Henry Procter
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Henry Procter was a British Army officer in the War of 1812, best known for his controversial leadership in the Northwest theater and his defeat at the Battle of the Thames.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Henry Procter canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2144125 — 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: Henry Procter Context triple: [Tecumseh's War, commander, Henry Procter]
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A.
Hosea Biglow
Hosea Biglow is a fictional New England farmer and dialect-speaking narrator created by James Russell Lowell to satirize politics and society in "The Biglow Papers."
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B.
Otis Harlan
Otis Harlan was an American actor and comedian best known for his early film and stage work during the silent and early sound eras.
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C.
Isidore Miller
Isidore Miller was the father of American playwright Arthur Miller and a New York-based clothing manufacturer whose business was devastated by the Great Depression.
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D.
Henry Drummond Wolff
Henry Drummond Wolff was a British Conservative politician and diplomat of the late 19th century, noted for his role in party politics and foreign service.
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E.
Joe Keller
Joe Keller is the morally conflicted patriarch in Arthur Miller's play "All My Sons," whose wartime business decisions lead to tragic consequences for his family and community.
- 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: Henry Procter Target entity description: Henry Procter was a British Army officer in the War of 1812, best known for his controversial leadership in the Northwest theater and his defeat at the Battle of the Thames.
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A.
Hosea Biglow
Hosea Biglow is a fictional New England farmer and dialect-speaking narrator created by James Russell Lowell to satirize politics and society in "The Biglow Papers."
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B.
Otis Harlan
Otis Harlan was an American actor and comedian best known for his early film and stage work during the silent and early sound eras.
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C.
Isidore Miller
Isidore Miller was the father of American playwright Arthur Miller and a New York-based clothing manufacturer whose business was devastated by the Great Depression.
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D.
Henry Drummond Wolff
Henry Drummond Wolff was a British Conservative politician and diplomat of the late 19th century, noted for his role in party politics and foreign service.
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E.
Joe Keller
Joe Keller is the morally conflicted patriarch in Arthur Miller's play "All My Sons," whose wartime business decisions lead to tragic consequences for his family and community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Army officer
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| activity | defense of Detroit frontier after the fall of Detroit ⓘ |
| allegiance | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| charge |
misconduct in the face of the enemy
ⓘ
neglect of duty ⓘ |
| commanded | British forces in the Western District of Upper Canada ⓘ |
| conflict | War of 1812 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Great Britain ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1763 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1822 ⓘ |
| era |
Napoleonic Wars
ⓘ
surface form:
Napoleonic Wars period
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
brigadier general
ⓘ
major general ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Battle of the Thames ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial retreat from Amherstburg
ⓘ
defeat at the Battle of the Thames ⓘ failure to adequately protect Native American allies after the Battle of the Thames ⓘ leadership criticized for indecision and poor logistics ⓘ leadership in the Northwest theater during the War of 1812 ⓘ |
| opponent |
Tecumseh's War
ⓘ
surface form:
Tecumseh’s Confederacy (as allied but with conflicting strategies)
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
William Henry Harrison ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| positionHeld | brigadier general ⓘ |
| resultOf | court-martial conviction and suspension from rank and pay ⓘ |
| subjectOf | court-martial after the War of 1812 ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations | Northwest theater of the War of 1812 ⓘ |
| workedWith | Tecumseh ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Henry Procter Description of subject: Henry Procter was a British Army officer in the War of 1812, best known for his controversial leadership in the Northwest theater and his defeat at the Battle of the Thames.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Defence of Upper Canada