Israel Putnam
E14116
Israel Putnam was a prominent American Revolutionary War general known for his leadership at the Battle of Bunker Hill and his role in the early Continental Army.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Israel Putnam canonical | 40 |
| Revolutionary War General Israel Putnam | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T28586 — 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: Israel Putnam Context triple: [Continental Army, notableCommander, Israel Putnam]
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A.
Myles Standish
Myles Standish was an English military officer who served as the chief military leader and advisor for the Pilgrims in the early years of the Plymouth Colony in New England.
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B.
Thomas Gage
Thomas Gage was a British Army general and colonial governor of Massachusetts whose policies and military actions helped spark the American Revolutionary War.
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C.
Robert Rogers
Robert Rogers was an 18th-century American frontiersman and British Army officer best known for founding and leading Rogers' Rangers during the French and Indian War.
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D.
John Parker
John Parker was an American colonial militia captain best known for leading the Lexington militia at the opening skirmishes of the American Revolutionary War.
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E.
Horatio Gates
Horatio Gates was a British-born American general who played a prominent and controversial leadership role for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, particularly at the Battle of Saratoga.
- 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: Israel Putnam Target entity description: Israel Putnam was a prominent American Revolutionary War general known for his leadership at the Battle of Bunker Hill and his role in the early Continental Army.
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A.
Myles Standish
Myles Standish was an English military officer who served as the chief military leader and advisor for the Pilgrims in the early years of the Plymouth Colony in New England.
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B.
Thomas Gage
Thomas Gage was a British Army general and colonial governor of Massachusetts whose policies and military actions helped spark the American Revolutionary War.
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C.
Robert Rogers
Robert Rogers was an 18th-century American frontiersman and British Army officer best known for founding and leading Rogers' Rangers during the French and Indian War.
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D.
John Parker
John Parker was an American colonial militia captain best known for leading the Lexington militia at the opening skirmishes of the American Revolutionary War.
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E.
Horatio Gates
Horatio Gates was a British-born American general who played a prominent and controversial leadership role for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, particularly at the Battle of Saratoga.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Revolutionary War general
ⓘ
Continental Army officer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Brooklyn, Connecticut ⓘ |
| conflict |
American Revolutionary War
ⓘ
French and Indian War ⓘ
linked to:
Seven Years' War
|
| countryOfCitizenship |
Great Britain
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1718-01-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1790-05-29 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English American ⓘ |
| familyName | Putnam ⓘ |
| givenName | Israel ⓘ |
| hasPartInLegend | story of riding down the stone steps in Greenwich, Connecticut, to escape British dragoons ⓘ |
| honorificName | Old Put ⓘ |
| memberOf | Sons of Liberty ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Connecticut militia
ⓘ
linked to:
New England colonial militias
Continental Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
brigadier general
ⓘ
major general ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Battle of Bunker Hill
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Battle of Fort Ticonderoga (French and Indian War) ⓘ Battle of Long Island ⓘ Siege of Boston ⓘ |
| notableFact |
became a popular folk hero in early American patriotic literature
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is associated with the famous order often paraphrased as 'Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes' at Bunker Hill ⓘ suffered a debilitating stroke in 1779 that ended his active military service ⓘ was a veteran ranger officer during the French and Indian War ⓘ was one of the first major generals appointed by the Continental Congress in 1775 ⓘ |
| notableWork | Leadership at the Battle of Bunker Hill ⓘ |
| occupation |
farmer
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Bunker Hill
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Battle of Long Island ⓘ French and Indian War campaigns in North America ⓘ Siege of Boston ⓘ capture of Fort Ticonderoga (American Revolutionary War) ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Fort Ticonderoga (1775)
|
| placeOfBirth |
Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay
ⓘ
linked to:
Salem, Massachusetts
|
| placeOfDeath | Brooklyn, Connecticut ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
brigadier general of Connecticut troops
ⓘ
major general in the Continental Army ⓘ |
| residence |
Brooklyn, Connecticut
ⓘ
Pomfret, Connecticut ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Israel Putnam Description of subject: Israel Putnam was a prominent American Revolutionary War general known for his leadership at the Battle of Bunker Hill and his role in the early Continental Army.
Referenced by (41)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Putnam
subject linked to:
Putnam Cemetery, Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
linked to: Israel Putnam