William Eaton
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William Eaton was an early 19th-century U.S. Army officer and diplomat best known for leading the overland expedition that captured Derna during the First Barbary War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William Eaton canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3053279 — 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 Eaton Context triple: [First Barbary War, USMarineOfficer, William Eaton]
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A.
Matthias N. Forney
Matthias N. Forney was a 19th-century American mechanical engineer and locomotive designer who played a key role in the early professionalization of mechanical engineering in the United States.
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B.
John Y. Knox
John Y. Knox is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Knox.
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C.
John B. Knox
John B. Knox was an American lawyer and politician best known for presiding over the 1901 Alabama constitutional convention that entrenched disenfranchisement of Black voters.
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D.
George Reynolds
George Reynolds was the 19th-century Mormon defendant whose challenge to federal anti-polygamy laws led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Reynolds v. United States, which helped define the limits of religious freedom under the First Amendment.
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E.
Samuel L. M. Barlow
Samuel L. M. Barlow is a notable individual who shares the surname Barlow and is recognized as a distinguished bearer of that name.
- 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 Eaton Target entity description: William Eaton was an early 19th-century U.S. Army officer and diplomat best known for leading the overland expedition that captured Derna during the First Barbary War.
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A.
Matthias N. Forney
Matthias N. Forney was a 19th-century American mechanical engineer and locomotive designer who played a key role in the early professionalization of mechanical engineering in the United States.
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B.
John Y. Knox
John Y. Knox is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Knox.
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C.
John B. Knox
John B. Knox was an American lawyer and politician best known for presiding over the 1901 Alabama constitutional convention that entrenched disenfranchisement of Black voters.
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D.
George Reynolds
George Reynolds was the 19th-century Mormon defendant whose challenge to federal anti-polygamy laws led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Reynolds v. United States, which helped define the limits of religious freedom under the First Amendment.
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E.
Samuel L. M. Barlow
Samuel L. M. Barlow is a notable individual who shares the surname Barlow and is recognized as a distinguished bearer of that name.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. Army officer
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United States diplomat ⓘ diplomat ⓘ human ⓘ military officer ⓘ |
| allegiance | United States of America ⓘ |
| conflict | First Barbary War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| era | early 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Eaton ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasRole | leader of the Derna expedition ⓘ |
| involvedIn | U.S. operations against the Barbary States ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryCampaign | overland march from Egypt to Derna ⓘ |
| militaryRank | officer ⓘ |
| name | William Eaton ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | first U.S.-led land victory on foreign soil at Derna ⓘ |
| notableEvent | capture of Derna ⓘ |
| notableFor | leading an overland expedition that captured Derna ⓘ |
| notableWork | planning and leading the 1805 Derna expedition ⓘ |
| occupation |
consul
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diplomat ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Barbary Wars
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linked to:
First Barbary War
First Barbary War ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Derna
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North Africa ⓘ Tunis ⓘ |
| positionHeld | U.S. consul to Tunis ⓘ |
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 Eaton Description of subject: William Eaton was an early 19th-century U.S. Army officer and diplomat best known for leading the overland expedition that captured Derna during the First Barbary War.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.