Sergeant-Major Hewson
E422457
Sergeant-Major Hewson was a British military non-commissioned officer noted for his prominent role in the events surrounding the Barrackpore incident of 1857 during the lead-up to the Indian Rebellion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sergeant-Major Hewson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4188774 — 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: Sergeant-Major Hewson Context triple: [Barrackpore incident of 1857, significantPerson, Sergeant-Major Hewson]
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A.
Sergeant Fry
Sergeant Fry is a minor British military character in Michael Morpurgo’s novel "War Horse," serving as one of the soldiers connected to the story’s depiction of World War I.
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B.
Lieutenant Vernon
Lieutenant Vernon is a minor character in the 1858 comedic play "Our American Cousin," which is best known as the play being performed at Ford's Theatre when President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
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C.
Brigadier Glyn Hughes
Brigadier Glyn Hughes was a British Army medical officer renowned for organizing emergency relief and medical care for survivors during the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945.
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D.
Brigadier David Morgan
Brigadier David Morgan is a British Army officer best known for leading UK forces in the Battle of Mount Tumbledown during the Falklands War.
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E.
Brigadier Mike Calvert
Brigadier Mike Calvert was a distinguished British Army officer and special forces leader in World War II, renowned for his daring commando operations with the Chindits in Burma.
- 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: Sergeant-Major Hewson Target entity description: Sergeant-Major Hewson was a British military non-commissioned officer noted for his prominent role in the events surrounding the Barrackpore incident of 1857 during the lead-up to the Indian Rebellion.
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A.
Sergeant Fry
Sergeant Fry is a minor British military character in Michael Morpurgo’s novel "War Horse," serving as one of the soldiers connected to the story’s depiction of World War I.
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B.
Lieutenant Vernon
Lieutenant Vernon is a minor character in the 1858 comedic play "Our American Cousin," which is best known as the play being performed at Ford's Theatre when President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
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C.
Brigadier Glyn Hughes
Brigadier Glyn Hughes was a British Army medical officer renowned for organizing emergency relief and medical care for survivors during the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945.
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D.
Brigadier David Morgan
Brigadier David Morgan is a British Army officer best known for leading UK forces in the Battle of Mount Tumbledown during the Falklands War.
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E.
Brigadier Mike Calvert
Brigadier Mike Calvert was a distinguished British Army officer and special forces leader in World War II, renowned for his daring commando operations with the Chindits in Burma.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (17)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British non-commissioned officer
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historical figure ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| activeInYear | 1857 ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | Indian Rebellion of 1857 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRankStatus | senior non-commissioned officer ⓘ |
| historicalContext | British colonial rule in India ⓘ |
| locationOfActivity |
Barrackpore
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
British India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Sergeant-Major ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor | role in the Barrackpore incident of 1857 ⓘ |
| occupation | soldier ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Barrackpore incident of 1857
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
events leading up to the Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ |
| role | non-commissioned officer in the British Army ⓘ |
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: Sergeant-Major Hewson Description of subject: Sergeant-Major Hewson was a British military non-commissioned officer noted for his prominent role in the events surrounding the Barrackpore incident of 1857 during the lead-up to the Indian Rebellion.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.