Captain Thomas Lathrop
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Captain Thomas Lathrop was a colonial militia officer in 17th-century Massachusetts, best known for leading and losing his company in the devastating ambush later called the Battle of Bloody Brook during King Philip’s War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Captain Thomas Lathrop canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2136132 — 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: Captain Thomas Lathrop Context triple: [Battle of Bloody Brook, commander, Captain Thomas Lathrop]
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Colonel Alexander Bliss
Colonel Alexander Bliss was a 19th-century American editor and publisher best known for requesting and preserving one of the authoritative manuscript copies of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.
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B.
Colonel Isaac E. Avery
Colonel Isaac E. Avery was a Confederate officer in the American Civil War, best remembered for his fatal wounding while leading a charge at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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C.
Charles Devens
Charles Devens was a 19th-century American lawyer, Union Army general in the Civil War, and U.S. Attorney General who also served as a judge and politician from Massachusetts.
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D.
Captain Frederick C. Bock
Captain Frederick C. Bock was a U.S. Army Air Forces pilot in World War II best known for commanding the B-29 bomber that conducted instrumentation and observation duties during the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
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E.
Colonel Andrew Hynes
Colonel Andrew Hynes was an early American pioneer and military officer best known for establishing the Kentucky settlement that became Elizabethtown.
- 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: Captain Thomas Lathrop Target entity description: Captain Thomas Lathrop was a colonial militia officer in 17th-century Massachusetts, best known for leading and losing his company in the devastating ambush later called the Battle of Bloody Brook during King Philip’s War.
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A.
Colonel Alexander Bliss
Colonel Alexander Bliss was a 19th-century American editor and publisher best known for requesting and preserving one of the authoritative manuscript copies of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.
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B.
Colonel Isaac E. Avery
Colonel Isaac E. Avery was a Confederate officer in the American Civil War, best remembered for his fatal wounding while leading a charge at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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C.
Charles Devens
Charles Devens was a 19th-century American lawyer, Union Army general in the Civil War, and U.S. Attorney General who also served as a judge and politician from Massachusetts.
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D.
Captain Frederick C. Bock
Captain Frederick C. Bock was a U.S. Army Air Forces pilot in World War II best known for commanding the B-29 bomber that conducted instrumentation and observation duties during the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
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E.
Colonel Andrew Hynes
Colonel Andrew Hynes was an early American pioneer and military officer best known for establishing the Kentucky settlement that became Elizabethtown.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial militia officer
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military officer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeDuring | 1670s ⓘ |
| allegiance |
English colonists in New England
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Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | ambush of his company at Bloody Brook ⓘ |
| commanded | a company of Massachusetts militia ⓘ |
| conflict |
Battle of Bloody Brook
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King Philip's War ⓘ
surface form:
King Philip’s War
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| country |
English colonial America
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Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ |
| deathCause | killed in action ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
near Deerfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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site of Bloody Brook, present-day South Deerfield, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| ethnicity | English colonist ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Pioneer Valley
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surface form:
Pioneer Valley, Massachusetts
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| killedIn | Battle of Bloody Brook ⓘ |
| legacy | remembered as a prominent colonial officer killed at Bloody Brook ⓘ |
| memorial | commemorated at Bloody Brook monument in South Deerfield, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Massachusetts Bay Colony militia
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surface form:
Massachusetts colonial militia
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| militaryRank | captain ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Battle of Bloody Brook
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commanding a company during King Philip’s War ⓘ |
| occupation | militia captain ⓘ |
| opponent | Native American forces allied with Metacom (King Philip) ⓘ |
| participatedIn | defense of frontier settlements in the Connecticut River Valley ⓘ |
| role | escort of wagon train carrying harvested grain when ambushed at Bloody Brook ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Captain Thomas Lathrop Description of subject: Captain Thomas Lathrop was a colonial militia officer in 17th-century Massachusetts, best known for leading and losing his company in the devastating ambush later called the Battle of Bloody Brook during King Philip’s War.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.