Charles Francis Sheridan
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Charles Francis Sheridan was an 18th-century Irish lawyer, politician, and writer, known as the brother of playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan and for his roles in Irish parliamentary and legal affairs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Charles Francis Sheridan canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10233832 — 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: Charles Francis Sheridan Context triple: [Richard Brinsley Sheridan, relative, Charles Francis Sheridan]
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A.
Charles Jennings
Charles Jennings was a Canadian journalist and radio broadcaster, best known for his work with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and as the father of news anchor Peter Jennings.
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B.
Charles Taylor Sherman
Charles Taylor Sherman was a 19th-century American lawyer and judge, and the elder brother of Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman.
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C.
James Sibley
James Sibley was a benefactor whose contributions to healthcare led to a major Washington, D.C. hospital being named in his honor.
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D.
Charles Heath
Charles Heath was a prominent 19th-century English engraver known for his book illustrations and contributions to the popularization of steel engraving.
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E.
Nathaniel Parker Willis
Nathaniel Parker Willis was a prominent 19th-century American author and editor known for his poetry, travel writing, and influential role in the New York literary scene.
- 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: Charles Francis Sheridan Target entity description: Charles Francis Sheridan was an 18th-century Irish lawyer, politician, and writer, known as the brother of playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan and for his roles in Irish parliamentary and legal affairs.
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A.
Charles Jennings
Charles Jennings was a Canadian journalist and radio broadcaster, best known for his work with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and as the father of news anchor Peter Jennings.
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B.
Charles Taylor Sherman
Charles Taylor Sherman was a 19th-century American lawyer and judge, and the elder brother of Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman.
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C.
James Sibley
James Sibley was a benefactor whose contributions to healthcare led to a major Washington, D.C. hospital being named in his honor.
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D.
Charles Heath
Charles Heath was a prominent 19th-century English engraver known for his book illustrations and contributions to the popularization of steel engraving.
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E.
Nathaniel Parker Willis
Nathaniel Parker Willis was a prominent 19th-century American author and editor known for his poetry, travel writing, and influential role in the New York literary scene.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (17)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish lawyer
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Irish politician ⓘ person ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ |
| familyName | Sheridan ⓘ |
| father | Thomas Sheridan ⓘ |
| givenName | Charles ⓘ |
| mother | Frances Sheridan ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being brother of playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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involvement in Irish parliamentary affairs ⓘ legal career in 18th-century Ireland ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
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politician ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Member of the Irish House of Commons ⓘ |
| sibling | Richard Brinsley Sheridan ⓘ |
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: Charles Francis Sheridan Description of subject: Charles Francis Sheridan was an 18th-century Irish lawyer, politician, and writer, known as the brother of playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan and for his roles in Irish parliamentary and legal affairs.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.