Van Wagenen Target entity description: Isabella Van Wagenen, better known as Sojourner Truth, was a formerly enslaved African American abolitionist and women’s rights activist renowned for her powerful speeches and advocacy for equality in the 19th century United States.
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A.
Isabella Ward
Isabella Ward was an American actress best known for her early stage work and for being the first wife of actor Raymond Burr.
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B.
Isabella Harris
Isabella Harris was the mother of pioneering British surgeon and antiseptic surgery innovator Joseph Lister.
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C.
Isabella de Wolff
Isabella de Wolff was a 17th-century Dutch woman from a family of painters, best known as the wife of genre painter Gabriel Metsu.
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D.
Isabella Sermon
Isabella Sermon is a British actress best known for playing Maisie Lockwood in the Jurassic World film series.
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E.
Isabella Strahan
Isabella Strahan is an American college student and model best known as the daughter of former NFL star and television personality Michael Strahan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American
ⓘ
abolitionist ⓘ civil rights activist ⓘ former slave ⓘ human ⓘ religious preacher ⓘ women’s rights activist ⓘ |
| activeIn | 19th-century United States ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Isabella Baumfree
ⓘ
Sojourner Truth ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | c. 1797 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 26 November 1883 ⓘ |
| emancipatedIn | New York ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
African American
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
|
| hasChild | five children ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Van Wagenen ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Isabella ⓘ |
| hasMonument | Sojourner Truth memorials in the United States ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy for racial equality
ⓘ
advocacy for the abolition of slavery ⓘ advocacy for women’s rights ⓘ powerful extemporaneous speeches ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Dutch
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| movement |
abolitionism
ⓘ
temperance movement ⓘ women’s rights movement ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Narrative of Sojourner Truth
ⓘ
“Ain’t I a Woman?” speech ⓘ |
| occupation |
abolitionist
ⓘ
preacher ⓘ public speaker ⓘ women’s rights activist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Rifton, New York
ⓘ
Swartekill, Ulster County, New York ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Battle Creek, Michigan, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Battle Creek
|
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Methodism ⓘ |
| residence |
Battle Creek, Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
Battle Creek
Massachusetts ⓘ New York State ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spokeAt |
1851 Women’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio
ⓘ
linked to:
Ohio Women's Rights Convention, Akron, Ohio
|
| subjectOf | biographies about Sojourner Truth ⓘ |
| tookName | Sojourner Truth ⓘ |
| tookNameInYear | 1843 ⓘ |
| wasEnslavedIn | New York ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Isabella Van Wagenen Description of subject: Isabella Van Wagenen, better known as Sojourner Truth, was a formerly enslaved African American abolitionist and women’s rights activist renowned for her powerful speeches and advocacy for equality in the 19th century United States.
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