John Cadwalader
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John Cadwalader was an American merchant, soldier, and prominent Revolutionary War officer who played a key role in supporting George Washington’s campaigns.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Cadwalader canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5468568 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Cadwalader Context triple: [Pennsylvania militia, notableCommander, John Cadwalader]
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A.
Johann de Kalb
Johann de Kalb was a German-born French military officer who served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and became a patriot hero after dying from wounds sustained at the Battle of Camden.
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B.
George Armistead
George Armistead was a U.S. Army officer best known for commanding Fort McHenry during the War of 1812, where the American defense inspired the writing of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
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C.
S. Charles Lee
S. Charles Lee was a prominent American architect best known for his influential Art Deco and Moderne movie theater designs across California during the early to mid-20th century.
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D.
William Alexander, Lord Stirling
William Alexander, Lord Stirling was an American Revolutionary War general who played a prominent role in early battles, notably helping cover the Continental Army’s retreat at the Battle of Long Island.
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E.
John Laurens
John Laurens was an American Revolutionary War officer and abolitionist known for his close association with George Washington and his efforts to recruit enslaved people to fight for their freedom.
- 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: John Cadwalader Target entity description: John Cadwalader was an American merchant, soldier, and prominent Revolutionary War officer who played a key role in supporting George Washington’s campaigns.
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A.
Johann de Kalb
Johann de Kalb was a German-born French military officer who served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and became a patriot hero after dying from wounds sustained at the Battle of Camden.
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B.
George Armistead
George Armistead was a U.S. Army officer best known for commanding Fort McHenry during the War of 1812, where the American defense inspired the writing of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
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C.
S. Charles Lee
S. Charles Lee was a prominent American architect best known for his influential Art Deco and Moderne movie theater designs across California during the early to mid-20th century.
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D.
William Alexander, Lord Stirling
William Alexander, Lord Stirling was an American Revolutionary War general who played a prominent role in early battles, notably helping cover the Continental Army’s retreat at the Battle of Long Island.
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E.
John Laurens
John Laurens was an American Revolutionary War officer and abolitionist known for his close association with George Washington and his efforts to recruit enslaved people to fight for their freedom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Revolutionary War officer
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human ⓘ merchant ⓘ politician ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Continental Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| birthDate | 1742-01-10 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Shrewsbury, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Great Britain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| deathDate | 1786-02-10 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Shrewsbury, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Pennsylvania militia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Welsh American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Cadwalader NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Thomas Cadwalader NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Cadwalader family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Pennsylvania militia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryConflict |
Battle of Brandywine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of Germantown NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Princeton NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Trenton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | brigadier general ⓘ |
| mother | Hannah Lambert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | John Cadwalader NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
close association with George Washington
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commanding Pennsylvania militia in support of Washington’s crossing of the Delaware ⓘ leadership in the defense of Philadelphia ⓘ |
| notableWork | support of George Washington’s Trenton and Princeton campaigns ⓘ |
| occupation |
merchant
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planter ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
American Revolutionary War
ⓘ
New York and New Jersey campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Philadelphia campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
colonel of the Philadelphia Associators
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member of the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly ⓘ |
| religion | Anglicanism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Kent County, Maryland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Elizabeth Lloyd
NERFINISHED
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Williamina Bond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supported | George Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: John Cadwalader Description of subject: John Cadwalader was an American merchant, soldier, and prominent Revolutionary War officer who played a key role in supporting George Washington’s campaigns.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.