Old Put
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Old Put is the famous nickname of Israel Putnam, a bold and colorful American Revolutionary War general known for his leadership at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Put canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T706798 — 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: Old Put Context triple: [Israel Putnam, honorificName, Old Put]
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A.
Old Pete
Old Pete is the famous nickname of Confederate General James Longstreet, one of Robert E. Lee’s most trusted corps commanders during the American Civil War.
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B.
Oude
Oude is an alternative name for Oudh, a historic region in northern India known for its rich cultural heritage and former princely state status under British rule.
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C.
Oldambt
Oldambt is a municipality in the northeast of the Netherlands, known for its reclaimed lake Oldambtmeer and its agricultural landscapes.
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D.
Blatch
Blatch is the surname of Nora Stanton Blatch, an early 20th-century American civil engineer, suffragist, and women's rights activist.
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E.
Blagg
Blagg is a variant form of the surname "Black," typically arising as an alternative spelling in English-speaking regions.
- 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: Old Put Target entity description: Old Put is the famous nickname of Israel Putnam, a bold and colorful American Revolutionary War general known for his leadership at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
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A.
Old Pete
Old Pete is the famous nickname of Confederate General James Longstreet, one of Robert E. Lee’s most trusted corps commanders during the American Civil War.
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B.
Oude
Oude is an alternative name for Oudh, a historic region in northern India known for its rich cultural heritage and former princely state status under British rule.
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C.
Oldambt
Oldambt is a municipality in the northeast of the Netherlands, known for its reclaimed lake Oldambtmeer and its agricultural landscapes.
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D.
Blatch
Blatch is the surname of Nora Stanton Blatch, an early 20th-century American civil engineer, suffragist, and women's rights activist.
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E.
Blagg
Blagg is a variant form of the surname "Black," typically arising as an alternative spelling in English-speaking regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
nickname ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Great Britain
ⓘ
United Colonies ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| appliedTo | Israel Putnam ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Brooklyn, Connecticut ⓘ |
| category |
Continental Army generals
ⓘ
People of colonial Connecticut ⓘ People of colonial Massachusetts ⓘ People of the American Revolution ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Great Britain
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1718-01-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1790-05-29 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English American ⓘ |
| hasNickname | Old Put ⓘ |
| hasPartInNarrative |
legend of riding down the stone steps in Greenwich, Connecticut
ⓘ
stories of escaping capture by Native Americans ⓘ |
| knownFor |
bold and colorful personality
ⓘ
frontier and ranger service ⓘ |
| memberOf | Connecticut militia ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Connecticut militia
ⓘ
Continental Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | major general ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership at the Battle of Bunker Hill
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service in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| notableWork |
heroic exploits in the French and Indian War
ⓘ
role in organizing defenses at Bunker Hill ⓘ |
| occupation |
farmer
ⓘ
military officer ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
American Revolutionary War
ⓘ
Battle of Bunker Hill ⓘ French and Indian War (as part of British America) ⓘ
surface form:
French and Indian War
Siege of Boston ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts)
ⓘ
surface form:
Salem Village, Province of Massachusetts Bay
|
| placeOfDeath | Brooklyn, Connecticut ⓘ |
| positionHeld | major general in the Continental Army ⓘ |
| refersTo | Israel Putnam ⓘ |
| religion | Protestantism ⓘ |
| representedBy |
statue at Brooklyn, Connecticut
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statue at Bushnell Park, Hartford, Connecticut ⓘ |
| residence |
Brooklyn, Connecticut
ⓘ
Pomfret, Connecticut ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Deborah Lothrop Gardiner
ⓘ
Hannah Pope ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Old Put Description of subject: Old Put is the famous nickname of Israel Putnam, a bold and colorful American Revolutionary War general known for his leadership at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Israel Putnam