Adam Stephen
E122772
Adam Stephen was a Continental Army general during the American Revolutionary War who played a significant role in early campaigns before being court-martialed and dismissed from service.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Adam Stephen canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1002775 — 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: Adam Stephen Context triple: [Battle of Germantown, commander, Adam Stephen]
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A.
Thomas Parkhurst
Thomas Parkhurst was a 17th-century London bookseller and publisher known for issuing prominent Puritan and religious works.
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B.
Bartholomew Gedney
Bartholomew Gedney was a colonial Massachusetts magistrate best known for serving as one of the judges during the Salem witch trials of 1692.
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C.
Samuel Garbett
Samuel Garbett was an 18th-century English industrialist and merchant from Birmingham, known for his role in the early chemical industry and his involvement in the influential Lunar Society.
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D.
Paul Dudley
Paul Dudley was a prominent early 18th-century Massachusetts jurist and attorney general known for his influential role in the legal and political life of colonial New England.
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E.
William Kirkpatrick
William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
- 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: Adam Stephen Target entity description: Adam Stephen was a Continental Army general during the American Revolutionary War who played a significant role in early campaigns before being court-martialed and dismissed from service.
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A.
Thomas Parkhurst
Thomas Parkhurst was a 17th-century London bookseller and publisher known for issuing prominent Puritan and religious works.
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B.
Bartholomew Gedney
Bartholomew Gedney was a colonial Massachusetts magistrate best known for serving as one of the judges during the Salem witch trials of 1692.
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C.
Samuel Garbett
Samuel Garbett was an 18th-century English industrialist and merchant from Birmingham, known for his role in the early chemical industry and his involvement in the influential Lunar Society.
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D.
Paul Dudley
Paul Dudley was a prominent early 18th-century Massachusetts jurist and attorney general known for his influential role in the legal and political life of colonial New England.
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E.
William Kirkpatrick
William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Continental Army general
ⓘ
military officer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Continental Congress
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| associatedWith | George Washington ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Scotland ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Martinsburg, West Virginia ⓘ |
| commandedUnit | a division of the Continental Army ⓘ |
| conflict |
American Revolutionary War
ⓘ
French and Indian War (as part of British America) ⓘ
surface form:
French and Indian War
|
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Virginia ⓘ |
| dismissalFromService | dismissed from the Continental Army following court-martial ⓘ |
| education | trained in medicine ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Stephen ⓘ |
| founded |
Martinsburg, West Virginia
ⓘ
surface form:
Martinsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia)
|
| givenName | Adam ⓘ |
| heldOffice | member of the Virginia House of Burgesses ⓘ |
| immigratedTo |
Colony and Dominion of Virginia
ⓘ
surface form:
Colony of Virginia
|
| legacy | remembered as an early Continental general whose career ended in controversy ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Continental Army ⓘ |
| militaryCampaign |
New York and New Jersey campaign
ⓘ
Philadelphia campaign ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being court-martialed and dismissed from the Continental Army
ⓘ
service as a Continental Army general in the early years of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| occupation |
planter
ⓘ
politician ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| participatedInBattle |
Battle of Brandywine
ⓘ
Battle of Germantown ⓘ Battle of Princeton ⓘ Battle of Trenton ⓘ |
| professionBeforeMilitary | physician ⓘ |
| rank |
brigadier general
ⓘ
major general ⓘ |
| reasonForCourtMartial | misconduct related to intoxication in the field ⓘ |
| residence | Virginia ⓘ |
| servedIn |
Virginia militia
ⓘ
surface form:
Virginia Regiment
|
| servedUnder | George Washington ⓘ |
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: Adam Stephen Description of subject: Adam Stephen was a Continental Army general during the American Revolutionary War who played a significant role in early campaigns before being court-martialed and dismissed from service.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.