Alexander Lillington
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Alexander Lillington was a North Carolina Patriot militia officer and Revolutionary War leader noted for his prominent role in early American independence efforts.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alexander Lillington canonical | 2 |
| John Alexander Lillington | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3106954 — 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: Alexander Lillington Context triple: [Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge, commander, Alexander Lillington]
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A.
Charles Siddall
Charles Siddall was a family member of the Pre-Raphaelite-associated artist and poet Elizabeth Siddal, belonging to the same Victorian-era Siddall/Siddall family circle.
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B.
Geoffrey Unsworth
Geoffrey Unsworth was a renowned British cinematographer celebrated for his visually rich work on numerous classic films of the 1960s and 1970s.
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C.
Alexander Lester
Alexander Lester is an actor known for portraying the iconic Shakespearean character Lady Macbeth.
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D.
John Meredyth Lucas
John Meredyth Lucas was an American television writer, director, and producer best known for his work on the original Star Trek series and other popular TV shows of the 1960s and 1970s.
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E.
Alexander Haddow
Alexander Haddow was a Scottish epidemiologist and virologist noted for his pioneering research on insect-borne viruses, particularly in Africa.
- 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: Alexander Lillington Target entity description: Alexander Lillington was a North Carolina Patriot militia officer and Revolutionary War leader noted for his prominent role in early American independence efforts.
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A.
Charles Siddall
Charles Siddall was a family member of the Pre-Raphaelite-associated artist and poet Elizabeth Siddal, belonging to the same Victorian-era Siddall/Siddall family circle.
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B.
Geoffrey Unsworth
Geoffrey Unsworth was a renowned British cinematographer celebrated for his visually rich work on numerous classic films of the 1960s and 1970s.
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C.
Alexander Lester
Alexander Lester is an actor known for portraying the iconic Shakespearean character Lady Macbeth.
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D.
John Meredyth Lucas
John Meredyth Lucas was an American television writer, director, and producer best known for his work on the original Star Trek series and other popular TV shows of the 1960s and 1970s.
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E.
Alexander Haddow
Alexander Haddow was a Scottish epidemiologist and virologist noted for his pioneering research on insect-borne viruses, particularly in Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Revolutionary War officer
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Patriot militia officer ⓘ military leader ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeIn | 18th century ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Patriot cause
ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| category |
American Revolution military personnel from North Carolina
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North Carolina militiamen ⓘ
linked to:
Province of North Carolina militia
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| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| historicalRegion | Thirteen Colonies ⓘ |
| knownAs | Colonel Alexander Lillington ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
North Carolina militia
ⓘ
linked to:
Province of North Carolina militia
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| militaryRank | officer ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership in the American Revolutionary War
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role in early American independence efforts ⓘ |
| opposed | British rule in the American colonies ⓘ |
| participatedIn | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Patriot ⓘ |
| residence | North Carolina ⓘ |
| role |
Patriot militia officer in North Carolina
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Revolutionary War leader ⓘ |
| stateOfOrigin | North Carolina ⓘ |
| supported | American independence ⓘ |
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: Alexander Lillington Description of subject: Alexander Lillington was a North Carolina Patriot militia officer and Revolutionary War leader noted for his prominent role in early American independence efforts.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Alexander Lillington