Robert Heriot Barclay commanded the British squadron
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Robert Heriot Barclay commanded the British naval forces during the War of 1812’s Battle of Lake Erie.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert Heriot Barclay commanded the British squadron canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2327952 — 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: Robert Heriot Barclay commanded the British squadron Context triple: [Battle of Lake Erie, commanderRole, Robert Heriot Barclay commanded the British squadron]
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A.
Edward Hawke was commander of the British fleet
Edward Hawke was an 18th-century British admiral renowned for his decisive naval victory over the French at the Battle of Quiberon Bay during the Seven Years' War.
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B.
Lord Jellicoe
Lord Jellicoe was a British Royal Navy admiral best known for commanding the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland during World War I and later serving in senior naval and imperial administrative roles.
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C.
Admiral Samuel Hood
Admiral Samuel Hood was an 18th-century British Royal Navy officer and fleet commander renowned for his leadership in major naval engagements of the American Revolutionary and French Revolutionary Wars.
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D.
Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet
The Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet was the senior Royal Navy post responsible for commanding Britain’s principal battle fleet in home waters, especially significant during the early 20th century and both World Wars.
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E.
British Channel Fleet
The British Channel Fleet was a principal Royal Navy formation tasked with defending the English Channel and projecting British naval power in European waters, notably during the 18th and 19th centuries.
- 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: Robert Heriot Barclay commanded the British squadron Target entity description: Robert Heriot Barclay commanded the British naval forces during the War of 1812’s Battle of Lake Erie.
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A.
Edward Hawke was commander of the British fleet
Edward Hawke was an 18th-century British admiral renowned for his decisive naval victory over the French at the Battle of Quiberon Bay during the Seven Years' War.
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B.
Lord Jellicoe
Lord Jellicoe was a British Royal Navy admiral best known for commanding the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland during World War I and later serving in senior naval and imperial administrative roles.
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C.
Admiral Samuel Hood
Admiral Samuel Hood was an 18th-century British Royal Navy officer and fleet commander renowned for his leadership in major naval engagements of the American Revolutionary and French Revolutionary Wars.
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D.
Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet
The Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet was the senior Royal Navy post responsible for commanding Britain’s principal battle fleet in home waters, especially significant during the early 20th century and both World Wars.
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E.
British Channel Fleet
The British Channel Fleet was a principal Royal Navy formation tasked with defending the English Channel and projecting British naval power in European waters, notably during the 18th and 19th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy officer
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person ⓘ |
| allegiance | Great Britain ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1786-09-18 ⓘ |
| causeOfNotability | command of British naval forces during the Battle of Lake Erie ⓘ |
| commanded |
British naval forces at the Battle of Lake Erie
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British squadron on Lake Erie ⓘ |
| conflict | War of 1812 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1837-05-08 ⓘ |
| familyName | Barclay ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Napoleonic Wars era
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linked to:
Napoleonic era
War of 1812 era ⓘ |
| lostTo |
United States Navy squadron on Lake Erie
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linked to:
U.S. Lake Erie Squadron
|
| militaryBranch | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| militaryRank | commander ⓘ |
| notableEvent | defeat at the Battle of Lake Erie ⓘ |
| notableWork | command of British squadron on Lake Erie ⓘ |
| occupation | naval officer ⓘ |
| opponent | Oliver Hazard Perry ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Battle of Lake Erie ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kincardineshire, Scotland
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linked to:
Kincardineshire
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| placeOfDeath |
Edinburgh, Scotland
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linked to:
Edinburgh
|
| serviceEndYear | 1815 ⓘ |
| serviceStartYear | 1798 ⓘ |
| side |
British Empire
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| theatreOfOperations | Lake Erie ⓘ |
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: Robert Heriot Barclay commanded the British squadron Description of subject: Robert Heriot Barclay commanded the British naval forces during the War of 1812’s Battle of Lake Erie.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.