Admiral Robert Calder
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Admiral Robert Calder was a British Royal Navy officer best known for commanding the fleet in the 1805 Battle of Cape Finisterre during the Napoleonic Wars.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Admiral Robert Calder canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7395621 — 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: Admiral Robert Calder Context triple: [Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805), fleetCommander, Admiral Robert Calder]
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Admiral James Gambier
Admiral James Gambier was a British Royal Navy officer and admiral who served in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, noted for his roles in the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812.
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Admiral Sir Charles Madden
Admiral Sir Charles Madden was a senior Royal Navy officer who rose to become First Sea Lord and played a key command role in the British fleet during the early 20th century, including World War I.
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Admiral Sir Henry Leach
Admiral Sir Henry Leach was a senior Royal Navy officer and First Sea Lord best known for his decisive role in advocating for and directing the British naval response during the Falklands War.
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D.
Rear Admiral Richard Saunders Dundas
Rear Admiral Richard Saunders Dundas was a 19th-century British naval officer best known for his command roles in the Royal Navy during the Crimean War.
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E.
Admiral Sir Rhoderick McGrigor
Admiral Sir Rhoderick McGrigor was a senior Royal Navy officer who rose to the highest seagoing commands during and after the Second World War, ultimately serving as First Sea Lord.
- 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: Admiral Robert Calder Target entity description: Admiral Robert Calder was a British Royal Navy officer best known for commanding the fleet in the 1805 Battle of Cape Finisterre during the Napoleonic Wars.
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A.
Admiral James Gambier
Admiral James Gambier was a British Royal Navy officer and admiral who served in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, noted for his roles in the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812.
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B.
Admiral Sir Charles Madden
Admiral Sir Charles Madden was a senior Royal Navy officer who rose to become First Sea Lord and played a key command role in the British fleet during the early 20th century, including World War I.
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C.
Admiral Sir Henry Leach
Admiral Sir Henry Leach was a senior Royal Navy officer and First Sea Lord best known for his decisive role in advocating for and directing the British naval response during the Falklands War.
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D.
Rear Admiral Richard Saunders Dundas
Rear Admiral Richard Saunders Dundas was a 19th-century British naval officer best known for his command roles in the Royal Navy during the Crimean War.
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E.
Admiral Sir Rhoderick McGrigor
Admiral Sir Rhoderick McGrigor was a senior Royal Navy officer who rose to the highest seagoing commands during and after the Second World War, ultimately serving as First Sea Lord.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy officer
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Kingdom of Great Britain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1745-07-02 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Elgin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotland ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| charge | not doing his utmost to renew engagement with the enemy fleet ⓘ |
| commanded | British fleet at the Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805) ⓘ |
| conflict |
American Revolutionary War
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French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ Napoleonic Wars ⓘ Seven Years' War ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| courtMartial | court-martial following the Battle of Cape Finisterre ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1818-08-31 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
England
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Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Holmwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
18th century
ⓘ
19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Calder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | James Calder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| mother | Alice Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | naval officer ⓘ |
| parliamentaryRole | witness before the 1805–1806 inquiry into naval operations ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of St. Kitts NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Saintes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| promotedToRank |
Admiral
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Rear Admiral ⓘ Vice Admiral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rank | Admiral ⓘ |
| residence | Holmwood, near Petersfield, Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resultOfCourtMartial | severely reprimanded ⓘ |
| servedUnder |
Admiral George Rodney
NERFINISHED
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Admiral Horatio Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceEndYear | 1810 ⓘ |
| serviceStartYear | 1759 ⓘ |
| spouse | Amelia Michell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Admiral Robert Calder Description of subject: Admiral Robert Calder was a British Royal Navy officer best known for commanding the fleet in the 1805 Battle of Cape Finisterre during the Napoleonic Wars.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.