Thomas Pasley
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Thomas Pasley was a Royal Navy officer who rose to flag rank during the late 18th and early 19th centuries and saw extensive service in the French Revolutionary Wars.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thomas Pasley canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2833539 — 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: Thomas Pasley Context triple: [HMS Bellerophon, captain, Thomas Pasley]
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A.
Thomas Whitrow
Thomas Whitrow is known primarily as the son of English actor Benjamin Whitrow.
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B.
Robert Pugh
Robert Pugh is a Welsh actor known for his extensive work in British film and television, including roles in series such as "Game of Thrones" and "Doctor Who."
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C.
John Brabourne
John Brabourne was a British film and television producer, known for his adaptations of classic literature and for being the son-in-law of Lord Mountbatten.
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D.
Albert Parker
Albert Parker was an American film director best known for his work during the silent film era, including adventure features and early Hollywood productions.
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E.
William Dowdeswell
William Dowdeswell was an 18th-century British Whig politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and was a leading figure in the Rockingham Whig faction.
- 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: Thomas Pasley Target entity description: Thomas Pasley was a Royal Navy officer who rose to flag rank during the late 18th and early 19th centuries and saw extensive service in the French Revolutionary Wars.
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A.
Thomas Whitrow
Thomas Whitrow is known primarily as the son of English actor Benjamin Whitrow.
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B.
Robert Pugh
Robert Pugh is a Welsh actor known for his extensive work in British film and television, including roles in series such as "Game of Thrones" and "Doctor Who."
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C.
John Brabourne
John Brabourne was a British film and television producer, known for his adaptations of classic literature and for being the son-in-law of Lord Mountbatten.
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D.
Albert Parker
Albert Parker was an American film director best known for his work during the silent film era, including adventure features and early Hollywood productions.
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E.
William Dowdeswell
William Dowdeswell was an 18th-century British Whig politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and was a leading figure in the Rockingham Whig faction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy officer
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human ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity |
18th century
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19th century ⓘ |
| conflict |
American Revolutionary War
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French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ Seven Years' War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of Great Britain
ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1734 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1808 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | British ⓘ |
| familyName | Pasley ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas ⓘ |
| memberOf | Order of the Bath ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
admiral
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rear admiral ⓘ vice admiral ⓘ |
| name | Thomas Pasley self-link ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
extensive naval service in the French Revolutionary Wars
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rising to flag rank in the Royal Navy ⓘ |
| notableWork |
service in the French Revolutionary Wars
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service in the Royal Navy during the early 19th century ⓘ service in the Royal Navy during the late 18th century ⓘ |
| occupation | naval officer ⓘ |
| positionHeld | naval commander ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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: Thomas Pasley Description of subject: Thomas Pasley was a Royal Navy officer who rose to flag rank during the late 18th and early 19th centuries and saw extensive service in the French Revolutionary Wars.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.