John André

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British Army officer military officer in the American Revolutionary War person spymaster

John André was a British Army officer and spymaster during the American Revolutionary War, best known for his role in the Benedict Arnold treason plot and his subsequent execution by the Continental Army.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Major John André	8
John André canonical	3
British Army officer John André	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army officer ⓘ military officer in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ person ⓘ spymaster ⓘ
allegiance	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
associatedWith	New York campaign of 1776 ⓘ surface form: New York campaign of the American Revolutionary War Henry Clinton ⓘ surface form: Sir Henry Clinton
birthDate	1750-05-02 ⓘ
birthPlace	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London
burialPlace	Tappan, New York ⓘ
capturedBy	Continental forces of the American Revolution ⓘ surface form: Continental forces
causeOfDeath	execution by hanging ⓘ
charge	espionage ⓘ spy ⓘ
coConspirator	Benedict Arnold ⓘ
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate	1780-10-02 ⓘ
deathPlace	Tappan, New York ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
education	studied in Geneva ⓘ
employer	British Army ⓘ
era	18th century ⓘ
executedBy	Continental Army ⓘ United States Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: United States forces
familyName	André ⓘ
fullName	John André self-link ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	John ⓘ
hasRole	spy ⓘ spymaster ⓘ
involvedIn	Benedict Arnold treason plot ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	execution ⓘ
memorial	Westminster Abbey, London ⓘ surface form: Westminster Abbey
militaryBranch	British Army ⓘ
nationality	British ⓘ
notableEvent	capture while returning from meeting with Benedict Arnold in 1780 ⓘ trial as a spy by a Continental Army board ⓘ
notableFor	role in Benedict Arnold's treason plot ⓘ service as British spymaster in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
occupation	intelligence officer ⓘ military officer ⓘ
parentalHeritage	Huguenot descent ⓘ
positionHeld	Adjutant General of the British Army in North America ⓘ
rank	Major ⓘ
religion	Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism

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 André
Description of subject: John André was a British Army officer and spymaster during the American Revolutionary War, best known for his role in the Benedict Arnold treason plot and his subsequent execution by the Continental Army.