William Cavendish, 4th Earl of Devonshire
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William Cavendish, 4th Earl of Devonshire, was an influential English nobleman and politician best known for helping to orchestrate the Glorious Revolution of 1688 that brought William III and Mary II to the throne.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Cavendish, 4th Earl of Devonshire canonical | 3 |
| 4th Earl of Devonshire | 2 |
| William Cavendish, Earl of Devonshire | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2242391 — 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: William Cavendish, 4th Earl of Devonshire Context triple: [The Immortal Seven, member, William Cavendish, 4th Earl of Devonshire]
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William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire, was an English nobleman and politician of the late 16th and early 17th centuries who helped establish the prominence of the Cavendish family in national affairs.
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William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, was an 18th-century British statesman who briefly served as Prime Minister and was a prominent member of the Whig aristocracy.
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William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire was an early 18th-century English nobleman and Whig politician who served as Lord President of the Council and was a prominent figure in the political life of the Hanoverian court.
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D.
William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, was an 18th-century British aristocrat and politician best known for his influential role in high society and his marriage to the celebrated socialite Georgiana Spencer.
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William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, was a prominent 19th-century British aristocrat, politician, and patron of the arts known for transforming Chatsworth House and playing a significant role in Whig politics.
- 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: William Cavendish, 4th Earl of Devonshire Target entity description: William Cavendish, 4th Earl of Devonshire, was an influential English nobleman and politician best known for helping to orchestrate the Glorious Revolution of 1688 that brought William III and Mary II to the throne.
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A.
William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire, was an English nobleman and politician of the late 16th and early 17th centuries who helped establish the prominence of the Cavendish family in national affairs.
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B.
William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, was an 18th-century British statesman who briefly served as Prime Minister and was a prominent member of the Whig aristocracy.
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C.
William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire was an early 18th-century English nobleman and Whig politician who served as Lord President of the Council and was a prominent figure in the political life of the Hanoverian court.
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D.
William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, was an 18th-century British aristocrat and politician best known for his influential role in high society and his marriage to the celebrated socialite Georgiana Spencer.
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E.
William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, was a prominent 19th-century British aristocrat, politician, and patron of the arts known for transforming Chatsworth House and playing a significant role in Whig politics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Earl
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English nobleman ⓘ member of the peerage of England ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Parliament of England
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surface form:
English Parliament
Protestant nobility opposed to James II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| era | 17th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Cavendish ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| governanceModelSupported | constitutional monarchy ⓘ |
| helpedOrchestrate | Glorious Revolution ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | key supporter of constitutional change in 1688 ⓘ |
| influenced | succession of William III and Mary II ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | English nobility ⓘ |
| monarchServed |
Mary II of England
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William III of England ⓘ |
| movement | Glorious Revolution ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Cavendish family ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
William Cavendish, 4th Earl of Devonshire
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surface form:
4th Earl of Devonshire
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| notableEvent | invitation to William of Orange to invade England ⓘ |
| notableFor | role in the Glorious Revolution of 1688 ⓘ |
| opposed | James II of England ⓘ |
| participatedIn | overthrow of James II of England ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | supporter of the Protestant succession ⓘ |
| positionHeld | member of the House of Lords ⓘ |
| region | England ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
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surface form:
Protestantism
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| role | political leader during the Glorious Revolution ⓘ |
| socialClass | aristocracy ⓘ |
| supported |
Mary II of England
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William III of England ⓘ |
| titleHeld | Earl of Devonshire ⓘ |
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: William Cavendish, 4th Earl of Devonshire Description of subject: William Cavendish, 4th Earl of Devonshire, was an influential English nobleman and politician best known for helping to orchestrate the Glorious Revolution of 1688 that brought William III and Mary II to the throne.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
contributed to invitation to William of Orange
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William Cavendish, 4th Earl of Devonshire
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this entity surface form:
William Cavendish, Earl of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 4th Earl of Devonshire
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nobleTitle
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William Cavendish, 4th Earl of Devonshire
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this entity surface form:
4th Earl of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire
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William Cavendish, 4th Earl of Devonshire
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this entity surface form:
4th Earl of Devonshire