Isaac Hull
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Isaac Hull was a United States Navy officer and War of 1812 hero best known for his decisive victory commanding the frigate USS Constitution against HMS Guerriere.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Isaac Hull canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7840293 — 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: Isaac Hull Context triple: [USS Guerriere, commandedBy, Isaac Hull]
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A.
Thomas Truxtun
Thomas Truxtun was an early United States Navy officer renowned for his leadership and naval victories during the late 18th century, particularly in conflicts with France.
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B.
David Dixon Porter
David Dixon Porter was a prominent United States Navy admiral who played a key leadership role in Union naval operations during the American Civil War, particularly in the Mississippi River campaigns.
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C.
Commodore David Porter
Commodore David Porter was a prominent early 19th-century United States Navy officer known for his daring command during the War of 1812, particularly in the Pacific campaign of the USS Essex.
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D.
Thomas Macdonough
Thomas Macdonough was a United States Navy officer best known for his decisive victory over the British at the Battle of Lake Champlain during the War of 1812.
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E.
William Bainbridge
William Bainbridge was a prominent early U.S. Navy officer best known for commanding the frigate USS Constitution to a major victory over HMS Java in the War of 1812.
- 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: Isaac Hull Target entity description: Isaac Hull was a United States Navy officer and War of 1812 hero best known for his decisive victory commanding the frigate USS Constitution against HMS Guerriere.
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A.
Thomas Truxtun
Thomas Truxtun was an early United States Navy officer renowned for his leadership and naval victories during the late 18th century, particularly in conflicts with France.
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B.
David Dixon Porter
David Dixon Porter was a prominent United States Navy admiral who played a key leadership role in Union naval operations during the American Civil War, particularly in the Mississippi River campaigns.
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C.
Commodore David Porter
Commodore David Porter was a prominent early 19th-century United States Navy officer known for his daring command during the War of 1812, particularly in the Pacific campaign of the USS Essex.
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D.
Thomas Macdonough
Thomas Macdonough was a United States Navy officer best known for his decisive victory over the British at the Battle of Lake Champlain during the War of 1812.
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E.
William Bainbridge
William Bainbridge was a prominent early U.S. Navy officer best known for commanding the frigate USS Constitution to a major victory over HMS Java in the War of 1812.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy officer
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War of 1812 veteran ⓘ human ⓘ military personnel ⓘ |
| allegiance | United States of America ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Congressional Gold Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1773-03-09 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Connecticut
NERFINISHED
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Derby, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Laurel Hill Cemetery
NERFINISHED
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfFame | early major American naval victory in the War of 1812 ⓘ |
| conflict |
First Barbary War
NERFINISHED
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Quasi-War NERFINISHED ⓘ War of 1812 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfEvent | 1812-08-19 ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1843-02-13 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Pennsylvania
NERFINISHED
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Hull NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Isaac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| honoredFor | victory of USS Constitution over HMS Guerriere ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| militaryRank | captain ⓘ |
| name | Isaac Hull NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableBattle | Battle between USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere ⓘ |
| notableFor |
commanding USS Constitution in the War of 1812
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victory over HMS Guerriere ⓘ |
| occupation | naval officer ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
commandant of the Charlestown Navy Yard
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commander of the Pacific Squadron ⓘ |
| relative | William Hull NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | commanding officer of USS Constitution ⓘ |
| serviceEndYear | 1841 ⓘ |
| serviceEntryYear | 1798 ⓘ |
| shipCommanded |
USS Argus
NERFINISHED
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USS Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ USS Enterprise NERFINISHED ⓘ USS Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shipNicknameAssociated | Old Ironsides NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Isaac Hull Description of subject: Isaac Hull was a United States Navy officer and War of 1812 hero best known for his decisive victory commanding the frigate USS Constitution against HMS Guerriere.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.