Lieutenant Robert Maynard
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Lieutenant Robert Maynard was a British Royal Navy officer best known for leading the 1718 naval engagement that resulted in the death of the infamous pirate Blackbeard.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lieutenant Robert Maynard canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6534337 — 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: Lieutenant Robert Maynard Context triple: [Blackbeard, killedBy, Lieutenant Robert Maynard]
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A.
Lieutenant Hearn
Lieutenant Hearn is a central character in Norman Mailer’s World War II novel "The Naked and the Dead," serving as a thoughtful, conflicted army officer whose clashes with authority explore themes of power and morality in wartime.
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B.
Lieutenant Joseph Cable
Lieutenant Joseph Cable is a young U.S. Marine officer in the musical "South Pacific," whose forbidden romance and internal conflict highlight the show’s themes of love and prejudice.
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C.
Lieutenant Baugh
Lieutenant Baugh was a British officer involved in the 1857 Barrackpore incident, a key early flashpoint in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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D.
Lieutenant Hiram Coffey
Lieutenant Hiram Coffey is a Navy SEAL team leader and increasingly unstable antagonist in the 1989 science fiction film "The Abyss."
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E.
Lt. Philip Gerard
Lt. Philip Gerard is the relentless police detective in the television series "The Fugitive," obsessed with recapturing wrongly convicted Dr. Richard Kimble.
- 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: Lieutenant Robert Maynard Target entity description: Lieutenant Robert Maynard was a British Royal Navy officer best known for leading the 1718 naval engagement that resulted in the death of the infamous pirate Blackbeard.
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A.
Lieutenant Hearn
Lieutenant Hearn is a central character in Norman Mailer’s World War II novel "The Naked and the Dead," serving as a thoughtful, conflicted army officer whose clashes with authority explore themes of power and morality in wartime.
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B.
Lieutenant Joseph Cable
Lieutenant Joseph Cable is a young U.S. Marine officer in the musical "South Pacific," whose forbidden romance and internal conflict highlight the show’s themes of love and prejudice.
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C.
Lieutenant Baugh
Lieutenant Baugh was a British officer involved in the 1857 Barrackpore incident, a key early flashpoint in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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D.
Lieutenant Hiram Coffey
Lieutenant Hiram Coffey is a Navy SEAL team leader and increasingly unstable antagonist in the 1989 science fiction film "The Abyss."
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E.
Lt. Philip Gerard
Lt. Philip Gerard is the relentless police detective in the television series "The Fugitive," obsessed with recapturing wrongly convicted Dr. Richard Kimble.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy officer
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| allegiance |
King George I of Great Britain
ⓘ
linked to:
George I of Great Britain
|
| battle | Battle of Ocracoke Inlet ⓘ |
| capturedOrKilled | Blackbeard ⓘ |
| commanded |
HMS Pearl (detachment)
ⓘ
HMS Ranger ⓘ |
| conflict |
War of the Quadruple Alliance
ⓘ
anti-piracy operations in the West Indies ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| date | 1718-11-22 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1751 ⓘ |
| deathCause | natural causes ⓘ |
| displayed | Blackbeard's head on his ship's bowsprit ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| familyName | Maynard ⓘ |
| genreOfActivity | naval warfare against piracy ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early 18th century ⓘ |
| honouredFor | suppression of piracy in American colonies ⓘ |
| knownFor | defeating Blackbeard at Ocracoke ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legalAuthorityForAction | commission from Governor of Virginia ⓘ |
| location |
Ocracoke Inlet, Province of North Carolina
ⓘ
linked to:
Ocracoke Inlet
|
| militaryBranch | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Lieutenant ⓘ |
| notableFor |
commanding the naval engagement against Blackbeard in 1718
ⓘ
killing the pirate Blackbeard ⓘ |
| occupation | naval officer ⓘ |
| opponent |
Blackbeard
ⓘ
Edward Teach ⓘ
linked to:
Blackbeard
|
| orderedBy | Alexander Spotswood ⓘ |
| partOf | Royal Navy anti-piracy campaign in the Caribbean ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Great Britain ⓘ |
| residence | Great Britain ⓘ |
| resultOfAction | decapitation of Blackbeard ⓘ |
| serviceEndYear | 18th century ⓘ |
| serviceStartYear | c. 1690s ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
historical accounts of piracy suppression
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naval history studies of Blackbeard's death ⓘ |
| usedTactic | concealed troops below deck to ambush pirates ⓘ |
| yearOfProminentAction | 1718 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lieutenant Robert Maynard Description of subject: Lieutenant Robert Maynard was a British Royal Navy officer best known for leading the 1718 naval engagement that resulted in the death of the infamous pirate Blackbeard.
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