William Shirley

Target entity: William Shirley
Context triple: [Province of Massachusetts Bay, notableGovernor, William Shirley]

• A. Joseph Dudley
  Joseph Dudley was a colonial American administrator best known for serving as governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
• B. Thomas Gage
  Thomas Gage was a British Army general and colonial governor of Massachusetts whose policies and military actions helped spark the American Revolutionary War.
• C. William Coddington
  William Coddington was a 17th-century English colonial leader and magistrate best known as a founding figure and early governor in what became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
• D. Esek Hopkins
  Esek Hopkins was the first Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War.
• E. John Cotton
  John Cotton was a prominent 17th-century Puritan minister and theologian in colonial New England, influential in shaping early American religious thought.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: William Shirley
Target entity description: William Shirley was an 18th-century British colonial administrator best known for his role as governor of Massachusetts during King George’s War and the early stages of the French and Indian War.

• A. Joseph Dudley
  Joseph Dudley was a colonial American administrator best known for serving as governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
• B. Thomas Gage
  Thomas Gage was a British Army general and colonial governor of Massachusetts whose policies and military actions helped spark the American Revolutionary War.
• C. William Coddington
  William Coddington was a 17th-century English colonial leader and magistrate best known as a founding figure and early governor in what became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
• D. Esek Hopkins
  Esek Hopkins was the first Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War.
• E. John Cotton
  John Cotton was a prominent 17th-century Puritan minister and theologian in colonial New England, influential in shaping early American religious thought.
• F. None of above. chosen