George Rooke
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George Rooke was a prominent English admiral of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, noted for his leadership in major naval engagements of the War of the Spanish Succession.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| George Rooke canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5703562 — 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: George Rooke Context triple: [Battle of Vélez-Málaga, commander, George Rooke]
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George Oatley
George Oatley was a British architect best known for designing prominent early 20th-century buildings in Bristol, England.
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John Bragg
John Bragg was a prominent 19th-century figure from Mobile, Alabama, for whom the historic Bragg-Mitchell Mansion is named.
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Richard Bristow
Richard Bristow was a 16th-century English Catholic scholar and theologian who contributed to the development and annotation of the Douay–Rheims Bible.
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George Kirrin
George Kirrin is the adventurous, tomboyish girl from Enid Blyton’s Famous Five series who insists on being called “George” and often leads the group’s daring escapades.
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Edward Talbot
Edward Talbot was an Anglican clergyman who became the inaugural Bishop of Southwark in the Church of England.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: George Rooke Target entity description: George Rooke was a prominent English admiral of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, noted for his leadership in major naval engagements of the War of the Spanish Succession.
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A.
George Oatley
George Oatley was a British architect best known for designing prominent early 20th-century buildings in Bristol, England.
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B.
John Bragg
John Bragg was a prominent 19th-century figure from Mobile, Alabama, for whom the historic Bragg-Mitchell Mansion is named.
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C.
Richard Bristow
Richard Bristow was a 16th-century English Catholic scholar and theologian who contributed to the development and annotation of the Douay–Rheims Bible.
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D.
George Kirrin
George Kirrin is the adventurous, tomboyish girl from Enid Blyton’s Famous Five series who insists on being called “George” and often leads the group’s daring escapades.
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E.
Edward Talbot
Edward Talbot was an Anglican clergyman who became the inaugural Bishop of Southwark in the Church of England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English admiral
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Royal Navy admiral ⓘ human ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Great Britain
NERFINISHED
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Kingdom of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Knight of the Order of the Bath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1650-07-20 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Canterbury
NERFINISHED
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England ⓘ Kent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | St Paul's Church, Canterbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commanded |
Anglo-Dutch fleet at Gibraltar
NERFINISHED
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Anglo-Dutch fleet at Vigo Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
Nine Years' War
NERFINISHED
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War of the Spanish Succession NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1709-01-24 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Canterbury
NERFINISHED
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England ⓘ Kent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
early 18th century
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late 17th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Rooke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | George NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Sir ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| monarchServed |
Queen Anne
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William III of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
led Anglo-Dutch fleet that captured Gibraltar in 1704
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secured capture of Spanish treasure fleet at Vigo Bay in 1702 ⓘ |
| notableFor | leadership in major naval engagements of the War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Battle of Barfleur
NERFINISHED
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Battle of La Hogue NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Vigo Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ Capture of Gibraltar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parliamentaryFaction | Tory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Barfleur
NERFINISHED
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Battle of La Hogue NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Vigo Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ Capture of Gibraltar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Member of Parliament for Portsmouth
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Member of Parliament for Rochester ⓘ |
| rank | Admiral of the Fleet ⓘ |
| residence | St Lawrence, near Canterbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceEndYear | 1708 ⓘ |
| serviceStartYear | 1672 ⓘ |
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: George Rooke Description of subject: George Rooke was a prominent English admiral of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, noted for his leadership in major naval engagements of the War of the Spanish Succession.
Referenced by (2)
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