Gold Selleck Silliman
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Gold Selleck Silliman was an American lawyer, politician, and Continental Army brigadier general from Connecticut who played a notable role in the Revolutionary War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gold Selleck Silliman canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4082845 — 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: Gold Selleck Silliman Context triple: [Battle of Ridgefield, commander, Gold Selleck Silliman]
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A.
Gene Milford
Gene Milford was an American film editor known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films across several decades.
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B.
William Davidson Niven
William Davidson Niven was a Scottish mathematician and physicist known for his editorial work on major scientific texts and his contributions to mathematical education in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Donald Cargill
Donald Cargill was a 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian minister and Covenanter leader known for his fierce opposition to royal interference in the church and his eventual execution for treason.
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D.
Charles Stillman
Charles Stillman was an American labor leader and educator best known for helping to establish the American Federation of Teachers as a national teachers’ union.
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E.
Anthony Dickinson Sayre
Anthony Dickinson Sayre was an American jurist and Alabama Supreme Court justice best known as the father of writer and socialite Zelda Fitzgerald.
- 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: Gold Selleck Silliman Target entity description: Gold Selleck Silliman was an American lawyer, politician, and Continental Army brigadier general from Connecticut who played a notable role in the Revolutionary War.
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A.
Gene Milford
Gene Milford was an American film editor known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films across several decades.
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B.
William Davidson Niven
William Davidson Niven was a Scottish mathematician and physicist known for his editorial work on major scientific texts and his contributions to mathematical education in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Donald Cargill
Donald Cargill was a 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian minister and Covenanter leader known for his fierce opposition to royal interference in the church and his eventual execution for treason.
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D.
Charles Stillman
Charles Stillman was an American labor leader and educator best known for helping to establish the American Federation of Teachers as a national teachers’ union.
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E.
Anthony Dickinson Sayre
Anthony Dickinson Sayre was an American jurist and Alabama Supreme Court justice best known as the father of writer and socialite Zelda Fitzgerald.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American lawyer
ⓘ
American politician ⓘ Continental Army officer ⓘ brigadier general ⓘ human ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Connecticut
ⓘ
Continental Congress ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| birthDate | 1732-10-07 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Stratford, Connecticut Colony
ⓘ
linked to:
Stratford, Connecticut
|
| child | Benjamin Silliman ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Connecticut Colony
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1790-07-21 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Fairfield, Connecticut ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Yale College ⓘ |
| familyName | Silliman ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
law
ⓘ
military leadership ⓘ public service ⓘ |
| givenName |
Gold
ⓘ
Selleck ⓘ |
| graduationYear | 1752 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Fairfield County, Connecticut ⓘ |
| memberOf | Connecticut militia ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Continental Army ⓘ |
| militaryConflict | defense of southwestern Connecticut during the Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| militaryRank | brigadier general ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
captured by Loyalist raiders in 1779
ⓘ
exchange as prisoner during the Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| notableFor | leadership in coastal defense of Connecticut during the Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| notableWork | service in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| participatedIn | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Old Burying Ground, Fairfield, Connecticut ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Connecticut state’s attorney for Fairfield County
ⓘ
brigadier general of Connecticut militia ⓘ |
| religion | Congregationalism ⓘ |
| residence | Fairfield, Connecticut ⓘ |
| spouse | Mary Fish Noyes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gold Selleck Silliman Description of subject: Gold Selleck Silliman was an American lawyer, politician, and Continental Army brigadier general from Connecticut who played a notable role in the Revolutionary War.
Referenced by (3)
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