Governor George Clarke
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Governor George Clarke was the colonial governor of New York in the early 18th century, notably in power during the controversial 1741 slave conspiracy trials.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Governor George Clarke canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11726446 — 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: Governor George Clarke Context triple: [New York Conspiracy of 1741, hasKeyFigure, Governor George Clarke]
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A.
Paul Givan
Paul Givan is a Democratic Unionist Party politician who served as First Minister of Northern Ireland.
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B.
William Pugh
William Pugh is a computer scientist best known for inventing the skip list data structure and contributing to the Java Memory Model.
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C.
Governor Charles Hotham
Governor Charles Hotham was the British colonial governor of Victoria whose administration faced and suppressed the 1854 Eureka Stockade miners’ rebellion on the Australian goldfields.
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D.
Greg Clark
Greg Clark is a British Conservative politician who served as the inaugural Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and has held several senior government roles.
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E.
Governor Walter Peterson
Governor Walter Peterson was a New Hampshire Republican politician who served as the state's 72nd governor from 1969 to 1973.
- 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: Governor George Clarke Target entity description: Governor George Clarke was the colonial governor of New York in the early 18th century, notably in power during the controversial 1741 slave conspiracy trials.
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A.
Paul Givan
Paul Givan is a Democratic Unionist Party politician who served as First Minister of Northern Ireland.
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B.
William Pugh
William Pugh is a computer scientist best known for inventing the skip list data structure and contributing to the Java Memory Model.
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C.
Governor Charles Hotham
Governor Charles Hotham was the British colonial governor of Victoria whose administration faced and suppressed the 1854 Eureka Stockade miners’ rebellion on the Australian goldfields.
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D.
Greg Clark
Greg Clark is a British Conservative politician who served as the inaugural Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and has held several senior government roles.
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E.
Governor Walter Peterson
Governor Walter Peterson was a New Hampshire Republican politician who served as the state's 72nd governor from 1969 to 1973.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial governor
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politician ⓘ |
| citizenship | British ⓘ |
| colonyGoverned | Province of New York ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| employer | British Crown ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| governedTerritory |
New York City
ⓘ
Province of New York ⓘ |
| governmentForm | British colonial administration in New York ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | colonial America ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
British North America
ⓘ
linked to:
British America
|
| involvedIn | suppression of alleged slave conspiracy in New York in 1741 ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legalSystemOverseen | colonial law of New York ⓘ |
| monarchDuringTerm | George II of Great Britain ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
New York slave conspiracy of 1741
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linked to:
New York Conspiracy of 1741
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| notableFor | role in the 1741 New York slave conspiracy trials ⓘ |
| occupation |
colonial administrator
ⓘ
landowner ⓘ |
| officeContested | Governor of the Province of New York ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Acting Governor of the Province of New York
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Lieutenant Governor of the Province of New York ⓘ |
| precededBy | previous governors of the Province of New York ⓘ |
| religion | Church of England ⓘ |
| residence |
England
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ Province of New York ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | oversaw prosecutions during the 1741 New York slave conspiracy trials ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
historical studies of the 1741 New York slave conspiracy
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scholarship on colonial New York governance ⓘ |
| succeededBy | later governors of the Province of New York ⓘ |
| timeInOffice | early 18th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Governor George Clarke Description of subject: Governor George Clarke was the colonial governor of New York in the early 18th century, notably in power during the controversial 1741 slave conspiracy trials.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.