Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln
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Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, was a prominent 16th-century English nobleman, admiral, and statesman who served under Henry VIII, Edward VI, and Elizabeth I, notably as Lord High Admiral.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8603782 — 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: Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln Context triple: [Elizabeth Blount, spouse, Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln]
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A.
Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 9th Earl of Lincoln
Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 9th Earl of Lincoln was a British nobleman of the prominent Pelham-Clinton family who became the first holder of the title Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne.
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B.
Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby
Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby, was an 18th–19th century British peer and politician who served as a prominent member of the Whig party and held various influential public offices.
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C.
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, was a 19th-century British Conservative statesman who served three times as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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D.
Charles Robert Wynn-Carington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire
Charles Robert Wynn-Carington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire, was a prominent British Liberal politician and aristocrat who held several high offices including Governor of New South Wales and Lord Chamberlain during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby
William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby, was an English nobleman and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries who served as Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire and held various court and regional offices.
- 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: Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln Target entity description: Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, was a prominent 16th-century English nobleman, admiral, and statesman who served under Henry VIII, Edward VI, and Elizabeth I, notably as Lord High Admiral.
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A.
Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 9th Earl of Lincoln
Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 9th Earl of Lincoln was a British nobleman of the prominent Pelham-Clinton family who became the first holder of the title Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne.
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B.
Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby
Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby, was an 18th–19th century British peer and politician who served as a prominent member of the Whig party and held various influential public offices.
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C.
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, was a 19th-century British Conservative statesman who served three times as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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D.
Charles Robert Wynn-Carington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire
Charles Robert Wynn-Carington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire, was a prominent British Liberal politician and aristocrat who held several high offices including Governor of New South Wales and Lord Chamberlain during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby
William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby, was an English nobleman and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries who served as Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire and held various court and regional offices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English nobleman
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Tudor-period politician ⓘ admiral ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| activity |
naval warfare
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royal council service ⓘ |
| allegiance | Crown of England ⓘ |
| aristocraticRank | earl ⓘ |
| centuryActive | 16th century ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| familyName | Clinton ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Edward ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Tudor period
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linked to:
Tudor England
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Royal Navy (England)
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linked to:
English navy
|
| monarchServed |
Edward VI of England
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Elizabeth I of England ⓘ Henry VIII of England ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Clinton family ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Earl of Lincoln ⓘ |
| notableFor | service as Lord High Admiral under multiple Tudor monarchs ⓘ |
| occupation |
naval officer
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nobleman ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| ordinal |
1st Earl of Lincoln
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linked to:
Earl of Lincoln
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| positionHeld | Lord High Admiral of England ⓘ |
| realmOfTitle | England ⓘ |
| socialClass | peerage of England ⓘ |
| titleHeld |
Lord High Admiral
ⓘ
linked to:
Lord High Admiral of 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: Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln Description of subject: Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, was a prominent 16th-century English nobleman, admiral, and statesman who served under Henry VIII, Edward VI, and Elizabeth I, notably as Lord High Admiral.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.