Richard Montgomery
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Richard Montgomery was an Irish-born American Revolutionary War general best known for leading the failed 1775 American invasion of Quebec, during which he was killed in action.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Richard Montgomery canonical | 22 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T115919 — 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: Richard Montgomery Context triple: [Invasion of Quebec (1775), commander, Richard Montgomery]
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A.
John Sullivan
John Sullivan was an American general and political leader who played a prominent role in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
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B.
Julian Burnside
Julian Burnside is an Australian barrister and human rights advocate renowned for his work defending refugees and speaking out on civil liberties and social justice.
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C.
Benjamin Rein Brady
Benjamin Rein Brady is the son of legendary NFL quarterback Tom Brady and his ex-partner, actress and model Bridget Moynahan.
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D.
Andrew
Andrew is a masculine given name of Greek origin meaning "manly" or "brave," widely used in English-speaking countries and beyond.
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E.
Andrew
Andrew is a subway station in South Boston on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Red Line.
- 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: Richard Montgomery Target entity description: Richard Montgomery was an Irish-born American Revolutionary War general best known for leading the failed 1775 American invasion of Quebec, during which he was killed in action.
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A.
John Sullivan
John Sullivan was an American general and political leader who played a prominent role in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
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B.
Julian Burnside
Julian Burnside is an Australian barrister and human rights advocate renowned for his work defending refugees and speaking out on civil liberties and social justice.
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C.
Benjamin Rein Brady
Benjamin Rein Brady is the son of legendary NFL quarterback Tom Brady and his ex-partner, actress and model Bridget Moynahan.
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D.
Andrew
Andrew is a masculine given name of Greek origin meaning "manly" or "brave," widely used in English-speaking countries and beyond.
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E.
Andrew
Andrew is a subway station in South Boston on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Red Line.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Continental Army officer
ⓘ
general ⓘ military officer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Great Britain
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| birthDate | 1738-12-02 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Dublin
ⓘ
Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
St. Paul’s Chapel
ⓘ
surface form:
St. Paul's Chapel, Manhattan
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| causeOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| commanded |
Continental Army
ⓘ
surface form:
Continental Army forces in the invasion of Canada (1775)
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| conflict |
American Revolutionary War
ⓘ
Seven Years' War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of Great Britain
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| deathDate | 1775-12-31 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Province of Quebec
ⓘ
Quebec City ⓘ |
| familyName | Montgomery ⓘ |
| givenName | Richard ⓘ |
| honouredIn |
Montgomery County
ⓘ
surface form:
Montgomery County, Maryland
Montgomery County, New York ⓘ Montgomery County, Pennsylvania ⓘ Montgomery, Alabama ⓘ Montgomery, Ohio ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Livingston family
ⓘ
surface form:
Livingston family (by marriage)
|
| militaryBranch |
British Army
ⓘ
Continental Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
brigadier general
ⓘ
captain ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Invasion of Quebec (1775)
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Quebec (1775)
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| notableFor |
being one of the first generals of the Continental Army killed in the American Revolutionary War
ⓘ
leading the failed 1775 American invasion of Quebec ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Invasion of Quebec (1775)
ⓘ
surface form:
American invasion of Quebec (1775)
|
| participatedIn |
capture of Fort St. Johns (1775)
ⓘ
capture of Montreal (1775) ⓘ |
| positionHeld | brigadier general ⓘ |
| religion | Protestantism ⓘ |
| residence |
Clermont, New York
ⓘ
Rhinebeck ⓘ
surface form:
Rhinebeck, New York
|
| spouse | Janet Livingston ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Richard Montgomery Description of subject: Richard Montgomery was an Irish-born American Revolutionary War general best known for leading the failed 1775 American invasion of Quebec, during which he was killed in action.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Montgomery County, Maryland
subject surface form:
Montgomery County, Georgia
subject surface form:
Montgomery County, New York
subject surface form:
Montgomery County, Alabama
subject surface form:
Montgomery County, Mississippi
subject surface form:
Montgomery County, Iowa
subject surface form:
Richard Montgomery
subject surface form:
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
subject surface form:
Montgomery County, Texas
subject surface form:
Montgomery County, Maryland