Stephen Decatur Sr.
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Stephen Decatur Sr. was an American naval officer who served in the early United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France and is noted as the father of famed naval hero Stephen Decatur Jr.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Stephen Decatur Sr. canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8010409 — 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: Stephen Decatur Sr. Context triple: [USS Philadelphia, captain, Stephen Decatur Sr.]
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A.
Stephen Decatur
Stephen Decatur was a celebrated early 19th-century United States naval officer renowned for his daring exploits and heroism in multiple conflicts, including the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812.
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B.
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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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.
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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E.
Isaac Hull
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.
- 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: Stephen Decatur Sr. Target entity description: Stephen Decatur Sr. was an American naval officer who served in the early United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France and is noted as the father of famed naval hero Stephen Decatur Jr.
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A.
Stephen Decatur
Stephen Decatur was a celebrated early 19th-century United States naval officer renowned for his daring exploits and heroism in multiple conflicts, including the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812.
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B.
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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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.
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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E.
Isaac Hull
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
naval officer
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person ⓘ |
| child | Stephen Decatur Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Quasi-War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | American ⓘ |
| fatherOf | Stephen Decatur Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Stephen Decatur Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| militaryConflict | Quasi-War with France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | captain ⓘ |
| name | Stephen Decatur Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the father of naval hero Stephen Decatur Jr.
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service in the early United States Navy ⓘ |
| notableWork | service in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France ⓘ |
| occupation |
naval officer
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sailor ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Quasi-War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | early United States Navy ⓘ |
| positionHeld | officer in the United States Navy ⓘ |
| residence | United States of America ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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: Stephen Decatur Sr. Description of subject: Stephen Decatur Sr. was an American naval officer who served in the early United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France and is noted as the father of famed naval hero Stephen Decatur Jr.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.