Philemon Dickinson
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Philemon Dickinson was an American Revolutionary War officer from New Jersey who gained prominence for leading effective militia operations, particularly during the Forage War against British forces.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Philemon Dickinson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5538785 — 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: Philemon Dickinson Context triple: [Forage War, combatantCommander, Philemon Dickinson]
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A.
Rufus Sewall
Rufus Sewall is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the Sewall surname.
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B.
Abijah Bigelow
Abijah Bigelow was an early 19th-century American lawyer and Federalist politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
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C.
Samuel Fowler Dickinson
Samuel Fowler Dickinson was a prominent 19th-century Amherst lawyer, educator, and civic leader, best known as the grandfather of poet Emily Dickinson and an influential figure in the town’s early development.
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D.
Peleg Wadsworth
Peleg Wadsworth was an American Revolutionary War general and prominent New England figure whose family home later became associated with his grandson, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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E.
Eleazar W. Ripley
Eleazar W. Ripley was an American lawyer, politician, and U.S. Army general during the War of 1812, noted for his leadership in several key battles.
- 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: Philemon Dickinson Target entity description: Philemon Dickinson was an American Revolutionary War officer from New Jersey who gained prominence for leading effective militia operations, particularly during the Forage War against British forces.
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A.
Rufus Sewall
Rufus Sewall is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the Sewall surname.
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B.
Abijah Bigelow
Abijah Bigelow was an early 19th-century American lawyer and Federalist politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
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C.
Samuel Fowler Dickinson
Samuel Fowler Dickinson was a prominent 19th-century Amherst lawyer, educator, and civic leader, best known as the grandfather of poet Emily Dickinson and an influential figure in the town’s early development.
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D.
Peleg Wadsworth
Peleg Wadsworth was an American Revolutionary War general and prominent New England figure whose family home later became associated with his grandson, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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E.
Eleazar W. Ripley
Eleazar W. Ripley was an American lawyer, politician, and U.S. Army general during the War of 1812, noted for his leadership in several key battles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Revolutionary War veteran
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American military officer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Thirteen Colonies
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| associatedWith |
Continental Army leadership
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
George Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1739-04-05 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Crawford, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Friends Burying Ground, Trenton, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commanded | New Jersey militia forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Great Britain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1809-02-04 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Trenton, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| familyName | Dickinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Philemon Dickinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Philemon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Continental Congress
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Continental Army
ⓘ
New Jersey militia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryConflict | skirmishes along the Raritan River ⓘ |
| militaryRank | brigadier general ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leading effective militia operations in New Jersey
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raids against British foraging parties ⓘ service as a Revolutionary War officer from New Jersey ⓘ |
| notableWork | leadership in the Forage War ⓘ |
| occupation |
planter
ⓘ
politician ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
American Revolutionary War
ⓘ
Battle of Monmouth NERFINISHED ⓘ Forage War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalParty | Pro-Administration Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
United States senator from New Jersey
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brigadier general of New Jersey militia ⓘ major general of New Jersey militia ⓘ member of the Continental Congress ⓘ |
| relative | John Dickinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| represented | New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Trenton, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling | John Dickinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Mary Cadwalader 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: Philemon Dickinson Description of subject: Philemon Dickinson was an American Revolutionary War officer from New Jersey who gained prominence for leading effective militia operations, particularly during the Forage War against British forces.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.