George Clive (British Army officer)
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George Clive was a British Army officer and politician of the 19th century, known for his military service and tenure as a Member of Parliament.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| George Clive (British Army officer) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T546985 — 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: George Clive (British Army officer) Context triple: [Clive, hasNotableBearer, George Clive (British Army officer)]
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Lord Raglan
Lord Raglan was a British field marshal best known for commanding the British Army during the Crimean War, particularly at the Battle of Balaclava and the ill-fated Charge of the Light Brigade.
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B.
Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst was an 18th-century British Army officer and commander-in-chief in North America during the Seven Years' War, later criticized for his role in policies toward Indigenous peoples.
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C.
Robert Clive
Robert Clive was an 18th-century British officer and colonial administrator whose military and political actions were crucial in establishing British rule in India, particularly through his leadership in Bengal.
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D.
Colin Campbell
Colin Campbell was a British Army officer and field marshal best known for leading the relief of Lucknow and playing a key role in suppressing the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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E.
James Outram
James Outram was a British Army officer and colonial administrator in India, renowned for his role in the suppression of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and known by the epithet "the Bayard of India" for his chivalry.
- 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: George Clive (British Army officer) Target entity description: George Clive was a British Army officer and politician of the 19th century, known for his military service and tenure as a Member of Parliament.
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A.
Lord Raglan
Lord Raglan was a British field marshal best known for commanding the British Army during the Crimean War, particularly at the Battle of Balaclava and the ill-fated Charge of the Light Brigade.
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B.
Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst was an 18th-century British Army officer and commander-in-chief in North America during the Seven Years' War, later criticized for his role in policies toward Indigenous peoples.
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C.
Robert Clive
Robert Clive was an 18th-century British officer and colonial administrator whose military and political actions were crucial in establishing British rule in India, particularly through his leadership in Bengal.
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D.
Colin Campbell
Colin Campbell was a British Army officer and field marshal best known for leading the relief of Lucknow and playing a key role in suppressing the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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E.
James Outram
James Outram was a British Army officer and colonial administrator in India, renowned for his role in the suppression of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and known by the epithet "the Bayard of India" for his chivalry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Army officer
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human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
military
ⓘ
politics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasPart |
military career
ⓘ
parliamentary career ⓘ |
| hasRole |
Army officer
ⓘ
Member of Parliament ⓘ |
| isA |
19th-century British Army officer
ⓘ
19th-century British politician ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
military service in the 19th century
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service as a Member of Parliament ⓘ |
| occupation |
politician
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ |
| partOf |
British military history
ⓘ
British political history ⓘ |
| politicalSystem | Parliamentary system of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Member of Parliament
ⓘ
officer in the British Army ⓘ |
| residence | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| socialClassification | British gentry ⓘ |
| sphereOfActivity |
United Kingdom armed forces
ⓘ
linked to:
British Armed Forces
United Kingdom politics ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Victorian era ⓘ |
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: George Clive (British Army officer) Description of subject: George Clive was a British Army officer and politician of the 19th century, known for his military service and tenure as a Member of Parliament.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.