Jonathan Trelawny
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Anglican bishop
Bishop of Bristol
Bishop of Exeter
Bishop of Winchester
English politician
human
member of the Seven Bishops
Jonathan Trelawny was a 17th-century English bishop and one of the Seven Bishops famously tried and acquitted for resisting King James II’s Declaration of Indulgence.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jonathan Trelawny canonical | 3 |
| John Trelawney | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2433889 — 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: Jonathan Trelawny Context triple: [Seven Bishops, member, Jonathan Trelawny]
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A.
Ian Lightfoot
Ian Lightfoot is the shy, magic-discovering teenage elf protagonist of Pixar's animated film "Onward."
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B.
Ralph Stackpole
Ralph Stackpole was an American sculptor and painter associated with the San Francisco art scene, known for his public works and contributions to New Deal–era projects.
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C.
Nevil Macready
Nevil Macready was a British Army general best known for serving as Commander-in-Chief in Ireland during the Irish War of Independence.
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D.
Robert Black
Robert Black is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as music, literature, and law.
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E.
Simon Dunsdon
Simon Dunsdon is a cinematographer known for his work on the animated film "Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation."
- 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: Jonathan Trelawny Target entity description: Jonathan Trelawny was a 17th-century English bishop and one of the Seven Bishops famously tried and acquitted for resisting King James II’s Declaration of Indulgence.
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A.
Ian Lightfoot
Ian Lightfoot is the shy, magic-discovering teenage elf protagonist of Pixar's animated film "Onward."
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B.
Ralph Stackpole
Ralph Stackpole was an American sculptor and painter associated with the San Francisco art scene, known for his public works and contributions to New Deal–era projects.
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C.
Nevil Macready
Nevil Macready was a British Army general best known for serving as Commander-in-Chief in Ireland during the Irish War of Independence.
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D.
Robert Black
Robert Black is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as music, literature, and law.
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E.
Simon Dunsdon
Simon Dunsdon is a cinematographer known for his work on the animated film "Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglican bishop
ⓘ
Bishop of Bristol ⓘ Bishop of Exeter ⓘ Bishop of Winchester ⓘ English politician ⓘ human ⓘ member of the Seven Bishops ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1650-03-24 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Cornwall
ⓘ
England ⓘ Pelynt ⓘ |
| causeOfNotability | acquittal in a landmark trial for seditious libel in 1688 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | England ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1721-07-19 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Christ Church, Oxford
ⓘ
Westminster School ⓘ |
| familyName |
Trelawney
ⓘ
surface form:
Trelawny
|
| father | Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 2nd Baronet ⓘ |
| givenName | Jonathan ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | The Right Reverend ⓘ |
| memberOf | Trelawny family of Cornwall ⓘ |
| mother | Mary Seymour ⓘ |
| name | Jonathan Trelawny self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the Seven Bishops tried in 1688
ⓘ
resisting King James II’s Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ |
| occupation |
bishop
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| parliamentaryRole |
Member of Parliament for East Looe
ⓘ
Member of Parliament for West Looe ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Glorious Revolution
ⓘ
trial of the Seven Bishops (1688) ⓘ
surface form:
Trial of the Seven Bishops
|
| positionHeld |
Bishop of Bristol
ⓘ
Bishop of Exeter ⓘ Bishop of Winchester ⓘ Chaplain to King Charles II ⓘ Dean of St Buryan ⓘ Rector of South Hill ⓘ Rector of St Ives ⓘ |
| religion | Church of England ⓘ |
| religiousDenomination |
Anglicanism (broadly)
ⓘ
surface form:
Anglicanism
|
| spouse | Rebecca Hele ⓘ |
| supported | Church of England opposition to James II ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
17th century
ⓘ
18th century ⓘ |
| title |
Bishop of Bristol
ⓘ
surface form:
Lord Bishop of Bristol
Bishop of Exeter ⓘ
surface form:
Lord Bishop of Exeter
Bishop of Winchester ⓘ
surface form:
Lord Bishop of Winchester
|
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: Jonathan Trelawny Description of subject: Jonathan Trelawny was a 17th-century English bishop and one of the Seven Bishops famously tried and acquitted for resisting King James II’s Declaration of Indulgence.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
John Trelawney