William Alexander, Lord Stirling
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William Alexander, Lord Stirling was an American Revolutionary War general who played a prominent role in early battles, notably helping cover the Continental Army’s retreat at the Battle of Long Island.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William Alexander, Lord Stirling canonical | 4 |
| General William Alexander (Lord Stirling) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2464195 — 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: William Alexander, Lord Stirling Context triple: [Battle of Long Island, commander, William Alexander, Lord Stirling]
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Johann de Kalb
Johann de Kalb was a German-born French military officer who served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and became a patriot hero after dying from wounds sustained at the Battle of Camden.
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B.
Charles Lee
Charles Lee was a controversial Continental Army general during the American Revolutionary War, known for his disputed conduct and eventual court-martial following the Battle of Monmouth.
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C.
Nathanael Greene
Nathanael Greene was a major American Revolutionary War general who became George Washington’s most trusted subordinate and played a crucial role in the Southern campaign against the British.
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D.
Banastre Tarleton
Banastre Tarleton was a British cavalry officer and politician best known for his aggressive and controversial leadership against American forces during the Revolutionary War.
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John Burgoyne
John Burgoyne was a British army officer and politician best known for his role as a general during the American Revolutionary War, particularly his surrender at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777.
- 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: William Alexander, Lord Stirling Target entity description: William Alexander, Lord Stirling was an American Revolutionary War general who played a prominent role in early battles, notably helping cover the Continental Army’s retreat at the Battle of Long Island.
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A.
Johann de Kalb
Johann de Kalb was a German-born French military officer who served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and became a patriot hero after dying from wounds sustained at the Battle of Camden.
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B.
Charles Lee
Charles Lee was a controversial Continental Army general during the American Revolutionary War, known for his disputed conduct and eventual court-martial following the Battle of Monmouth.
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C.
Nathanael Greene
Nathanael Greene was a major American Revolutionary War general who became George Washington’s most trusted subordinate and played a crucial role in the Southern campaign against the British.
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D.
Banastre Tarleton
Banastre Tarleton was a British cavalry officer and politician best known for his aggressive and controversial leadership against American forces during the Revolutionary War.
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E.
John Burgoyne
John Burgoyne was a British army officer and politician best known for his role as a general during the American Revolutionary War, particularly his surrender at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
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: William Alexander, Lord Stirling Description of subject: William Alexander, Lord Stirling was an American Revolutionary War general who played a prominent role in early battles, notably helping cover the Continental Army’s retreat at the Battle of Long Island.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Battle Pass in Prospect Park, Brooklyn
linked to: William Alexander, Lord Stirling