Alexander Smith
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Alexander Smith was the alias of John Adams, the last surviving Bounty mutineer who became a leader of the Pitcairn Island community.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alexander Smith canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4901794 — 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: Alexander Smith Context triple: [John Adams (mutineer), alsoKnownAs, Alexander Smith]
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A.
James Smith
James Smith was a film editor active in early American cinema, known for his work on the 1920 silent drama "Pollyanna."
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B.
Alexander McDougall
Alexander McDougall was a Scottish-born American merchant, political leader, and Revolutionary War officer who became a prominent patriot voice in New York before and during the American Revolution.
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C.
Alexander Tilloch
Alexander Tilloch was a Scottish inventor, printer, and editor best known for his influential role in early 19th-century scientific publishing.
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D.
James Johnston
James Johnston was a militia officer who played a leadership role on the Patriot side during the American Revolutionary War, notably at the Battle of Kings Mountain.
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E.
Alexander Cameron
Alexander Cameron is a British barrister and King's Counsel, notable as the elder brother of former UK Prime Minister David Cameron.
- 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: Alexander Smith Target entity description: Alexander Smith was the alias of John Adams, the last surviving Bounty mutineer who became a leader of the Pitcairn Island community.
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A.
James Smith
James Smith was a film editor active in early American cinema, known for his work on the 1920 silent drama "Pollyanna."
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B.
Alexander McDougall
Alexander McDougall was a Scottish-born American merchant, political leader, and Revolutionary War officer who became a prominent patriot voice in New York before and during the American Revolution.
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C.
Alexander Tilloch
Alexander Tilloch was a Scottish inventor, printer, and editor best known for his influential role in early 19th-century scientific publishing.
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D.
James Johnston
James Johnston was a militia officer who played a leadership role on the Patriot side during the American Revolutionary War, notably at the Battle of Kings Mountain.
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E.
Alexander Cameron
Alexander Cameron is a British barrister and King's Counsel, notable as the elder brother of former UK Prime Minister David Cameron.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| aliasOf | John Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
HMS Bounty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pitcairn Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicalPosition | last surviving Bounty mutineer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | British ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor | establishing a Christian-based legal and moral code on Pitcairn Island ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | HMS Bounty crew ⓘ |
| notableEvent | settlement of Pitcairn Island by Bounty mutineers ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the last surviving Bounty mutineer
ⓘ
leading the early Pitcairn Island settlement ⓘ |
| occupation |
community leader
ⓘ
mutineer ⓘ sailor ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Mutiny on the Bounty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Bounty mutineers ⓘ |
| positionHeld | leader of the Pitcairn Island community ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | Pitcairn Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | mutineer in the seizure of HMS Bounty ⓘ |
| usedName |
Alexander Smith
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Alexander Smith Description of subject: Alexander Smith was the alias of John Adams, the last surviving Bounty mutineer who became a leader of the Pitcairn Island community.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.