William B. Ide
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William B. Ide was an American pioneer and politician best known for serving as the short-lived president of the California Republic during the 1846 Bear Flag Revolt.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William B. Ide canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4244382 — 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 B. Ide Context triple: [Bear Flag Revolt, leader, William B. Ide]
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A.
William C. Thompson
William C. Thompson was an American cinematographer best known for his work on low-budget genre films, including several directed by Ed Wood.
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B.
Arthur S. Carpender
Arthur S. Carpender was a United States Navy admiral and World War II destroyer commander known for his leadership in the Pacific theater.
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C.
Samuel L. M. Barlow
Samuel L. M. Barlow is a notable individual who shares the surname Barlow and is recognized as a distinguished bearer of that name.
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D.
James T. Grady
James T. Grady was a prominent science journalist and communicator known for his influential work in making chemistry and scientific topics accessible to the general public.
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E.
William C. Foster
William C. Foster was an American government official and diplomat best known for his leadership roles in U.S. foreign aid and arms control policy during the mid-20th century.
- 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 B. Ide Target entity description: William B. Ide was an American pioneer and politician best known for serving as the short-lived president of the California Republic during the 1846 Bear Flag Revolt.
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A.
William C. Thompson
William C. Thompson was an American cinematographer best known for his work on low-budget genre films, including several directed by Ed Wood.
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B.
Arthur S. Carpender
Arthur S. Carpender was a United States Navy admiral and World War II destroyer commander known for his leadership in the Pacific theater.
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C.
Samuel L. M. Barlow
Samuel L. M. Barlow is a notable individual who shares the surname Barlow and is recognized as a distinguished bearer of that name.
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D.
James T. Grady
James T. Grady was a prominent science journalist and communicator known for his influential work in making chemistry and scientific topics accessible to the general public.
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E.
William C. Foster
William C. Foster was an American government official and diplomat best known for his leadership roles in U.S. foreign aid and arms control policy during the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American pioneer
ⓘ
human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Monroeville, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfNotability | provisional government leadership in pre-statehood California ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1796-03-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1852-12-19 ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| familyName | Ide NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasMemorial | William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentOf | California Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| middleName | Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryConflict | Bear Flag Revolt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | American westward expansion ⓘ |
| namedInHonorOf | William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being president of the short-lived California Republic
ⓘ
leadership in the Bear Flag Revolt ⓘ |
| notableRole | leader of American settlers in northern California ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 7+ ⓘ |
| occupation |
pioneer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Bear Flag Revolt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mexican–American War era events in California ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Rutland, Vermont, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Monroeville, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalEntityLed | California Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | President of the California Republic ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Alta California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Latter Day Saint movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Monroeville, California NERFINISHED ⓘ Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ Vermont NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| shortDescription | American pioneer and president of the California Republic ⓘ |
| significantEvent | proclamation as president of the California Republic in 1846 ⓘ |
| spouse | Susan Ide NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfEvent | 1846 ⓘ |
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 B. Ide Description of subject: William B. Ide was an American pioneer and politician best known for serving as the short-lived president of the California Republic during the 1846 Bear Flag Revolt.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.