Artemas Ward
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Artemas Ward was an American Revolutionary War general and early Continental Army leader who played a key role in organizing colonial forces against the British.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Artemas Ward canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T167577 — 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: Artemas Ward Context triple: [Siege of Boston, commander, Artemas Ward]
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A.
Dwight Merriman
Dwight Merriman is an American entrepreneur and technologist best known as a co-founder of DoubleClick and later MongoDB.
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B.
William F. Raynolds
William F. Raynolds was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and explorer known for his surveying and exploratory expeditions in North America and beyond.
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C.
Harry M. Wegeforth
Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
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D.
Emile Sherman
Emile Sherman is an Australian film and television producer best known for co-producing the Academy Award–winning film "The King’s Speech" and co-founding the production company See-Saw Films.
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E.
James Caldwell
James Caldwell was one of the colonial civilians killed by British soldiers during the 1770 Boston Massacre, an event that helped fuel anti-British sentiment before the American Revolution.
- 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: Artemas Ward Target entity description: Artemas Ward was an American Revolutionary War general and early Continental Army leader who played a key role in organizing colonial forces against the British.
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A.
Dwight Merriman
Dwight Merriman is an American entrepreneur and technologist best known as a co-founder of DoubleClick and later MongoDB.
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B.
William F. Raynolds
William F. Raynolds was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and explorer known for his surveying and exploratory expeditions in North America and beyond.
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C.
Harry M. Wegeforth
Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
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D.
Emile Sherman
Emile Sherman is an Australian film and television producer best known for co-producing the Academy Award–winning film "The King’s Speech" and co-founding the production company See-Saw Films.
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E.
James Caldwell
James Caldwell was one of the colonial civilians killed by British soldiers during the 1770 Boston Massacre, an event that helped fuel anti-British sentiment before the American Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
general
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human ⓘ judge ⓘ military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| conflict | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Great Britain
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1727-11-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1800-10-28 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
ⓘ
surface form:
Harvard College
|
| electedIn | First United States Congress ⓘ |
| familyName | Ward ⓘ |
| givenName | Artemas ⓘ |
| hasPartIn | Siege of Boston ⓘ |
| honoredIn |
Artemas Ward House Museum, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
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statue of Artemas Ward in Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Pro-Administration Party ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Continental Army
ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay Colony militia ⓘ
surface form:
Massachusetts militia
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| militaryRank |
brigadier general
ⓘ
major general ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
commanded New England troops surrounding Boston after Lexington and Concord
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oversaw fortification of positions around Boston in 1775 ⓘ |
| notableRelative | Artemas Ward (great-grandson, writer and advertising executive) ⓘ |
| notableWork | organization of colonial forces around Boston in 1775 ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 8 ⓘ |
| occupation |
farmer
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military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ surveyor ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, United States
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surface form:
Shrewsbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay
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| placeOfBurial |
Mountain View Cemetery (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts)
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surface form:
Mountain View Cemetery, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
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| placeOfDeath |
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, United States
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surface form:
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
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| positionHeld |
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
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chief commander of the Siege of Boston ⓘ commander in chief of the Massachusetts provincial army ⓘ judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Worcester County ⓘ justice of the peace ⓘ member of the Continental Congress ⓘ member of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress ⓘ member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ senior officer of the Continental Army ⓘ |
| religion | Congregationalism ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
George Washington
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surface form:
George Washington as commander of the Continental Army
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| residence |
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, United States
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surface form:
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Sarah Trowbridge Ward ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Artemas Ward Description of subject: Artemas Ward was an American Revolutionary War general and early Continental Army leader who played a key role in organizing colonial forces against the British.
Referenced by (3)
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