Thomas Clarke
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Thomas Clarke was a leading Irish republican revolutionary and one of the principal organizers of the 1916 Easter Rising, later executed for his role in the rebellion.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thomas Clarke canonical | 10 |
| Thomas James Clarke | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2302780 — 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: Thomas Clarke Context triple: [Kilmainham Gaol, prisonerHeld, Thomas Clarke]
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A.
Joseph Plunkett
Joseph Plunkett was an Irish nationalist, poet, and one of the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising who was executed for his role in the rebellion.
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B.
James Connolly
James Connolly was an Irish socialist leader and revolutionary who played a key role in the 1916 Easter Rising and was executed for his involvement.
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C.
James Connolly
James Connolly was an American athlete and scholar best known as the first Olympic champion of the modern era, winning the triple jump at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.
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D.
Patrick Pearse
Patrick Pearse was an Irish teacher, barrister, poet, and revolutionary leader who served as one of the principal organizers and the symbolic figurehead of the 1916 Easter Rising against British rule.
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E.
Michael Davitt
Michael Davitt was a 19th-century Irish republican and social reformer best known as a founder of the Irish National Land League and a key figure in the Land War.
- 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: Thomas Clarke Target entity description: Thomas Clarke was a leading Irish republican revolutionary and one of the principal organizers of the 1916 Easter Rising, later executed for his role in the rebellion.
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A.
Joseph Plunkett
Joseph Plunkett was an Irish nationalist, poet, and one of the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising who was executed for his role in the rebellion.
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B.
James Connolly
James Connolly was an Irish socialist leader and revolutionary who played a key role in the 1916 Easter Rising and was executed for his involvement.
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C.
James Connolly
James Connolly was an American athlete and scholar best known as the first Olympic champion of the modern era, winning the triple jump at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.
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D.
Patrick Pearse
Patrick Pearse was an Irish teacher, barrister, poet, and revolutionary leader who served as one of the principal organizers and the symbolic figurehead of the 1916 Easter Rising against British rule.
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E.
Michael Davitt
Michael Davitt was a 19th-century Irish republican and social reformer best known as a founder of the Irish National Land League and a key figure in the Land War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish nationalist
ⓘ
Irish republican revolutionary ⓘ political activist ⓘ revolutionary leader ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Irish revolutionary period (late 19th–early 20th century) ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Dublin, Ireland
ⓘ
linked to:
Dublin
|
| causeOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| citizenship | Ireland ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
inclusion among the executed leaders of 1916 in Irish historical remembrance
ⓘ
memorials in Ireland ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1858-03-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1916-05-03 ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Irish ⓘ |
| familyName | Clarke ⓘ |
| fullName |
Thomas James Clarke
ⓘ
linked to:
Thomas Clarke
|
| givenName | Thomas ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
early 20th century
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
| imprisonedFor | Irish republican activities ⓘ |
| legacy | regarded as one of the foremost martyrs of the Easter Rising ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | execution by firing squad ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Irish Republican Brotherhood
ⓘ
Irish Volunteers ⓘ |
| movement | Irish republicanism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership in the 1916 Easter Rising
ⓘ
role in the Irish Republican Brotherhood ⓘ |
| notableWork | leadership in planning the 1916 rebellion ⓘ |
| occupation |
politician
ⓘ
revolutionary ⓘ |
| participantIn | Easter Rising ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Isle of Wight, England
ⓘ
linked to:
Isle of Wight
|
| placeOfDeath |
Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin, Ireland
ⓘ
linked to:
Kilmainham Gaol
|
| politicalGoal | establishment of an independent Irish Republic ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
member of the Military Council of the Irish Republican Brotherhood
ⓘ
senior leader of the Irish Republican Brotherhood ⓘ |
| relative | John Daly ⓘ |
| relativeType | brother-in-law John Daly ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| roleInEvent |
principal organizer of the Easter Rising
ⓘ
signatory of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic ⓘ |
| signatoryTo | Proclamation of the Irish Republic ⓘ |
| spouse | Kathleen Daly ⓘ |
| yearOfEvent | 1916 ⓘ |
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: Thomas Clarke Description of subject: Thomas Clarke was a leading Irish republican revolutionary and one of the principal organizers of the 1916 Easter Rising, later executed for his role in the rebellion.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Thomas Clarke
subject linked to:
Tom Clarke
linked to: Thomas Clarke
subject linked to:
Tom Clarke
linked to: Thomas Clarke
subject linked to:
IRB