William Dorrington
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William Dorrington was a Jacobite military officer who served as a senior commander in the Irish Williamite War, notably leading forces at major engagements such as the Battle of Aughrim.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Dorrington canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2532679 — 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: William Dorrington Context triple: [Battle of Aughrim (1691), commander, William Dorrington]
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A.
John Mordaunt
John Mordaunt is a relative of British Conservative politician Penny Mordaunt, who has served as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council.
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B.
Sir Thomas Osborne
Sir Thomas Osborne was a prominent 17th-century English statesman who served as a leading minister under Charles II and later became the 1st Duke of Leeds.
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C.
Walter Montagu
Walter Montagu was a 17th-century English courtier, diplomat, and writer who became a Catholic priest and abbot, known for his political influence and religious conversions during the reigns of Charles I and Charles II.
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D.
John Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley
John Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley, was a 19th-century British Whig politician and peer who served in several governmental roles and founded the Alderley branch of the influential Stanley family.
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E.
William Orlamond
William Orlamond was a Danish-born American character actor of the silent film era who appeared in numerous Hollywood productions in the 1910s and 1920s.
- 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: William Dorrington Target entity description: William Dorrington was a Jacobite military officer who served as a senior commander in the Irish Williamite War, notably leading forces at major engagements such as the Battle of Aughrim.
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A.
John Mordaunt
John Mordaunt is a relative of British Conservative politician Penny Mordaunt, who has served as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council.
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B.
Sir Thomas Osborne
Sir Thomas Osborne was a prominent 17th-century English statesman who served as a leading minister under Charles II and later became the 1st Duke of Leeds.
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C.
Walter Montagu
Walter Montagu was a 17th-century English courtier, diplomat, and writer who became a Catholic priest and abbot, known for his political influence and religious conversions during the reigns of Charles I and Charles II.
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D.
John Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley
John Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley, was a 19th-century British Whig politician and peer who served in several governmental roles and founded the Alderley branch of the influential Stanley family.
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E.
William Orlamond
William Orlamond was a Danish-born American character actor of the silent film era who appeared in numerous Hollywood productions in the 1910s and 1920s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jacobite
ⓘ
military officer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | late 17th century ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Jacobitism
ⓘ
surface form:
Jacobite cause
James II of England ⓘ |
| conflict |
War of the Two Kings
ⓘ
Williamite War in Ireland ⓘ
surface form:
Williamite–Jacobite War
|
| countryOfService | Ireland ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ |
| ideology | support for the Stuart monarchy ⓘ |
| knownFor | leading Jacobite forces in major engagements of the Irish Williamite War ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Jacobite forces
ⓘ
surface form:
Jacobite army
|
| militaryRank | senior commander ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Battle of Aughrim (1691)
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Aughrim
|
| notableFor | service as a Jacobite military officer in Ireland ⓘ |
| notableWork | command in the Williamite War in Ireland ⓘ |
| occupation | soldier ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Aughrim (1691)
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Aughrim
Williamite War in Ireland ⓘ
surface form:
Irish Williamite War
Williamite War in Ireland ⓘ |
| partOf | Jacobite military leadership in Ireland ⓘ |
| role | commander at the Battle of Aughrim ⓘ |
| supported | restoration of James II ⓘ |
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: William Dorrington Description of subject: William Dorrington was a Jacobite military officer who served as a senior commander in the Irish Williamite War, notably leading forces at major engagements such as the Battle of Aughrim.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.