Peregrine Maitland
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Peregrine Maitland was a British army officer and colonial administrator who served in several key imperial posts in the early 19th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sir Peregrine Maitland | 3 |
| Peregrine Maitland canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2281102 — 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: Peregrine Maitland Context triple: [Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, officeHolder, Peregrine Maitland]
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A.
Lord John Brindale
Lord John Brindale is a fictional aristocratic suitor featured in the 1951 romantic comedy film "Royal Wedding."
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B.
Edwin Craye
Edwin Craye is a fictional character from P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster universe, appearing in the novel "Joy in the Morning."
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C.
Alexander Kirkpatrick of Closeburn
Alexander Kirkpatrick of Closeburn was a prominent Scottish laird and historical figure associated with the leadership and legacy of Clan Kirkpatrick in Dumfriesshire.
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D.
John Knightbridge
John Knightbridge was a benefactor whose legacy in moral philosophy is commemorated through a prestigious professorship at the University of Cambridge.
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E.
Hugh Rose
Hugh Rose was a British Army officer and colonial commander best known for his leadership during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, particularly in the Central India campaign.
- 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: Peregrine Maitland Target entity description: Peregrine Maitland was a British army officer and colonial administrator who served in several key imperial posts in the early 19th century.
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A.
Lord John Brindale
Lord John Brindale is a fictional aristocratic suitor featured in the 1951 romantic comedy film "Royal Wedding."
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B.
Edwin Craye
Edwin Craye is a fictional character from P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster universe, appearing in the novel "Joy in the Morning."
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C.
Alexander Kirkpatrick of Closeburn
Alexander Kirkpatrick of Closeburn was a prominent Scottish laird and historical figure associated with the leadership and legacy of Clan Kirkpatrick in Dumfriesshire.
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D.
John Knightbridge
John Knightbridge was a benefactor whose legacy in moral philosophy is commemorated through a prestigious professorship at the University of Cambridge.
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E.
Hugh Rose
Hugh Rose was a British Army officer and colonial commander best known for his leadership during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, particularly in the Central India campaign.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Army officer
ⓘ
colonial administrator ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
ⓘ
Order of the Bath ⓘ |
| battle |
Battle of Quatre Bras
ⓘ
Battle of Salamanca ⓘ Battle of Vitoria ⓘ Battle of Waterloo ⓘ Battle of the Nive ⓘ |
| conflict |
Napoleonic Wars
ⓘ
Peninsular War ⓘ Waterloo campaign ⓘ
linked to:
Waterloo Campaign
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| employer |
British Army
ⓘ
British government ⓘ
linked to:
UK government
|
| familyName | Maitland ⓘ |
| givenName | Peregrine ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
general
ⓘ
lieutenant general ⓘ |
| militaryUnit |
1st Foot Guards
ⓘ
linked to:
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards
|
| notableWork | Service at the Battle of Waterloo ⓘ |
| occupation |
colonial governor
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army
ⓘ
Governor of the Cape Colony ⓘ Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia ⓘ Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada ⓘ |
| residence |
Cape Colony
ⓘ
Madras Presidency ⓘ Nova Scotia ⓘ Upper Canada ⓘ |
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: Peregrine Maitland Description of subject: Peregrine Maitland was a British army officer and colonial administrator who served in several key imperial posts in the early 19th century.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Peregrine Maitland
linked to: Peregrine Maitland
linked to: Peregrine Maitland