Margaret Kemble Gage
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Margaret Kemble Gage was an American-born socialite of the colonial era, best known as the wife of British General Thomas Gage and for later speculation that she may have secretly warned American patriots of British military plans before the Revolutionary War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Margaret Kemble Gage canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T167530 — 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: Margaret Kemble Gage Context triple: [Thomas Gage, spouse, Margaret Kemble Gage]
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A.
Katherine Tupper Brown
Katherine Tupper Brown was an American woman best known as the wife of U.S. Army General and statesman George C. Marshall, supporting his military and diplomatic career during and after World War II.
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B.
Amabel James
Amabel James is known as the spouse of British businessman and hedge fund manager Tony James.
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C.
Elizabeth Ann Goodwin
Elizabeth Ann Goodwin was the mother of Canadian physician and humanitarian Norman Bethune.
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D.
Lucy Parsons
Lucy Parsons was a prominent American labor organizer, radical socialist and anarchist known for her fiery oratory and activism on behalf of workers, the poor, and political prisoners in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Catharine Beecher
Catharine Beecher was a 19th-century American educator and reformer known for promoting women’s education and domestic science, and for her influential writings on the role of women in society.
- 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: Margaret Kemble Gage Target entity description: Margaret Kemble Gage was an American-born socialite of the colonial era, best known as the wife of British General Thomas Gage and for later speculation that she may have secretly warned American patriots of British military plans before the Revolutionary War.
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A.
Katherine Tupper Brown
Katherine Tupper Brown was an American woman best known as the wife of U.S. Army General and statesman George C. Marshall, supporting his military and diplomatic career during and after World War II.
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B.
Amabel James
Amabel James is known as the spouse of British businessman and hedge fund manager Tony James.
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C.
Elizabeth Ann Goodwin
Elizabeth Ann Goodwin was the mother of Canadian physician and humanitarian Norman Bethune.
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D.
Lucy Parsons
Lucy Parsons was a prominent American labor organizer, radical socialist and anarchist known for her fiery oratory and activism on behalf of workers, the poor, and political prisoners in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Catharine Beecher
Catharine Beecher was a 19th-century American educator and reformer known for promoting women’s education and domestic science, and for her influential writings on the role of women in society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical figure
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person ⓘ socialite ⓘ |
| allegedRole |
possible informant to American patriots
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possible source of leak of British plans for Lexington and Concord ⓘ |
| associatedEvent |
American Revolutionary War
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Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
British America
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Crown Colony of New Jersey ⓘ
surface form:
New Jersey Colony
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Great Britain ⓘ |
| culturalIdentity |
British American
ⓘ
surface form:
Anglo-American
|
| ethnicOrigin | American colonial ⓘ |
| familyName |
Gage
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Kemble ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Margaret ⓘ |
| historicalInterest | subject of biographies and historical articles ⓘ |
| historicalReputation | figure of intrigue in Revolutionary War lore ⓘ |
| historicalUncertainty | exact role in warning patriots is unproven ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| marriageAlliance | Kemble family–Gage family ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with early events of the American Revolutionary War
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being the wife of British General Thomas Gage ⓘ speculation that she warned American patriots of British military plans ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
loyal wife of a British general in other accounts
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sympathetic to American cause in some accounts ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Massachusetts Bay Colony
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New York Colony ⓘ Thirteen Colonies ⓘ |
| residence |
Boston, Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
Boston
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
New York City ⓘ |
| socialCircle |
American colonial elites
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British military officers ⓘ |
| socialStatus | member of colonial elite ⓘ |
| sourceOfInformation |
Revolutionary-era anecdotes
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later historical speculation ⓘ |
| spouse |
Margaret Kemble Gage
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
Thomas Gage ⓘ |
| spouseOccupation | British Army general ⓘ |
| spousePosition |
Commander-in-Chief, North America
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surface form:
Commander-in-Chief, British forces in North America
Military Governor of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
American Revolutionary era
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colonial America ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Margaret Kemble Gage Description of subject: Margaret Kemble Gage was an American-born socialite of the colonial era, best known as the wife of British General Thomas Gage and for later speculation that she may have secretly warned American patriots of British military plans before the Revolutionary War.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Thomas Gage