Captain Kidd
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Captain Kidd was a 17th-century Scottish sea captain whose controversial career as a privateer-turned-alleged pirate led to his famous trial and execution in London.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Captain Kidd canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9072101 — 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: Captain Kidd Context triple: [Captain William Kidd, alsoKnownAs, Captain Kidd]
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A.
Pirates
Pirates are seafaring outlaws who historically attacked and plundered ships and coastal settlements, often romanticized in popular culture for their rebellious and adventurous image.
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B.
The Black Pirate
The Black Pirate is a 1926 silent swashbuckler film starring Douglas Fairbanks, renowned for its pioneering use of early two-color Technicolor and acrobatic action sequences.
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C.
Captain Long
Captain Long is the nickname of Ma Long, the legendary Chinese table tennis player widely regarded as one of the greatest in the sport’s history.
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D.
The Pirate
The Pirate is an 1822 historical novel by Sir Walter Scott set in the Orkney and Shetland Islands, blending romance, adventure, and local folklore around the figure of a mysterious seafarer.
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E.
The Pirate
The Pirate is a romantic musical comedy film best known for its vibrant Technicolor production and the iconic pairing of Judy Garland and Gene Kelly.
- 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: Captain Kidd Target entity description: Captain Kidd was a 17th-century Scottish sea captain whose controversial career as a privateer-turned-alleged pirate led to his famous trial and execution in London.
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A.
Pirates
Pirates are seafaring outlaws who historically attacked and plundered ships and coastal settlements, often romanticized in popular culture for their rebellious and adventurous image.
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B.
The Black Pirate
The Black Pirate is a 1926 silent swashbuckler film starring Douglas Fairbanks, renowned for its pioneering use of early two-color Technicolor and acrobatic action sequences.
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C.
Captain Long
Captain Long is the nickname of Ma Long, the legendary Chinese table tennis player widely regarded as one of the greatest in the sport’s history.
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D.
The Pirate
The Pirate is an 1822 historical novel by Sir Walter Scott set in the Orkney and Shetland Islands, blending romance, adventure, and local folklore around the figure of a mysterious seafarer.
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E.
The Pirate
The Pirate is a romantic musical comedy film best known for its vibrant Technicolor production and the iconic pairing of Judy Garland and Gene Kelly.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical figure
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person ⓘ privateer ⓘ sea captain ⓘ |
| activity |
anti-piracy operations
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privateering in the Indian Ocean ⓘ |
| allegiance | King William III of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| convictedOf |
murder
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piracy ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 1654 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 23 May 1701 ⓘ |
| employer |
English government
NERFINISHED
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New York colonial authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 17th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scottish ⓘ |
| familyName | Kidd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | William Kidd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasLegend | buried treasure associated with Captain Kidd ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | execution by hanging ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
execution at Execution Dock
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trial for piracy in London ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial status as privateer-turned-alleged pirate
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influence on pirate folklore ⓘ |
| notableWork | command of the Adventure Galley ⓘ |
| occupation |
pirate
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privateer ⓘ sea captain ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Dundee
NERFINISHED
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Kingdom of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | River Thames NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Kingdom of England
NERFINISHED
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| religion |
Protestant Christianity
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surface form:
Protestantism
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| residence |
Boston
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| shipCommanded |
Adventure Galley
NERFINISHED
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Quedagh Merchant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Sarah Kidd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
ballads and folk songs
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legal and historical debates about piracy ⓘ numerous books about piracy ⓘ |
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: Captain Kidd Description of subject: Captain Kidd was a 17th-century Scottish sea captain whose controversial career as a privateer-turned-alleged pirate led to his famous trial and execution in London.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Captain William Kidd