Dominic Sheldon
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Dominic Sheldon was a Jacobite military officer who served as a senior commander in the Irish Williamite War, notably at the Battle of Aughrim in 1691.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dominic Sheldon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2532680 — 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: Dominic Sheldon Context triple: [Battle of Aughrim (1691), commander, Dominic Sheldon]
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A.
Dominic Casserley
Dominic Casserley is a British business executive best known for leading the global insurance brokerage and risk management firm Willis Group Holdings as its chief executive officer.
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B.
Dominic Sena
Dominic Sena is an American film director best known for stylish action and thriller movies such as "Gone in 60 Seconds" and "Swordfish."
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C.
Alexander Haddow
Alexander Haddow was a Scottish epidemiologist and virologist noted for his pioneering research on insect-borne viruses, particularly in Africa.
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D.
Adam Gough
Adam Gough is a British film editor known for his work on acclaimed films such as "Da 5 Bloods" and "Roma."
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E.
Nicholas Hannen
Nicholas Hannen was a British stage and film actor known for his classical performances, including roles in mid-20th-century Shakespearean adaptations.
- 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: Dominic Sheldon Target entity description: Dominic Sheldon was a Jacobite military officer who served as a senior commander in the Irish Williamite War, notably at the Battle of Aughrim in 1691.
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A.
Dominic Casserley
Dominic Casserley is a British business executive best known for leading the global insurance brokerage and risk management firm Willis Group Holdings as its chief executive officer.
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B.
Dominic Sena
Dominic Sena is an American film director best known for stylish action and thriller movies such as "Gone in 60 Seconds" and "Swordfish."
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C.
Alexander Haddow
Alexander Haddow was a Scottish epidemiologist and virologist noted for his pioneering research on insect-borne viruses, particularly in Africa.
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D.
Adam Gough
Adam Gough is a British film editor known for his work on acclaimed films such as "Da 5 Bloods" and "Roma."
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E.
Nicholas Hannen
Nicholas Hannen was a British stage and film actor known for his classical performances, including roles in mid-20th-century Shakespearean adaptations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jacobite military officer
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | late 17th century ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Jacobite forces
ⓘ
surface form:
Jacobites
|
| associatedWithEvent | defeat of the Jacobite army at Aughrim ⓘ |
| conflict | Williamite War in Ireland ⓘ |
| countryOfMilitaryService | Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ |
| date | 1691 ⓘ |
| foughtFor |
Jacobite forces
ⓘ
surface form:
Jacobite forces in Ireland
|
| hasRank | senior commander ⓘ |
| historicalEra | Early Modern period ⓘ |
| languageOfContext | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | army ⓘ |
| movement | Jacobitism ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Battle of Aughrim (1691)
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Aughrim
|
| notableFor | senior Jacobite command in Ireland ⓘ |
| notableWork | service as senior commander in the Irish Williamite War ⓘ |
| occupation | military officer ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Williamite forces ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Aughrim (1691)
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Aughrim
Williamite War in Ireland ⓘ
surface form:
Irish Williamite War
Williamite War in Ireland ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Island of Ireland
ⓘ
surface form:
Ireland
|
| role | senior commander at the Battle of Aughrim ⓘ |
| sideInConflict | Jacobite side in the Williamite War in Ireland ⓘ |
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: Dominic Sheldon Description of subject: Dominic Sheldon was a Jacobite military officer who served as a senior commander in the Irish Williamite War, notably at the Battle of Aughrim in 1691.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.