William Greene (Rhode Island governor, born 1695)
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William Greene (born 1695) was a colonial-era politician who served multiple terms as governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in the early 18th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Greene (Rhode Island governor, born 1695) canonical | 2 |
| William Greene (Rhode Island governor, born 1731) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9732749 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Greene (Rhode Island governor, born 1695) Context triple: [William Greene (Rhode Island governor, born 1731), relative, William Greene (Rhode Island governor, born 1695)]
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A.
Jonathan Trumbull Jr. as Governor of Connecticut
Jonathan Trumbull Jr. was an American Revolutionary War officer and statesman who served as Governor of Connecticut in the early years of the United States, continuing his prominent family's political legacy.
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B.
Governor William Phips
Governor William Phips was the colonial governor of Massachusetts best known for overseeing and ultimately halting the Salem witch trials in 1692.
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C.
Gideon Tomlinson (as Governor of Connecticut)
Gideon Tomlinson was an early 19th-century American politician who served as Governor of Connecticut and later as a U.S. Senator.
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D.
Governor Thomas Dudley
Governor Thomas Dudley was a prominent early colonial leader and multiple-term governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 17th-century New England.
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E.
John Cotton Smith (as Governor of Connecticut)
John Cotton Smith was an early 19th-century American lawyer, Federalist politician, and the last Federalist governor of Connecticut, known for his conservative leadership during the post-War of 1812 era.
- 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 Greene (Rhode Island governor, born 1695) Target entity description: William Greene (born 1695) was a colonial-era politician who served multiple terms as governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in the early 18th century.
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A.
Jonathan Trumbull Jr. as Governor of Connecticut
Jonathan Trumbull Jr. was an American Revolutionary War officer and statesman who served as Governor of Connecticut in the early years of the United States, continuing his prominent family's political legacy.
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B.
Governor William Phips
Governor William Phips was the colonial governor of Massachusetts best known for overseeing and ultimately halting the Salem witch trials in 1692.
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C.
Gideon Tomlinson (as Governor of Connecticut)
Gideon Tomlinson was an early 19th-century American politician who served as Governor of Connecticut and later as a U.S. Senator.
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D.
Governor Thomas Dudley
Governor Thomas Dudley was a prominent early colonial leader and multiple-term governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 17th-century New England.
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E.
John Cotton Smith (as Governor of Connecticut)
John Cotton Smith was an early 19th-century American lawyer, Federalist politician, and the last Federalist governor of Connecticut, known for his conservative leadership during the post-War of 1812 era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial governor
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person ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1695 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Warwick, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Spring Green Cemetery, Warwick, Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | William Greene (Rhode Island governor, born 1731) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1758 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Warwick, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English colonists in Rhode Island ⓘ |
| father | Samuel Greene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Rhode Island General Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Mary Gorton Greene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | William Greene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Oversaw colonial administration during King George's War ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
John Greene (Rhode Island deputy governor)
NERFINISHED
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William Greene (Rhode Island governor, born 1731) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Leadership in the government of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ⓘ |
| politicalEntityGoverned | Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Deputy Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
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Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ⓘ |
| predecessor | John Wanton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | New England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Baptist ⓘ |
| residence | Warwick, Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedUnderMonarch | George II of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Catherine Greene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor |
Gideon Wanton
NERFINISHED
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Stephen Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| termEnd |
1745
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1747 ⓘ 1755 ⓘ |
| termStart |
1743
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1746 ⓘ 1748 ⓘ |
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: William Greene (Rhode Island governor, born 1695) Description of subject: William Greene (born 1695) was a colonial-era politician who served multiple terms as governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in the early 18th century.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
William Greene (Rhode Island governor, born 1731)
this entity surface form:
William Greene (Rhode Island governor, born 1731)