Major John Buttrick
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Major John Buttrick was a colonial militia officer best known for leading the American forces that fired the first organized volley against British troops at the North Bridge during the Battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Major John Buttrick canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6860465 — 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: Major John Buttrick Context triple: [North Bridge skirmish, commander, Major John Buttrick]
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A.
Major Henry West
Major Henry West is a British Army officer and the primary human antagonist in the post-apocalyptic horror film "28 Days Later," known for his ruthless and morally corrupt survival tactics.
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B.
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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C.
Major John Frost
Major John Frost was a distinguished British Army officer and paratroop commander in the Second World War, best known for his leadership during airborne operations such as the Battle of Arnhem.
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D.
Major William Barker
Major William Barker was a highly decorated Canadian First World War flying ace renowned for his extraordinary aerial combat achievements and bravery.
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E.
Colonel Alexander Bliss
Colonel Alexander Bliss was a 19th-century American editor and publisher best known for requesting and preserving one of the authoritative manuscript copies of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.
- 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: Major John Buttrick Target entity description: Major John Buttrick was a colonial militia officer best known for leading the American forces that fired the first organized volley against British troops at the North Bridge during the Battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775.
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A.
Major Henry West
Major Henry West is a British Army officer and the primary human antagonist in the post-apocalyptic horror film "28 Days Later," known for his ruthless and morally corrupt survival tactics.
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B.
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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C.
Major John Frost
Major John Frost was a distinguished British Army officer and paratroop commander in the Second World War, best known for his leadership during airborne operations such as the Battle of Arnhem.
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D.
Major William Barker
Major William Barker was a highly decorated Canadian First World War flying ace renowned for his extraordinary aerial combat achievements and bravery.
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E.
Colonel Alexander Bliss
Colonel Alexander Bliss was a 19th-century American editor and publisher best known for requesting and preserving one of the authoritative manuscript copies of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Revolutionary War figure
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colonial militia officer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| allegiance |
American colonial militia
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Patriot forces ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | opening phase of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | North Bridge, Concord, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commanded | colonial militia companies at the North Bridge ⓘ |
| conflict |
American Revolutionary War
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Battles of Lexington and Concord NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Province of Massachusetts Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| event |
gave the order to fire on British troops at the North Bridge
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led the colonial advance on the North Bridge on April 19, 1775 ⓘ |
| familyName | Buttrick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole | field commander at the North Bridge ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
associated with the first organized volley of the American Revolutionary War
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symbol of early American armed resistance to British rule ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Massachusetts militia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Major ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leading American forces at the North Bridge in Concord
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ordering the first organized volley of colonial fire against British regulars in 1775 ⓘ |
| opponent |
British Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
British regulars at Concord ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
American Revolutionary War
ⓘ
Battles of Lexington and Concord NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Concord, Massachusetts
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Province of Massachusetts Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| side | American side in the Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ |
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: Major John Buttrick Description of subject: Major John Buttrick was a colonial militia officer best known for leading the American forces that fired the first organized volley against British troops at the North Bridge during the Battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.