Sir James Altham
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Sir James Altham was an English judge of the early 17th century, best known for serving as one of the chief justices at the notorious Pendle witch trials of 1612.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sir Edward Bromley | 1 |
| Sir James Altham canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7820396 — 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: Sir James Altham Context triple: [Pendle witch trials, presidingJudge, Sir James Altham]
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A.
Sir Charles Yorke
Sir Charles Yorke was an 18th-century British lawyer and politician who served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.
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B.
Sir William Drysdale
Sir William Drysdale was a notable bearer of the Drysdale surname, recognized for his prominence and distinction associated with the name.
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C.
Sir John Bourn
Sir John Bourn was a British public servant best known for serving as the Comptroller and Auditor General of the United Kingdom, overseeing the auditing of government departments and public spending.
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D.
Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly
Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly is a central character in T.S. Eliot’s play "The Cocktail Party," serving as a psychiatrist whose probing insights drive the drama’s exploration of personal crisis and spiritual renewal.
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E.
Sir John Chester
Sir John Chester is a suave, manipulative aristocrat and one of the principal antagonists in Charles Dickens’s historical novel "Barnaby Rudge."
- 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: Sir James Altham Target entity description: Sir James Altham was an English judge of the early 17th century, best known for serving as one of the chief justices at the notorious Pendle witch trials of 1612.
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A.
Sir Charles Yorke
Sir Charles Yorke was an 18th-century British lawyer and politician who served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.
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B.
Sir William Drysdale
Sir William Drysdale was a notable bearer of the Drysdale surname, recognized for his prominence and distinction associated with the name.
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C.
Sir John Bourn
Sir John Bourn was a British public servant best known for serving as the Comptroller and Auditor General of the United Kingdom, overseeing the auditing of government departments and public spending.
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D.
Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly
Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly is a central character in T.S. Eliot’s play "The Cocktail Party," serving as a psychiatrist whose probing insights drive the drama’s exploration of personal crisis and spiritual renewal.
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E.
Sir John Chester
Sir John Chester is a suave, manipulative aristocrat and one of the principal antagonists in Charles Dickens’s historical novel "Barnaby Rudge."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English judge
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 17th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1617 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Gray's Inn
ⓘ
Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ |
| familyName | Altham ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
common law
ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ witchcraft trials ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| legalSystem | English law ⓘ |
| memberOf | Gray's Inn ⓘ |
| monarchServed |
James I of England
ⓘ
linked to:
James VI and I
|
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | knight ⓘ |
| notableFor | role in the Pendle witch trials of 1612 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Pendle witch trials of 1612
ⓘ
linked to:
Pendle witch trials
|
| occupation | judge ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Lancashire witch trials
ⓘ
linked to:
Pendle witch trials
Pendle witch trials ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Court of Exchequer ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Baron of the Exchequer
ⓘ
linked to:
Chief Baron of the Exchequer
Chief justice at the Pendle witch trials ⓘ Justice of the Court of Exchequer ⓘ |
| workLocation |
England
ⓘ
Lancashire ⓘ London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
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: Sir James Altham Description of subject: Sir James Altham was an English judge of the early 17th century, best known for serving as one of the chief justices at the notorious Pendle witch trials of 1612.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sir James Altham