Ebenezer Francis
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Ebenezer Francis was an American Continental Army officer and colonel who fought in the Revolutionary War and was killed while leading his troops at the Battle of Hubbardton in 1777.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ebenezer Francis canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2586883 — 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: Ebenezer Francis Context triple: [Battle of Hubbardton, commander, Ebenezer Francis]
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A.
Ebenezer Irving
Ebenezer Irving was a member of the prominent Irving family of early 19th-century New York, likely part of the same milieu as author Washington Irving.
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B.
Ebenezer Gay
Ebenezer Gay was an American Congregational minister and early proponent of liberal Christian theology in New England.
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C.
Samuel Blatchford
Samuel Blatchford was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in the late 19th century, known for his expertise in admiralty and patent law.
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D.
Samuel Church
Samuel Church is a notable individual who bears the English surname "Church," recognized for his significance among people with that family name.
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E.
Reverend Jonas Clarke
Reverend Jonas Clarke was an 18th-century Congregational minister in Lexington, Massachusetts, known for his influential role in the events leading up to and during the American Revolutionary 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: Ebenezer Francis Target entity description: Ebenezer Francis was an American Continental Army officer and colonel who fought in the Revolutionary War and was killed while leading his troops at the Battle of Hubbardton in 1777.
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A.
Ebenezer Irving
Ebenezer Irving was a member of the prominent Irving family of early 19th-century New York, likely part of the same milieu as author Washington Irving.
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B.
Ebenezer Gay
Ebenezer Gay was an American Congregational minister and early proponent of liberal Christian theology in New England.
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C.
Samuel Blatchford
Samuel Blatchford was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in the late 19th century, known for his expertise in admiralty and patent law.
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D.
Samuel Church
Samuel Church is a notable individual who bears the English surname "Church," recognized for his significance among people with that family name.
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E.
Reverend Jonas Clarke
Reverend Jonas Clarke was an 18th-century Congregational minister in Lexington, Massachusetts, known for his influential role in the events leading up to and during the American Revolutionary War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (21)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American military officer
ⓘ
Continental Army officer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Continental Army
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Patriot cause in the American Revolution ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| conflict | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dateOfDeath | 1777 ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Francis ⓘ |
| givenName | Ebenezer ⓘ |
| ledTroopsAt | Battle of Hubbardton ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | death in battle ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Continental Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | colonel ⓘ |
| notableBattle | Battle of Hubbardton ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being killed while leading his regiment in the American Revolutionary War
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commanding Continental troops at the Battle of Hubbardton ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Hubbardton, Vermont ⓘ |
| roleInBattleOfHubbardton | regimental commander ⓘ |
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: Ebenezer Francis Description of subject: Ebenezer Francis was an American Continental Army officer and colonel who fought in the Revolutionary War and was killed while leading his troops at the Battle of Hubbardton in 1777.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.