John Paul Jones

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Revolutionary War military personnel human naval officer

John Paul Jones was a renowned American Revolutionary War naval commander often called the "Father of the U.S. Navy" for his daring sea victories against the British.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
John Paul Jones canonical	39
John Paul Jones (fictionalized)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Revolutionary War military personnel ⓘ human ⓘ naval officer ⓘ
allegiance	Continental Navy ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
awardReceived	Congressional Gold Medal ⓘ
birthName	Pope John Paul II ⓘ surface form: John Paul
burialPlace	United States Naval Academy Chapel, Annapolis, Maryland, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath	kidney disease ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1747-07-06 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1792-07-18 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Scottish ⓘ
fieldOfWork	naval warfare ⓘ
fullName	John Paul Jones self-link ⓘ
honorificNickname	Father of the American Navy ⓘ Father of the U.S. Navy ⓘ
knownFor	daring naval raids against the British during the American Revolutionary War ⓘ early development of the United States Navy ⓘ
militaryBranch	Continental Navy ⓘ
militaryConflict	Battle of Flamborough Head ⓘ Battle of Whitehaven raid ⓘ
militaryRank	captain ⓘ
movement	American Revolutionary War ⓘ surface form: American Revolution
notableQuote	I have not yet begun to fight! ⓘ
notableWork	capture of HMS Drake ⓘ command of the Bonhomme Richard ⓘ raid on Whitehaven ⓘ service in the Russian Navy on the Black Sea ⓘ victory over HMS Serapis ⓘ
occupation	naval officer ⓘ privateer ⓘ sailor ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Arbigland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Paris ⓘ surface form: Paris, France
religion	Presbyterianism ⓘ
residence	Fredericksburg ⓘ surface form: Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States Paris ⓘ surface form: Paris, France Portsmouth, New Hampshire ⓘ surface form: Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States
servedIn	American Revolutionary War ⓘ Russo-Turkish Wars ⓘ surface form: Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)
shipCommanded	Alliance ⓘ HMS Serapis ⓘ surface form: HMS Serapis (as prize) USS Alfred ⓘ USS Bonhomme Richard ⓘ USS Providence ⓘ USS Ranger ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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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 Paul Jones
Description of subject: John Paul Jones was a renowned American Revolutionary War naval commander often called the "Father of the U.S. Navy" for his daring sea victories against the British.

Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Continental Navy → hasCommander → John Paul Jones ⓘ

Continental Navy → notablePerson → John Paul Jones ⓘ

Battle of Flamborough Head → commander → John Paul Jones ⓘ

Battle of Flamborough Head → flagshipOf → John Paul Jones ⓘ

Battle of Flamborough Head → commandingOfficerAmericanSide → John Paul Jones ⓘ

USS Alfred → commandedBy → John Paul Jones ⓘ

USS Alfred → flagRaisedBy → John Paul Jones ⓘ

USS Ranger → notableCommander → John Paul Jones ⓘ

USS Ranger → captain → John Paul Jones ⓘ

USS Ranger → flagRaisedBy → John Paul Jones ⓘ

USS Bonhomme Richard → commandedBy → John Paul Jones ⓘ

USS Bonhomme Richard → captain → John Paul Jones ⓘ

John Paul Jones → fullName → John Paul Jones self-link ⓘ

Jones → notableBearer → John Paul Jones ⓘ

Captain Richard Pearson → opponent → John Paul Jones ⓘ

subject surface form: Richard Pearson

Flamborough Head → battleInvolved → John Paul Jones ⓘ

HMS Serapis → capturedByCommander → John Paul Jones ⓘ

HMS Serapis → engagedWithCommander → John Paul Jones ⓘ

HMS Countess of Scarborough → opponentCommander → John Paul Jones ⓘ

The Pilot → inspiredBy → John Paul Jones ⓘ

Battle off Carrickfergus → commandedBy → John Paul Jones ⓘ

Battle off Carrickfergus → associatedWith → John Paul Jones ⓘ

Israel Potter → featuresCharacter → John Paul Jones ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Paul Jones (fictionalized)

Arbigland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland → hasBirthplaceOf → John Paul Jones ⓘ

United States Naval Academy Chapel, Annapolis, Maryland, United States → housesTombOf → John Paul Jones ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Naval Academy Chapel

United States Naval Academy Chapel, Annapolis, Maryland, United States → associatedWith → John Paul Jones ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Naval Academy Chapel

Battle of Whitehaven raid → commander → John Paul Jones ⓘ

Battle of Whitehaven raid → commanderForAttacker → John Paul Jones ⓘ

Duc de Duras → commandedByAfterConversion → John Paul Jones ⓘ

Richard Pearson → opponent → John Paul Jones ⓘ

Sara Watkins → hasCollaboratedWith → John Paul Jones ⓘ

Richard Dale → servedUnder → John Paul Jones ⓘ

Jones County, Mississippi → namedAfter → John Paul Jones ⓘ

Battle off Flamborough Head → commander → John Paul Jones ⓘ

Battle off Flamborough Head → opposingCommander → John Paul Jones ⓘ

Battle off Flamborough Head → associatedPerson → John Paul Jones ⓘ

Battle off Flamborough Head → associatedShipCaptain → John Paul Jones ⓘ

Bonhomme Richard → commander → John Paul Jones ⓘ

Bonhomme Richard → notableCommander → John Paul Jones ⓘ

Jones County → namedAfter → John Paul Jones ⓘ

subject surface form: Jones County, Mississippi