Hero of Bennington
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Hero of Bennington is the honorific nickname given to American Revolutionary War general John Stark for his leadership and victory at the Battle of Bennington in 1777.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| "Hero of Bennington" | 1 |
| Hero of Bennington canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1312866 — 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: Hero of Bennington Context triple: [John Stark, honorificTitle, Hero of Bennington]
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A.
Morgan's Riflemen
Morgan's Riflemen was an elite corps of American Revolutionary War sharpshooters renowned for their marksmanship and guerrilla tactics under the command of Daniel Morgan.
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B.
Washington Crossing the Delaware
"Washington Crossing the Delaware" is a famous 1851 oil painting by Emanuel Leutze depicting George Washington leading Continental Army troops across the icy Delaware River during the American Revolutionary War.
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C.
Herold
Herold is a German-origin surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts.
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D.
William Dawes’s warning ride
William Dawes’s warning ride was a midnight mission on April 18, 1775, in which Dawes rode from Boston to Lexington to alert colonial leaders and militias of approaching British troops at the outset of the American Revolutionary War.
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E.
Butler’s Rangers
Butler’s Rangers was a Loyalist provincial military unit that fought alongside the British during the American Revolutionary War, noted for its frontier raids and irregular warfare tactics.
- 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: Hero of Bennington Target entity description: Hero of Bennington is the honorific nickname given to American Revolutionary War general John Stark for his leadership and victory at the Battle of Bennington in 1777.
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A.
Morgan's Riflemen
Morgan's Riflemen was an elite corps of American Revolutionary War sharpshooters renowned for their marksmanship and guerrilla tactics under the command of Daniel Morgan.
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B.
Washington Crossing the Delaware
"Washington Crossing the Delaware" is a famous 1851 oil painting by Emanuel Leutze depicting George Washington leading Continental Army troops across the icy Delaware River during the American Revolutionary War.
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C.
Herold
Herold is a German-origin surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts.
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D.
William Dawes’s warning ride
William Dawes’s warning ride was a midnight mission on April 18, 1775, in which Dawes rode from Boston to Lexington to alert colonial leaders and militias of approaching British troops at the outset of the American Revolutionary War.
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E.
Butler’s Rangers
Butler’s Rangers was a Loyalist provincial military unit that fought alongside the British during the American Revolutionary War, noted for its frontier raids and irregular warfare tactics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | honorific nickname ⓘ |
| appliedTo | John Stark ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | Bennington, Vermont ⓘ |
| associatedWithSide | Continental Army ⓘ |
| associatedWithState | New Hampshire ⓘ |
| category | American Revolutionary War honorifics ⓘ |
| conflictContext | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| designeeNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasMilitaryRankOfDesignee | brigadier general ⓘ |
| hasNotableQuoteByDesignee |
Live Free or Die
ⓘ
surface form:
Live free or die
|
| hasOccupationOfDesignee | general ⓘ |
| historicalEra | 18th century ⓘ |
| namedAfterEvent | Battle of Bennington ⓘ |
| reasonForNickname |
leadership at the Battle of Bennington
ⓘ
victory at the Battle of Bennington ⓘ |
| refersTo | John Stark ⓘ |
| usedIn |
American historical writing
ⓘ
New Hampshire historical tradition ⓘ |
| yearOfEvent | 1777 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hero of Bennington Description of subject: Hero of Bennington is the honorific nickname given to American Revolutionary War general John Stark for his leadership and victory at the Battle of Bennington in 1777.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
John Stark
this entity surface form:
"Hero of Bennington"