William Paca
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Founding Father of the United States
Governor of Maryland
human
signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
William Paca was an American Founding Father, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and governor of Maryland in the late 18th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William Paca canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5306669 — 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: William Paca Context triple: [William Paca House, formerResidenceOf, William Paca]
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A.
Charles Carroll of Annapolis
Charles Carroll of Annapolis was a prominent Maryland planter, lawyer, and colonial politician who played a key role in the colony’s elite society and was the father of Founding Father Charles Carroll of Carrollton.
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B.
Charles Carroll
Charles Carroll was an early American pioneer and businessman known for co-founding the city of Rochester, New York, alongside Nathaniel Rochester and others.
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C.
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Charles Carroll of Carrollton was a prominent Maryland planter, lawyer, and statesman who became the only Catholic signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and later served as a U.S. senator.
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D.
Edmund Pendleton
Edmund Pendleton was an American lawyer, judge, and political leader from Virginia who played a key role in the early governance of the state during the Revolutionary era.
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E.
Hugh Mercer
Hugh Mercer was a Scottish-born American physician and brigadier general in the Continental Army who became a Revolutionary War hero after being mortally wounded at the Battle of Princeton.
- 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: William Paca Target entity description: William Paca was an American Founding Father, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and governor of Maryland in the late 18th century.
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A.
Charles Carroll of Annapolis
Charles Carroll of Annapolis was a prominent Maryland planter, lawyer, and colonial politician who played a key role in the colony’s elite society and was the father of Founding Father Charles Carroll of Carrollton.
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B.
Charles Carroll
Charles Carroll was an early American pioneer and businessman known for co-founding the city of Rochester, New York, alongside Nathaniel Rochester and others.
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C.
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Charles Carroll of Carrollton was a prominent Maryland planter, lawyer, and statesman who became the only Catholic signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and later served as a U.S. senator.
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D.
Edmund Pendleton
Edmund Pendleton was an American lawyer, judge, and political leader from Virginia who played a key role in the early governance of the state during the Revolutionary era.
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E.
Hugh Mercer
Hugh Mercer was a Scottish-born American physician and brigadier general in the Continental Army who became a Revolutionary War hero after being mortally wounded at the Battle of Princeton.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Founding Father of the United States
ⓘ
Governor of Maryland ⓘ human ⓘ signer of the United States Declaration of Independence ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Wye Hall, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, United States ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of Great Britain
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1740-10-31 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1799-10-23 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
College of Philadelphia
ⓘ
Middle Temple ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Italian American ⓘ |
| familyName | Paca ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
colonial and early American politics
ⓘ
law ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasPart |
William Paca House and Garden
ⓘ
linked to:
William Paca House
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| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark (for William Paca House)
ⓘ
linked to:
National Historic Landmark
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| honoredIn |
William Paca House, Annapolis
ⓘ
linked to:
William Paca House
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Continental Congress
ⓘ
Maryland delegation to the Continental Congress ⓘ
linked to:
Maryland congressional delegation
|
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Anti-Administration Party ⓘ |
| notableWork | Advocacy for American independence ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| partOf | Maryland signers of the Declaration of Independence ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Abingdon, Harford County, Maryland Colony
ⓘ
linked to:
Abingdon, Maryland
|
| placeOfDeath |
Wye Hall, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Wye Island, Maryland
|
| positionHeld |
Governor of Maryland
ⓘ
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland ⓘ Member of the Continental Congress ⓘ Member of the Maryland House of Delegates ⓘ Member of the Maryland State Senate ⓘ |
| religion |
Anglicanism
ⓘ
linked to:
Anglicanism (broadly)
|
| represented | Maryland ⓘ |
| residence |
Annapolis, Maryland
ⓘ
Wye Island, Maryland ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| significantEvent | Signing of the United States Declaration of Independence ⓘ |
| spouse | Mary Chew ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: William Paca Description of subject: William Paca was an American Founding Father, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and governor of Maryland in the late 18th century.
Referenced by (3)
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