Prence
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Prence is an English surname most notably associated with Thomas Prence, a colonial governor of Plymouth Colony in the 17th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Prence canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10422640 — 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: Prence Context triple: [Thomas Prence, familyName, Prence]
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A.
Prinze
Prinze is the surname of American actor Freddie Prinze Jr., associated with a family of entertainers in film and television.
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B.
Prinz
Prinz is a German surname borne by various notable individuals, including figures in politics, religion, and the arts.
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C.
Príncipe
Príncipe is the smaller, less-populated island of the Central African island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe, known for its lush rainforests, biodiversity, and status as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
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D.
Le Prince
Le Prince is a French surname most notably associated with Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, an 18th-century painter and etcher known for his scenes inspired by travels in Russia.
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E.
Prince of Kang
The Prince of Kang was a noble title in the Song dynasty held by Zhao Gou before he ascended the throne as Emperor Gaozong of Song.
- 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: Prence Target entity description: Prence is an English surname most notably associated with Thomas Prence, a colonial governor of Plymouth Colony in the 17th century.
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A.
Prinze
Prinze is the surname of American actor Freddie Prinze Jr., associated with a family of entertainers in film and television.
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B.
Prinz
Prinz is a German surname borne by various notable individuals, including figures in politics, religion, and the arts.
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C.
Príncipe
Príncipe is the smaller, less-populated island of the Central African island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe, known for its lush rainforests, biodiversity, and status as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
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D.
Le Prince
Le Prince is a French surname most notably associated with Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, an 18th-century painter and etcher known for his scenes inspired by travels in Russia.
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E.
Prince of Kang
The Prince of Kang was a noble title in the Song dynasty held by Zhao Gou before he ascended the throne as Emperor Gaozong of Song.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial governor
ⓘ
person ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| associatedWithGivenName | Thomas Prence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithOccupation | colonial governor ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Plymouth, Plymouth Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | Plymouth Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfActivity |
England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay area NERFINISHED ⓘ Plymouth Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 1600 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1673 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| familyName | Prence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fatherInLaw | William Brewster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governorTerm |
1634–1635
ⓘ
1638–1639 ⓘ 1657–1673 ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalAssociation |
New England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Plymouth Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Thomas Prence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableCenturyOfProminence | 17th century GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasOriginRegion | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVariantSpelling |
Prencee
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Prince NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heldPosition | Governor of Plymouth Colony ⓘ |
| memberOf | Plymouth Colony Council of Assistants NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| migration | emigrated from England to Plymouth Colony ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership in early New England colonial government
ⓘ
multiple terms as governor of Plymouth Colony ⓘ |
| partOf | Plymouth Colony leadership NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Gloucestershire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Plymouth Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Puritanism ⓘ |
| spouse |
Apphia Quick
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mary Collier NERFINISHED ⓘ Patience Brewster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAsFamilyNameIn |
Australia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Duxbury, Plymouth Colony
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastham, Plymouth Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ Plymouth, Plymouth Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfMigration | 1621 ⓘ |
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: Prence Description of subject: Prence is an English surname most notably associated with Thomas Prence, a colonial governor of Plymouth Colony in the 17th century.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.