William Alexander
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William Alexander, also known as Lord Stirling, was a colonial American general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and a prominent landowner and political figure.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William Alexander canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8007043 — 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: William Alexander Context triple: [William Duer, fatherInLaw, William Alexander]
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A.
William Alexander
William Alexander was the full name of William IV, the Grand Duke of Luxembourg who ruled from 1905 to 1912.
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B.
William Alexander
William Alexander is known primarily as the former husband of acclaimed American actress Ellen Burstyn.
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C.
William Augustus
William Augustus, better known as Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, was an 18th-century British royal and military commander noted for his role in the Battle of Culloden and the suppression of the Jacobite rising of 1745.
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D.
Charles Stewart
Charles Stewart was a distinguished early 19th-century United States Navy officer and War of 1812 hero who later rose to the rank of commodore.
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E.
Frank Stanley
Frank Stanley was an American cinematographer known for his work on films in the 1970s and 1980s, including several collaborations with director Clint Eastwood.
- 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: William Alexander Target entity description: William Alexander, also known as Lord Stirling, was a colonial American general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and a prominent landowner and political figure.
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A.
William Alexander
William Alexander was the full name of William IV, the Grand Duke of Luxembourg who ruled from 1905 to 1912.
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B.
William Alexander
William Alexander is known primarily as the former husband of acclaimed American actress Ellen Burstyn.
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C.
William Augustus
William Augustus, better known as Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, was an 18th-century British royal and military commander noted for his role in the Battle of Culloden and the suppression of the Jacobite rising of 1745.
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D.
Charles Stewart
Charles Stewart was a distinguished early 19th-century United States Navy officer and War of 1812 hero who later rose to the rank of commodore.
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E.
Frank Stanley
Frank Stanley was an American cinematographer known for his work on films in the 1970s and 1980s, including several collaborations with director Clint Eastwood.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American military officer
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landowner ⓘ noble claimant ⓘ person ⓘ political figure ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Thirteen Colonies
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| alsoKnownAs | Lord Stirling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1726-00-00 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
New York City
ⓘ
Province of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Great Britain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| deathDate | 1783-01-15 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Albany
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scottish American ⓘ |
| familyName | Alexander NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fatherInLaw | Philip Livingston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being called Lord Stirling in America
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claiming the title Earl of Stirling in the Scottish peerage ⓘ |
| memberOf | Livingston family (by marriage) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Continental Army ⓘ |
| militaryConflict | American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | major general ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Earl of Stirling (claimed) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | prominent landholdings in New Jersey and New York ⓘ |
| notableWork |
service at the Battle of Brandywine
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service at the Battle of Germantown ⓘ service at the Battle of Long Island ⓘ service at the Battle of Monmouth ⓘ service at the Battle of Trenton ⓘ |
| occupation |
merchant
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surveyor general ⓘ |
| officeHeld | Surveyor General of the Province of New Jersey ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Brandywine
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Germantown NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Long Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Monmouth NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Trenton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
member of the New Jersey Provincial Congress
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member of the New York Provincial Congress ⓘ |
| residence |
Basking Ridge, New Jersey
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ |
| servedUnder | George Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Sarah Livingston 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: William Alexander Description of subject: William Alexander, also known as Lord Stirling, was a colonial American general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and a prominent landowner and political figure.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.