Revolutionary War officer William R. Davie
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American lawyer
American politician
Continental Army officer
North Carolina statesman
Revolutionary War officer
founder of university
human
Revolutionary War officer William R. Davie was a Continental Army cavalry leader, prominent North Carolina statesman, and a key founder of the University of North Carolina.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Revolutionary War officer William R. Davie canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9264137 — 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: Revolutionary War officer William R. Davie Context triple: [Landsford Plantation, isAssociatedWithPersonRole, Revolutionary War officer William R. Davie]
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A.
Edward Rutledge
Edward Rutledge was an American lawyer, statesman, and youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence who later served as governor of South Carolina.
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B.
Abraham Eustis
Abraham Eustis was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and artillery commander after whom Fort Eustis in Virginia was named.
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C.
Nathaniel Pendleton
Nathaniel Pendleton was an American Revolutionary War officer, jurist, and close associate of Alexander Hamilton who served as Hamilton’s second in the Burr–Hamilton duel.
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D.
Nathanael Greene
Nathanael Greene was a major American Revolutionary War general who became George Washington’s most trusted subordinate and played a crucial role in the Southern campaign against the British.
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E.
Samuel Johnston
Samuel Johnston was an American lawyer, statesman, and early political leader from North Carolina who served as governor of the state and as a U.S. senator after the Revolutionary War.
- 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: Revolutionary War officer William R. Davie Target entity description: Revolutionary War officer William R. Davie was a Continental Army cavalry leader, prominent North Carolina statesman, and a key founder of the University of North Carolina.
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A.
Edward Rutledge
Edward Rutledge was an American lawyer, statesman, and youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence who later served as governor of South Carolina.
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B.
Abraham Eustis
Abraham Eustis was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and artillery commander after whom Fort Eustis in Virginia was named.
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C.
Nathaniel Pendleton
Nathaniel Pendleton was an American Revolutionary War officer, jurist, and close associate of Alexander Hamilton who served as Hamilton’s second in the Burr–Hamilton duel.
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D.
Nathanael Greene
Nathanael Greene was a major American Revolutionary War general who became George Washington’s most trusted subordinate and played a crucial role in the Southern campaign against the British.
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E.
Samuel Johnston
Samuel Johnston was an American lawyer, statesman, and early political leader from North Carolina who served as governor of the state and as a U.S. senator after the Revolutionary War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American lawyer
ⓘ
American politician ⓘ Continental Army officer ⓘ North Carolina statesman ⓘ Revolutionary War officer ⓘ founder of university ⓘ human ⓘ |
| appointedBy | John Adams ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lancaster County, South Carolina
ⓘ
linked to:
Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery
|
| commemoratedBy |
Davie County, North Carolina
ⓘ
Davie Hall at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ⓘ |
| conflict | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of Great Britain
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1756-06-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1820-11-29 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
College of New Jersey
ⓘ
Princeton University ⓘ |
| endTime | 1799 ⓘ |
| familyName | Davie ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
higher education founding
ⓘ
statecraft ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasPart | Davie’s cavalry corps ⓘ |
| honorificEpithet | Father of the University of North Carolina ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Federalist Party
ⓘ
linked to:
Federalists
|
| militaryBranch | Continental Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | colonel ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a key founder of the University of North Carolina
ⓘ
drafting the charter of the University of North Carolina ⓘ leading cavalry actions in the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution ⓘ |
| notableWork | leadership of North Carolina cavalry in the American Revolution ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
military officer ⓘ planter ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Egremont, Cumberland, England ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Landsford Plantation, Chester County, South Carolina ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Governor of North Carolina
ⓘ
United States minister to France ⓘ
linked to:
United States Ambassador to France
delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ⓘ member of the North Carolina House of Commons ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterianism
ⓘ
linked to:
Presbyterian
|
| residence |
Halifax, North Carolina
ⓘ
Landsford Plantation, South Carolina ⓘ
linked to:
Landsford Plantation
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| startTime | 1798 ⓘ |
| workLocation | Halifax, North Carolina ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Revolutionary War officer William R. Davie Description of subject: Revolutionary War officer William R. Davie was a Continental Army cavalry leader, prominent North Carolina statesman, and a key founder of the University of North Carolina.
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