Edward Carrington
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Edward Carrington was an American Revolutionary War officer who distinguished himself as a key artillery commander in the Continental Army, particularly under General Nathanael Greene in the Southern Campaign.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Edward Carrington canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T402331 — 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: Edward Carrington Context triple: [Continental Artillery, notableCommander, Edward Carrington]
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A.
Nicholas Longworth
Nicholas Longworth was an influential early 20th-century Republican politician who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and was known for his legislative leadership and marriage to Alice Roosevelt.
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B.
Richard Channing
Richard Channing is a central, power-driven antagonist-turned-antihero in the 1980s American prime-time soap opera "Falcon Crest," known for his ruthless business tactics and complex family entanglements.
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C.
Lord Forbes
Lord Forbes is a Scottish peerage title, one of the oldest in Scotland, traditionally held by the chief of Clan Forbes.
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D.
Charley St. James
Charley St. James is a fictional character from the American prime-time soap opera "Falcon Crest," which centers on the intrigues and power struggles surrounding a California wine dynasty.
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E.
John Hudson
John Hudson was one of the sons of the English explorer Henry Hudson, who is believed to have accompanied his father on his final, ill-fated voyage in search of a Northwest Passage.
- 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: Edward Carrington Target entity description: Edward Carrington was an American Revolutionary War officer who distinguished himself as a key artillery commander in the Continental Army, particularly under General Nathanael Greene in the Southern Campaign.
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A.
Nicholas Longworth
Nicholas Longworth was an influential early 20th-century Republican politician who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and was known for his legislative leadership and marriage to Alice Roosevelt.
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B.
Richard Channing
Richard Channing is a central, power-driven antagonist-turned-antihero in the 1980s American prime-time soap opera "Falcon Crest," known for his ruthless business tactics and complex family entanglements.
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C.
Lord Forbes
Lord Forbes is a Scottish peerage title, one of the oldest in Scotland, traditionally held by the chief of Clan Forbes.
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D.
Charley St. James
Charley St. James is a fictional character from the American prime-time soap opera "Falcon Crest," which centers on the intrigues and power struggles surrounding a California wine dynasty.
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E.
John Hudson
John Hudson was one of the sons of the English explorer Henry Hudson, who is believed to have accompanied his father on his final, ill-fated voyage in search of a Northwest Passage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American military officer
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Continental Army officer ⓘ artillery officer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Continental Congress
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| conflict | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Carrington ⓘ |
| genre | military history ⓘ |
| givenName | Edward ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
artillery tactics
ⓘ
military leadership ⓘ |
| historicalEvent |
Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War
ⓘ
surface form:
American Revolutionary War Southern Theater
|
| historicalPeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Continental Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | officer ⓘ |
| movement |
American Revolutionary War
ⓘ
surface form:
American Revolution
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| notableFor |
distinguished service in Continental Army artillery
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service as a key artillery commander under Nathanael Greene ⓘ |
| notableWork | artillery command in the Southern Campaign of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| occupation | soldier ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War
ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Campaign of the American Revolutionary War
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| partOf |
Continental Artillery
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surface form:
Continental Army artillery corps
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| role | artillery commander ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Nathanael Greene ⓘ |
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: Edward Carrington Description of subject: Edward Carrington was an American Revolutionary War officer who distinguished himself as a key artillery commander in the Continental Army, particularly under General Nathanael Greene in the Southern Campaign.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Swan Point Cemetery