Arthur Currie
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Arthur Currie was a Canadian general who became the first Canadian-born commander of the Canadian Corps during World War I and is widely regarded as one of Canada's most effective military leaders.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Arthur Currie canonical | 13 |
| Sir Arthur Currie | 2 |
| Major-General Arthur Currie | 1 |
| Sir Arthur William Currie | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T340345 — 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: Arthur Currie Context triple: [Canadian Expeditionary Force, notableCommander, Arthur Currie]
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A.
Colin Campbell
Colin Campbell was a British Army officer and field marshal best known for leading the relief of Lucknow and playing a key role in suppressing the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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Guy Carleton
Guy Carleton was a British Army officer and colonial administrator best known for his leadership in defending Canada during the American Revolutionary War and later serving as Governor of Quebec.
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Douglas Haig
Douglas Haig was a British senior army officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front and became one of the most controversial military leaders of World War I.
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D.
Bernard Freyberg
Bernard Freyberg was a highly decorated New Zealand-born British Army officer and World War I and II commander who later served as Governor-General of New Zealand.
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E.
Billy Bishop
Billy Bishop was a renowned Canadian First World War flying ace and Victoria Cross recipient who became one of Canada's most celebrated military heroes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Arthur Currie Target entity description: Arthur Currie was a Canadian general who became the first Canadian-born commander of the Canadian Corps during World War I and is widely regarded as one of Canada's most effective military leaders.
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A.
Colin Campbell
Colin Campbell was a British Army officer and field marshal best known for leading the relief of Lucknow and playing a key role in suppressing the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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B.
Guy Carleton
Guy Carleton was a British Army officer and colonial administrator best known for his leadership in defending Canada during the American Revolutionary War and later serving as Governor of Quebec.
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C.
Douglas Haig
Douglas Haig was a British senior army officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front and became one of the most controversial military leaders of World War I.
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D.
Bernard Freyberg
Bernard Freyberg was a highly decorated New Zealand-born British Army officer and World War I and II commander who later served as Governor-General of New Zealand.
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E.
Billy Bishop
Billy Bishop was a renowned Canadian First World War flying ace and Victoria Cross recipient who became one of Canada's most celebrated military heroes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian military officer
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First World War general ⓘ human ⓘ |
| allegiance |
British Empire
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Croix de Guerre
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surface form:
Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)
Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
surface form:
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George ⓘ
surface form:
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
Légion d'honneur ⓘ
surface form:
Legion of Honour
Order of Leopold ⓘ
surface form:
Order of Leopold (Belgium)
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| battle |
Battle of Amiens (1918)
ⓘ
Battle of Cambrai ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Cambrai (1918)
Battle of Mons ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Mons (1918)
Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ Battle of Vimy Ridge ⓘ Hundred Days Offensive ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Montreal
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surface form:
Montreal, Quebec
Mount Royal Cemetery ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stroke ⓘ |
| commanded | Canadian Corps ⓘ |
| conflict | World War I ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1875-12-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1933-11-30 ⓘ |
| education | public schools in Ontario ⓘ |
| employer | McGill University ⓘ |
| familyName | Currie ⓘ |
| fullName |
Arthur Currie
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Sir Arthur William Currie
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| givenName | Arthur ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| middleName | William ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Canadian Corps
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Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ |
| militaryRank | General ⓘ |
| notableFor |
first Canadian-born commander of the Canadian Corps
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leadership of Canadian forces in World War I ⓘ |
| occupation |
soldier
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university administrator ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Adelaide Township, Ontario
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Dominion of Canada ⓘ Ontario ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Canada
ⓘ
Montreal ⓘ
surface form:
Montreal, Quebec
Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form:
Quebec
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| positionHeld |
Commander of the Canadian Corps
ⓘ
Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University ⓘ |
| regardedAs | one of Canada's most effective military leaders ⓘ |
| residence |
Montreal
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surface form:
Montreal, Quebec
Victoria, British Columbia ⓘ |
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: Arthur Currie Description of subject: Arthur Currie was a Canadian general who became the first Canadian-born commander of the Canadian Corps during World War I and is widely regarded as one of Canada's most effective military leaders.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.