Simon Fraser
E103734
Simon Fraser was a British Army general best known for his leadership and death during the American Revolutionary War’s Saratoga campaign.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Simon Fraser canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T689732 — 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: Simon Fraser Context triple: [Saratoga campaign, commander, Simon Fraser]
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A.
Bruce Fraser
Bruce Fraser was a senior British Royal Navy admiral who played a key role in Allied naval operations during World War II and represented the United Kingdom at the formal Japanese Instrument of Surrender.
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B.
James McGill
James McGill was an 18th–19th century Scottish-Canadian merchant and philanthropist whose endowment led to the creation of McGill University in Montreal.
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C.
Alexander Cameron
Alexander Cameron is a British barrister and King's Counsel, notable as the elder brother of former UK Prime Minister David Cameron.
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D.
Percy Nelles
Percy Nelles was a Canadian admiral who served as Chief of the Naval Staff during World War II and played a key leadership role in the Royal Canadian Navy’s efforts in the Battle of the Atlantic.
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E.
Alexander McDougall
Alexander McDougall was a Scottish-born American merchant, political leader, and Revolutionary War officer who became a prominent patriot voice in New York before and during the American Revolution.
- 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: Simon Fraser Target entity description: Simon Fraser was a British Army general best known for his leadership and death during the American Revolutionary War’s Saratoga campaign.
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A.
Bruce Fraser
Bruce Fraser was a senior British Royal Navy admiral who played a key role in Allied naval operations during World War II and represented the United Kingdom at the formal Japanese Instrument of Surrender.
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B.
James McGill
James McGill was an 18th–19th century Scottish-Canadian merchant and philanthropist whose endowment led to the creation of McGill University in Montreal.
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C.
Alexander Cameron
Alexander Cameron is a British barrister and King's Counsel, notable as the elder brother of former UK Prime Minister David Cameron.
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D.
Percy Nelles
Percy Nelles was a Canadian admiral who served as Chief of the Naval Staff during World War II and played a key leadership role in the Royal Canadian Navy’s efforts in the Battle of the Atlantic.
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E.
Alexander McDougall
Alexander McDougall was a Scottish-born American merchant, political leader, and Revolutionary War officer who became a prominent patriot voice in New York before and during the American Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Army officer
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general ⓘ person ⓘ |
| allegiance | Great Britain ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| conflict |
American Revolutionary War
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Saratoga campaign ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
military leader
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soldier ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | death in battle ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | brigadier general ⓘ |
| notableFor |
death during the Saratoga campaign
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leadership during the Saratoga campaign ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Battles of Saratoga
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linked to:
Saratoga campaign
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| partOf |
British forces in North America
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linked to:
British Army in North America
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| positionHeld | brigadier general ⓘ |
| servedIn |
Burgoyne's army
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linked to:
John Burgoyne
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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: Simon Fraser Description of subject: Simon Fraser was a British Army general best known for his leadership and death during the American Revolutionary War’s Saratoga campaign.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.