Patrick Carr
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Patrick Carr was one of the five colonists fatally wounded in the 1770 Boston Massacre, whose death helped inflame anti-British sentiment in the American colonies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Patrick Carr canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T37413 — 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: Patrick Carr Context triple: [Boston Massacre, hasVictim, Patrick Carr]
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A.
Michael Bruce Curry
Michael Bruce Curry is the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church and the first African American to hold that position.
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B.
Kevin Terry
Kevin Terry is an American soccer referee best known for officiating at the highest levels of U.S. professional soccer, including Major League Soccer championship matches.
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C.
Paul Riley
Paul Riley is an English-born soccer coach best known for his tenure in U.S. women’s professional soccer, including a controversial spell leading top NWSL clubs.
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D.
John Lucas
John Lucas was one of the climbers credited with making the first recorded ascent of Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the contiguous United States.
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E.
Vince Carter
Vince Carter is a retired American NBA star widely celebrated for his spectacular dunking ability, long career, and impact on multiple franchises including the Toronto Raptors and New Jersey Nets.
- 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: Patrick Carr Target entity description: Patrick Carr was one of the five colonists fatally wounded in the 1770 Boston Massacre, whose death helped inflame anti-British sentiment in the American colonies.
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A.
Michael Bruce Curry
Michael Bruce Curry is the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church and the first African American to hold that position.
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B.
Kevin Terry
Kevin Terry is an American soccer referee best known for officiating at the highest levels of U.S. professional soccer, including Major League Soccer championship matches.
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C.
Paul Riley
Paul Riley is an English-born soccer coach best known for his tenure in U.S. women’s professional soccer, including a controversial spell leading top NWSL clubs.
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D.
Jeff East
Jeff East is an American actor best known for his roles as young Clark Kent in "Superman: The Movie" and as Tom Sawyer in the 1973 film adaptation of Mark Twain's classic novel.
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E.
John Lucas
John Lucas was one of the climbers credited with making the first recorded ascent of Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the contiguous United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Boston Massacre victim
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| associatedWith | American Revolution prelude ⓘ |
| associatedWithEventDate | 1770-03-05 ⓘ |
| associatedWithEventPlace | King Street, Boston ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Boston
ⓘ
linked to:
Boston, Massachusetts
|
| causeOfDeath |
gunshot wound
ⓘ
injuries sustained in the Boston Massacre ⓘ |
| citizenship | British subject ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1770-03-14 ⓘ |
| deathContributedTo | increased anti-British sentiment in the Thirteen Colonies ⓘ |
| deathType | homicide ⓘ |
| depositionUsedIn | trial of the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Irish ⓘ |
| familyName | Carr ⓘ |
| givenName | Patrick ⓘ |
| hasReligion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
American colonial period
ⓘ
linked to:
Colonial America
|
| madeDyingDeposition | yes ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | accounts of the Boston Massacre ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the five colonists killed in the Boston Massacre
ⓘ
his death contributing to anti-British sentiment in the American colonies ⓘ |
| numberOfFatalVictimsInEvent | 5 ⓘ |
| occupation |
artisan
ⓘ
leather worker ⓘ |
| participantIn | Boston Massacre ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Boston
ⓘ
linked to:
Boston, Massachusetts
|
| residence |
Boston
ⓘ
linked to:
Boston, Massachusetts
Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ |
| roleInHistory | martyr figure in colonial propaganda ⓘ |
| statedInDeposition |
that the soldiers fired in self-defense
ⓘ
that the soldiers were provoked by the crowd ⓘ |
| testimonyRecordedBy | John Jeffries ⓘ |
| timeBetweenInjuryAndDeath | 9 days ⓘ |
| victimOf | British Army gunfire ⓘ |
| wasAmong | five colonists fatally wounded in the Boston Massacre ⓘ |
| woundedOn | 1770-03-05 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Patrick Carr Description of subject: Patrick Carr was one of the five colonists fatally wounded in the 1770 Boston Massacre, whose death helped inflame anti-British sentiment in the American colonies.
Referenced by (4)
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