Colonel William Lumley
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Colonel William Lumley was a British Army officer known for commanding government forces during the 1798 Irish Rebellion, including at the Battle of Antrim.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Colonel William Lumley canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6557024 — 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: Colonel William Lumley Context triple: [Battle of Antrim, commander, Colonel William Lumley]
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A.
Lieutenant-General Edward Fanshawe
Lieutenant-General Edward Fanshawe was a senior British Army officer best known for commanding V Corps on the Western Front during the First World War.
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B.
Colonel John Parry
Colonel John Parry is a character in Philip Pullman’s "His Dark Materials" universe, notably appearing in the television adaptation where he is portrayed by Andrew Scott.
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C.
General Sir Charles Asgill
General Sir Charles Asgill was a British Army officer and baronet best known for his service during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, including his controversial near-execution as a prisoner in the American Revolutionary War.
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D.
Colonel John Bevan
Colonel John Bevan was a British intelligence officer who played a key role in Allied deception operations during World War II, helping to mislead the Axis about the D-Day landings.
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E.
Edward Pakenham
Edward Pakenham was a British Army general of the Napoleonic Wars, best known for leading the ill-fated British assault during the War of 1812 in which he was killed.
- 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: Colonel William Lumley Target entity description: Colonel William Lumley was a British Army officer known for commanding government forces during the 1798 Irish Rebellion, including at the Battle of Antrim.
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A.
Lieutenant-General Edward Fanshawe
Lieutenant-General Edward Fanshawe was a senior British Army officer best known for commanding V Corps on the Western Front during the First World War.
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B.
Colonel John Parry
Colonel John Parry is a character in Philip Pullman’s "His Dark Materials" universe, notably appearing in the television adaptation where he is portrayed by Andrew Scott.
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C.
General Sir Charles Asgill
General Sir Charles Asgill was a British Army officer and baronet best known for his service during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, including his controversial near-execution as a prisoner in the American Revolutionary War.
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D.
Colonel John Bevan
Colonel John Bevan was a British intelligence officer who played a key role in Allied deception operations during World War II, helping to mislead the Axis about the D-Day landings.
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E.
Edward Pakenham
Edward Pakenham was a British Army general of the Napoleonic Wars, best known for leading the ill-fated British assault during the War of 1812 in which he was killed.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Army officer
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human ⓘ |
| allegiance | British government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Irish Rebellion of 1798 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| describedBySource | accounts of the Battle of Antrim in histories of the 1798 Rebellion ⓘ |
| genre | military history ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Colonel ⓘ |
| locationOfActivity |
County Antrim
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | colonel ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
1798 Irish Rebellion
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of Antrim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | command of government forces during the 1798 Irish Rebellion ⓘ |
| occupation | soldier ⓘ |
| participatedIn | suppression of the 1798 Irish Rebellion ⓘ |
| partOf | government forces in Ireland ⓘ |
| positionHeld | commander of British government troops in County Antrim ⓘ |
| role | commander of government forces at the Battle of Antrim ⓘ |
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: Colonel William Lumley Description of subject: Colonel William Lumley was a British Army officer known for commanding government forces during the 1798 Irish Rebellion, including at the Battle of Antrim.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.