William George Barker
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William George Barker was a highly decorated Canadian First World War flying ace and Victoria Cross recipient renowned for his extraordinary aerial combat achievements.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William George Barker canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4794902 — 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.
Target entity: William George Barker Context triple: [Sopwith Snipe, notablePilot, William George Barker]
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Robert William Barker
Robert William Barker, better known as Bob Barker, was a longtime American television game show host most famous for hosting "The Price Is Right."
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B.
William Baker
William Baker was a 19th-century British civil engineer noted for designing major railway structures, including prominent bridges for the expanding Victorian rail network.
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C.
Henry William Stisted
Henry William Stisted was a British army officer and colonial administrator who became the first Lieutenant Governor of Ontario after Canadian Confederation.
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D.
John Francis Buck
John Francis Buck, better known as Jack Buck, was a celebrated American sportscaster famed for his long tenure as the voice of the St. Louis Cardinals and his memorable baseball play-by-play calls.
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E.
Frank Baker
Frank Baker was an American Hall of Fame third baseman, nicknamed "Home Run" Baker, best known as a power-hitting star for the early 20th-century Philadelphia Athletics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: William George Barker Target entity description: William George Barker was a highly decorated Canadian First World War flying ace and Victoria Cross recipient renowned for his extraordinary aerial combat achievements.
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A.
Robert William Barker
Robert William Barker, better known as Bob Barker, was a longtime American television game show host most famous for hosting "The Price Is Right."
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B.
William Baker
William Baker was a 19th-century British civil engineer noted for designing major railway structures, including prominent bridges for the expanding Victorian rail network.
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C.
Henry William Stisted
Henry William Stisted was a British army officer and colonial administrator who became the first Lieutenant Governor of Ontario after Canadian Confederation.
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D.
John Francis Buck
John Francis Buck, better known as Jack Buck, was a celebrated American sportscaster famed for his long tenure as the voice of the St. Louis Cardinals and his memorable baseball play-by-play calls.
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E.
Frank Baker
Frank Baker was an American Hall of Fame third baseman, nicknamed "Home Run" Baker, best known as a power-hitting star for the early 20th-century Philadelphia Athletics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Victoria Cross recipient
ⓘ
flying ace ⓘ human ⓘ military officer ⓘ |
| aircraftFlown |
Airco DH.4
NERFINISHED
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Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sopwith Camel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Dominion of Canada
NERFINISHED
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Croce di Guerra (Italy)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Distinguished Service Order ⓘ Distinguished Service Order Bar NERFINISHED ⓘ French Croix de Guerre NERFINISHED ⓘ Italian Silver Medal of Military Valor NERFINISHED ⓘ Mentioned in Despatches ⓘ Military Cross ⓘ Military Cross Bar NERFINISHED ⓘ Victoria Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | aircraft crash ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War I
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surface form:
First World War
Italian Front NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1894-11-03 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1930-03-12 ⓘ |
| familyName | Barker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | William George Barker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| memorial | Barker VC memorial in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| middleName | George NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Canadian Expeditionary Force
NERFINISHED
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Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Flying Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
Lieutenant Colonel
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Major ⓘ |
| notableBattle | single-handed engagement against multiple German aircraft on 1918-10-27 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
aerial combat achievements
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being one of the most decorated Canadian servicemen of the First World War ⓘ |
| numberOfAerialVictories | 50+ ⓘ |
| occupation |
airline executive
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military aviator ⓘ test pilot ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | near Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postwarActivity | co-founded an early Canadian commercial airline ⓘ |
| serviceEnd | 1919 ⓘ |
| serviceNumber | unknown ⓘ |
| serviceStart | 1914 ⓘ |
| VCActionLocation | near Foret de Mormal, France ⓘ |
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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.
Subject: William George Barker Description of subject: William George Barker was a highly decorated Canadian First World War flying ace and Victoria Cross recipient renowned for his extraordinary aerial combat achievements.
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