John Adams (Royal Navy officer)
E109816
John Adams was a Royal Navy officer known for his service in the British fleet during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Adams (Royal Navy officer) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T926831 — 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: John Adams (Royal Navy officer) Context triple: [Adams, hasNotableBearer, John Adams (Royal Navy officer)]
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A.
George Cockburn
George Cockburn was a British Royal Navy admiral best known for leading raids along the American coast during the War of 1812, including the burning of Washington, D.C.
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B.
Alexander Cochrane
Alexander Cochrane was a British Royal Navy admiral who led naval operations against the United States during the War of 1812, including the campaign that culminated in the Battle of Baltimore.
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C.
Admiral Samuel Hood
Admiral Samuel Hood was an 18th-century British Royal Navy officer and fleet commander renowned for his leadership in major naval engagements of the American Revolutionary and French Revolutionary Wars.
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D.
Horatio Nelson
Horatio Nelson was a renowned British admiral celebrated for his decisive naval victories against France and his leadership during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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E.
Edward Boscawen
Edward Boscawen was an 18th-century British admiral renowned for his aggressive naval leadership during the War of the Austrian Succession and 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: John Adams (Royal Navy officer) Target entity description: John Adams was a Royal Navy officer known for his service in the British fleet during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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A.
George Cockburn
George Cockburn was a British Royal Navy admiral best known for leading raids along the American coast during the War of 1812, including the burning of Washington, D.C.
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B.
Alexander Cochrane
Alexander Cochrane was a British Royal Navy admiral who led naval operations against the United States during the War of 1812, including the campaign that culminated in the Battle of Baltimore.
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C.
Admiral Samuel Hood
Admiral Samuel Hood was an 18th-century British Royal Navy officer and fleet commander renowned for his leadership in major naval engagements of the American Revolutionary and French Revolutionary Wars.
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D.
Horatio Nelson
Horatio Nelson was a renowned British admiral celebrated for his decisive naval victories against France and his leadership during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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E.
Edward Boscawen
Edward Boscawen was an 18th-century British admiral renowned for his aggressive naval leadership during the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (11)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British military officer
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Royal Navy officer ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
early 19th century
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late 18th century ⓘ |
| allegiance | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| militaryRank | officer ⓘ |
| notableFor | service in the Royal Navy during the late 18th and early 19th centuries ⓘ |
| occupation | naval officer ⓘ |
| serviceIn | British fleet ⓘ |
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: John Adams (Royal Navy officer) Description of subject: John Adams was a Royal Navy officer known for his service in the British fleet during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.