Charles O'Hara
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Charles O'Hara was an 18th-century British Army officer and colonial governor best known for his service in multiple major conflicts, including the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Charles O'Hara canonical | 2 |
| Charles O’Hara | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7361761 — 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: Charles O'Hara Context triple: [Portugal campaign of the Seven Years' War, hasCommander, Charles O'Hara]
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A.
Richard Bellingham
Richard Bellingham was a 17th-century colonial magistrate and politician who served multiple terms as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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B.
Charles Dunham
Charles Dunham is a fictional character in William Dean Howells’s novel "The Lady of the Aroostook," involved in the social and romantic entanglements that drive the story’s plot.
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C.
Clarence Buckingham
Clarence Buckingham was a Chicago civic leader and philanthropist whose legacy is commemorated by the iconic Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park.
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D.
Adolphus Crosbie
Adolphus Crosbie is a central character in Anthony Trollope’s novel "The Small House at Allington," known for his charm, social ambition, and morally conflicted romantic entanglements.
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E.
John Ridgely
John Ridgely was an American character actor of the 1930s and 1940s, known for his supporting roles in numerous Hollywood films, particularly crime dramas and film noirs.
- 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: Charles O'Hara Target entity description: Charles O'Hara was an 18th-century British Army officer and colonial governor best known for his service in multiple major conflicts, including the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War.
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A.
Richard Bellingham
Richard Bellingham was a 17th-century colonial magistrate and politician who served multiple terms as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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B.
Charles Dunham
Charles Dunham is a fictional character in William Dean Howells’s novel "The Lady of the Aroostook," involved in the social and romantic entanglements that drive the story’s plot.
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C.
Clarence Buckingham
Clarence Buckingham was a Chicago civic leader and philanthropist whose legacy is commemorated by the iconic Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park.
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D.
Adolphus Crosbie
Adolphus Crosbie is a central character in Anthony Trollope’s novel "The Small House at Allington," known for his charm, social ambition, and morally conflicted romantic entanglements.
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E.
John Ridgely
John Ridgely was an American character actor of the 1930s and 1940s, known for his supporting roles in numerous Hollywood films, particularly crime dramas and film noirs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Army officer
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colonial governor ⓘ human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| familyName | O'Hara ⓘ |
| givenName | Charles ⓘ |
| heldRank | lieutenant general ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| militaryConflict |
Battle of Yorktown
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linked to:
Siege of Yorktown
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| notableEvent | commanded British troops at the surrender at Yorktown ⓘ |
| notableFor | service in multiple 18th-century conflicts ⓘ |
| occupation |
colonial administrator
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soldier ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
American Revolutionary War
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French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ Seven Years' War ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Governor of Gibraltar
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colonial governor ⓘ |
| rank | general ⓘ |
| sideInConflict |
Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War
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linked to:
British Crown during the American Revolution
Great Britain in the French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ Great Britain in the Seven Years' War ⓘ
linked to:
Allied forces in the Seven Years' War
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| surrenderedAt | Siege of Yorktown ⓘ |
| surrenderedTo | George Washington ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
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: Charles O'Hara Description of subject: Charles O'Hara was an 18th-century British Army officer and colonial governor best known for his service in multiple major conflicts, including the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Charles O'Hara