James Douglas (Williamite general)
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James Douglas was a Scottish-born general in the Williamite army who played a significant role in the Williamite War in Ireland and other late 17th-century campaigns.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Douglas (Williamite general) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11633583 — 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: James Douglas (Williamite general) Context triple: [Siege of Athlone (1691), commander, James Douglas (Williamite general)]
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A.
Patrick Sarsfield
Patrick Sarsfield was a prominent Irish Jacobite military leader best known for his daring cavalry raids and key role in the defense of Limerick during the late 17th-century conflicts with Williamite forces.
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B.
John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun
John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun, was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and British Army officer who served as commander-in-chief in North America during the early years of the French and Indian War.
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C.
William Roy
William Roy was an 18th-century Scottish military engineer and surveyor whose pioneering mapping work laid the foundations for Britain’s Ordnance Survey.
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D.
Colonel William Baillie
Colonel William Baillie was a British East India Company officer best known for his ill-fated command and capture during the 1780 campaigns of the Second Anglo-Mysore War against Tipu Sultan.
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E.
James Wolfe
James Wolfe was an 18th-century British Army officer best known for leading the successful assault on Quebec City in 1759, a pivotal victory in the Seven Years' 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: James Douglas (Williamite general) Target entity description: James Douglas was a Scottish-born general in the Williamite army who played a significant role in the Williamite War in Ireland and other late 17th-century campaigns.
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A.
Patrick Sarsfield
Patrick Sarsfield was a prominent Irish Jacobite military leader best known for his daring cavalry raids and key role in the defense of Limerick during the late 17th-century conflicts with Williamite forces.
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B.
John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun
John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun, was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and British Army officer who served as commander-in-chief in North America during the early years of the French and Indian War.
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C.
William Roy
William Roy was an 18th-century Scottish military engineer and surveyor whose pioneering mapping work laid the foundations for Britain’s Ordnance Survey.
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D.
Colonel William Baillie
Colonel William Baillie was a British East India Company officer best known for his ill-fated command and capture during the 1780 campaigns of the Second Anglo-Mysore War against Tipu Sultan.
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E.
James Wolfe
James Wolfe was an 18th-century British Army officer best known for leading the successful assault on Quebec City in 1759, a pivotal victory in the Seven Years' War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish general
ⓘ
military officer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| allegiance | William III of England ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 17th century ⓘ |
| conflict |
Williamite–Jacobite War
ⓘ
linked to:
Williamite War in Ireland
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| era | Early modern period ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scots ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Williamite army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| notableFor |
role in the Williamite War in Ireland
ⓘ
service in late 17th-century European campaigns ⓘ |
| occupation |
general
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Nine Years' War
ⓘ
Williamite War in Ireland ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Scotland ⓘ |
| positionHeld | general ⓘ |
| sideInConflict | Williamite side ⓘ |
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: James Douglas (Williamite general) Description of subject: James Douglas was a Scottish-born general in the Williamite army who played a significant role in the Williamite War in Ireland and other late 17th-century campaigns.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.