Arthur Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington
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Arthur Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington, was a 19th-century British peer and Conservative politician who served as a Member of Parliament and held various court and ceremonial positions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Arthur Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7534157 — 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: Arthur Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington Context triple: [Wellesley, hasNotableBearer, Arthur Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington]
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Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington
Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington, was a 19th-century British peer and Conservative politician who served as Lord of the Treasury and Master of the Horse, and was the son of the famous general and prime minister, the 1st Duke of Wellington.
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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, was a British military leader and statesman best known for defeating Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo and later serving twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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C.
Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington
Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington, was a British peer, soldier, and diplomat who served as Ambassador to Spain and was a descendant of the famous Duke of Wellington who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.
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D.
Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge
Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, was a British nobleman and politician of the late 17th and early 18th centuries who served in Parliament and held various court and military offices.
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E.
William Pitt Amherst, 2nd Baron Amherst
William Pitt Amherst, 2nd Baron Amherst, was a British diplomat and colonial administrator who served as Governor-General of India from 1823 to 1828.
- 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: Arthur Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington Target entity description: Arthur Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington, was a 19th-century British peer and Conservative politician who served as a Member of Parliament and held various court and ceremonial positions.
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A.
Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington
Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington, was a 19th-century British peer and Conservative politician who served as Lord of the Treasury and Master of the Horse, and was the son of the famous general and prime minister, the 1st Duke of Wellington.
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B.
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, was a British military leader and statesman best known for defeating Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo and later serving twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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C.
Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington
Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington, was a British peer, soldier, and diplomat who served as Ambassador to Spain and was a descendant of the famous Duke of Wellington who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.
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D.
Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge
Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, was a British nobleman and politician of the late 17th and early 18th centuries who served in Parliament and held various court and military offices.
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E.
William Pitt Amherst, 2nd Baron Amherst
William Pitt Amherst, 2nd Baron Amherst, was a British diplomat and colonial administrator who served as Governor-General of India from 1823 to 1828.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British peer
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Conservative Party politician ⓘ human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| familyName | Wellesley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Arthur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ |
| nobleRank | Duke ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
3rd Duke of Wellington
NERFINISHED
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Baron Douro NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl of Mornington NERFINISHED ⓘ Marquess of Douro NERFINISHED ⓘ Viscount Wellesley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFamily | Wellesley family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
peer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Lord Warden of the Stannaries
NERFINISHED
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Lord of the Bedchamber NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord of the Treasury NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord-Lieutenant NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord-Lieutenant of Berkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord-Lieutenant of Middlesex NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord-Lieutenant of the City of York NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Berkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Durham NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Hants NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord-Lieutenant of the County of London NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Middlesex NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Southampton NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord-Lieutenant of the County of the City of York NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord-Lieutenant of the County of the East Riding of Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord-Lieutenant of the County of the North Riding of Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord-Lieutenant of the County of the West Riding of Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord-Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord-Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord-Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Master of the Horse NERFINISHED ⓘ Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ Privy Counsellor ⓘ |
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: Arthur Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington Description of subject: Arthur Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington, was a 19th-century British peer and Conservative politician who served as a Member of Parliament and held various court and ceremonial positions.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.