Major Francis Peirson
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Major Francis Peirson was a young British Army officer remembered for his heroic leadership and death during the 1781 Battle of Jersey in the American Revolutionary War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Major Francis Peirson canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13198276 — 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: Major Francis Peirson Context triple: [The Death of Major Peirson, mainSubject, Major Francis Peirson]
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Major Thomas Jones
Major Thomas Jones was an early 18th-century Welsh privateer-turned-settler on Long Island whose landholdings and local prominence led to the famous Jones Beach area bearing his name.
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B.
Major William Ormsby
Major William Ormsby was a 19th-century American pioneer and early settler in what is now Nevada, remembered for his role in regional development and for having Ormsby County named in his honor.
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C.
Major John Pitcairn
Major John Pitcairn was a British Marine officer best known for leading troops during the opening clashes of the American Revolutionary War, including the confrontations at Lexington and Concord.
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D.
Major William Lauderdale
Major William Lauderdale was a U.S. Army officer in the Second Seminole War whose leadership in establishing a military post in Florida led to the city of Fort Lauderdale being named in his honor.
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E.
Major William Mounsey
Major William Mounsey was a 19th-century British army officer and antiquarian known for his interest in ancient monuments and inscriptions.
- 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: Major Francis Peirson Target entity description: Major Francis Peirson was a young British Army officer remembered for his heroic leadership and death during the 1781 Battle of Jersey in the American Revolutionary War.
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A.
Major Thomas Jones
Major Thomas Jones was an early 18th-century Welsh privateer-turned-settler on Long Island whose landholdings and local prominence led to the famous Jones Beach area bearing his name.
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B.
Major William Ormsby
Major William Ormsby was a 19th-century American pioneer and early settler in what is now Nevada, remembered for his role in regional development and for having Ormsby County named in his honor.
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C.
Major John Pitcairn
Major John Pitcairn was a British Marine officer best known for leading troops during the opening clashes of the American Revolutionary War, including the confrontations at Lexington and Concord.
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D.
Major William Lauderdale
Major William Lauderdale was a U.S. Army officer in the Second Seminole War whose leadership in establishing a military post in Florida led to the city of Fort Lauderdale being named in his honor.
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E.
Major William Mounsey
Major William Mounsey was a 19th-century British army officer and antiquarian known for his interest in ancient monuments and inscriptions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Army officer
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human ⓘ |
| allegiance | British Crown ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Parish Church of St Helier ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
painting "The Death of Major Peirson, 6 January 1781"
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linked to:
The Death of Major Peirson, 6 January 1781
place name Peirson Place in Saint Helier ⓘ |
| conflict |
American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Jersey ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1781-01-06 ⓘ |
| familyName | Peirson ⓘ |
| genreOfNotability | military heroism ⓘ |
| givenName | Francis ⓘ |
| hasMemorial | statue of Major Peirson in Saint Helier ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | death in battle ⓘ |
| memorializedIn | parish church monument in St Helier ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Major ⓘ |
| militaryUnit | 95th Regiment of Foot ⓘ |
| notableFor |
death in action during the Battle of Jersey
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heroic leadership at the Battle of Jersey ⓘ |
| opponent | France ⓘ |
| participantIn | defence of Jersey against French invasion ⓘ |
| partOf | British garrison on Jersey in 1781 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Yorkshire ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Jersey
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Saint Helier ⓘ |
| positionHeld | acting commander of British garrison on Jersey ⓘ |
| side | Great Britain ⓘ |
| yearOfBirth | c. 1757 ⓘ |
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: Major Francis Peirson Description of subject: Major Francis Peirson was a young British Army officer remembered for his heroic leadership and death during the 1781 Battle of Jersey in the American Revolutionary War.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.