Philip Ward
E532421
Philip Ward was an English clergyman best known as the husband of Horatia Nelson, the daughter of Admiral Lord Nelson and Emma Hamilton.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Philip Ward canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5520293 — 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: Philip Ward Context triple: [Horatia Nelson, spouse, Philip Ward]
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A.
Theodore Reeves
Theodore Reeves was a screenwriter best known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including the beloved horse-racing drama "National Velvet."
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B.
Percy Humphrey
Percy Humphrey was an American jazz trumpeter and bandleader closely associated with the New Orleans traditional jazz scene.
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C.
Walter Brewster
Walter Brewster was a prominent local landowner and early settler after whom the Village of Brewster in New York was named.
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D.
Richard Ward
Richard Ward was an American character actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, including a supporting role in the comedy classic "The Jerk."
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E.
John Pope
John Pope was a Union major general in the American Civil War, best known for his controversial leadership in the Eastern Theater and later command on the Western frontier.
- 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: Philip Ward Target entity description: Philip Ward was an English clergyman best known as the husband of Horatia Nelson, the daughter of Admiral Lord Nelson and Emma Hamilton.
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A.
Theodore Reeves
Theodore Reeves was a screenwriter best known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including the beloved horse-racing drama "National Velvet."
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B.
Percy Humphrey
Percy Humphrey was an American jazz trumpeter and bandleader closely associated with the New Orleans traditional jazz scene.
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C.
Walter Brewster
Walter Brewster was a prominent local landowner and early settler after whom the Village of Brewster in New York was named.
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D.
Richard Ward
Richard Ward was an American character actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, including a supporting role in the comedy classic "The Jerk."
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E.
John Pope
John Pope was a Union major general in the American Civil War, best known for his controversial leadership in the Eastern Theater and later command on the Western frontier.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (10)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | English clergyman ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| father | Horatio Nelson ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| mother | Emma Hamilton ⓘ |
| notableFor | husband of Horatia Nelson ⓘ |
| occupation | clergyman ⓘ |
| residence | England ⓘ |
| spouse |
Horatia Nelson
ⓘ
Philip Ward ⓘ |
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: Philip Ward Description of subject: Philip Ward was an English clergyman best known as the husband of Horatia Nelson, the daughter of Admiral Lord Nelson and Emma Hamilton.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.