Little Britain, Province of New York

E172535

American politician former populated place historic settlement

Little Britain in the Province of New York was a colonial-era settlement in what is now Orange County, New York, known historically as the birthplace of prominent early American politician DeWitt Clinton.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Little Britain, Province of New York canonical	4
Little Britain, New York	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1505667 — 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: Little Britain, Province of New York
Context triple: [DeWitt Clinton, birthPlace, Little Britain, Province of New York]

A. Litchfield, England
Litchfield, England is a historic English city whose name was adopted by Litchfield County in Connecticut, reflecting the colonial practice of naming New World settlements after Old World locales.
B. Tarry Town
Tarry Town is a fictional Hudson Valley village in Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” closely associated with the eerie, supernatural atmosphere surrounding Sleepy Hollow.
C. The Little Street
The Little Street is a celebrated 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer depicting a quiet, everyday street scene in his hometown of Delft.
D. Leatherhead
Leatherhead is a historic market town in the county of Surrey in South East England, situated on the River Mole and serving as a local commercial and commuter hub.
E. The Town of Homes
The Town of Homes is a residentially focused nickname for Belmont, Massachusetts, reflecting its suburban character and emphasis on neighborhood living.
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: Little Britain, Province of New York
Target entity description: Little Britain in the Province of New York was a colonial-era settlement in what is now Orange County, New York, known historically as the birthplace of prominent early American politician DeWitt Clinton.

A. Litchfield, England
Litchfield, England is a historic English city whose name was adopted by Litchfield County in Connecticut, reflecting the colonial practice of naming New World settlements after Old World locales.
B. Tarry Town
Tarry Town is a fictional Hudson Valley village in Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” closely associated with the eerie, supernatural atmosphere surrounding Sleepy Hollow.
C. The Little Street
The Little Street is a celebrated 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer depicting a quiet, everyday street scene in his hometown of Delft.
D. Leatherhead
Leatherhead is a historic market town in the county of Surrey in South East England, situated on the River Mole and serving as a local commercial and commuter hub.
E. The Town of Homes
The Town of Homes is a residentially focused nickname for Belmont, Massachusetts, reflecting its suburban character and emphasis on neighborhood living.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (20)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician ⓘ former populated place ⓘ historic settlement ⓘ
administrativeDivisionType	settlement ⓘ
birthPlace	Little Britain, Province of New York self-linksurface differs ⓘ
containsHistoricPlace	Little Britain, Province of New York self-linksurface differs ⓘ Little Britain, Province of New York self-linksurface differs ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
era	colonial era ⓘ
hasNotableResident	DeWitt Clinton ⓘ
historicalPeriod	18th century ⓘ
knownFor	birthplace of DeWitt Clinton ⓘ
locatedIn	Orange County, New York ⓘ Province of New York ⓘ Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Orange County, New York ⓘ
namedAfter	Great Britain ⓘ surface form: Britain
notablePosition	Governor of New York ⓘ
partOf	New York Colony ⓘ surface form: colonial New York

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

DeWitt Clinton → birthPlace → Little Britain, Province of New York ⓘ

Town of New Windsor, New York → contains → Little Britain, Province of New York ⓘ

this entity surface form: Little Britain, New York

Little Britain, Province of New York → birthPlace → Little Britain, Province of New York self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: DeWitt Clinton

Little Britain, Province of New York → containsHistoricPlace → Little Britain, Province of New York self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Orange County, New York

Little Britain, Province of New York → containsHistoricPlace → Little Britain, Province of New York self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Province of New York

Little Britain, Province of New York, British America → hasAlternativeName → Little Britain, Province of New York ⓘ