Walter Devereux
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Walter Devereux was an English officer in the service of the Holy Roman Empire, best known for assassinating the imperial general Albrecht von Wallenstein during the Thirty Years' War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Walter Devereux canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4236834 — 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.
Target entity: Walter Devereux Context triple: [Albrecht von Wallenstein, killedBy, Walter Devereux]
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John Mordaunt
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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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Robin Cavendish
Robin Cavendish was a British polio survivor and disability rights advocate whose life story inspired the film "Breathe."
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William Dorrington
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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Sir Thomas Osborne
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Walter Devereux Target entity description: Walter Devereux was an English officer in the service of the Holy Roman Empire, best known for assassinating the imperial general Albrecht von Wallenstein during the Thirty Years' War.
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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.
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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C.
Robin Cavendish
Robin Cavendish was a British polio survivor and disability rights advocate whose life story inspired the film "Breathe."
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D.
William Dorrington
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English soldier
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assassin ⓘ military officer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Emperor Ferdinand II
NERFINISHED
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Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfNotability | killing Wallenstein with a halberd ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| employer | Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| event | assassination of Wallenstein at Eger ⓘ |
| eventLocation |
Cheb
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eger (Cheb) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | military history ⓘ |
| killed | Albrecht von Wallenstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Imperial Army (Holy Roman Empire) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motive | orders from imperial authorities ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Thirty Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | assassinating Albrecht von Wallenstein ⓘ |
| notableWork | assassination of Albrecht von Wallenstein ⓘ |
| occupation |
officer
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soldier ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Thirty Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Imperial officer corps during the Thirty Years' War ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Cheb
NERFINISHED
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Kingdom of Bohemia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | member of the group that murdered Wallenstein ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
17th century
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Thirty Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Walter Devereux Description of subject: Walter Devereux was an English officer in the service of the Holy Roman Empire, best known for assassinating the imperial general Albrecht von Wallenstein during the Thirty Years' War.
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