Ochterlony
E713713
Ochterlony is a Scottish-origin surname most notably associated with Sir David Ochterlony, a British East India Company officer prominent in early 19th-century India.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ochterlony canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8124374 — 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: Ochterlony Context triple: [David Ochterlony, familyName, Ochterlony]
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A.
Goschen
Goschen is a British surname most notably associated with the aristocratic Viscounts Goschen, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
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B.
Colsterworth
Colsterworth is a village in Lincolnshire, England, best known for its proximity to Woolsthorpe Manor, the birthplace of Sir Isaac Newton.
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C.
Craufurd
Craufurd is an alternative spelling of the surname Crawford, historically borne by several notable Scottish families and individuals.
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D.
Yates
Yates is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across literature, politics, sports, and other fields.
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E.
Heseltine
Heseltine is a surname most prominently associated with Michael Heseltine, a senior British Conservative politician and former Deputy Prime Minister.
- 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: Ochterlony Target entity description: Ochterlony is a Scottish-origin surname most notably associated with Sir David Ochterlony, a British East India Company officer prominent in early 19th-century India.
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A.
Goschen
Goschen is a British surname most notably associated with the aristocratic Viscounts Goschen, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
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B.
Colsterworth
Colsterworth is a village in Lincolnshire, England, best known for its proximity to Woolsthorpe Manor, the birthplace of Sir Isaac Newton.
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C.
Craufurd
Craufurd is an alternative spelling of the surname Crawford, historically borne by several notable Scottish families and individuals.
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D.
Yates
Yates is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across literature, politics, sports, and other fields.
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E.
Heseltine
Heseltine is a surname most prominently associated with Michael Heseltine, a senior British Conservative politician and former Deputy Prime Minister.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British East India Company officer
ⓘ
military officer ⓘ person ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| allegiance |
British East India Company
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | British America ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | British India ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1758-02-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1825-07-15 ⓘ |
| employer | British East India Company ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Scottish ⓘ |
| familyName | Ochterlony ⓘ |
| givenName | David ⓘ |
| hasCountryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | Scottish ⓘ |
| hasNotableAssociation |
Anglo-Nepalese War
ⓘ
British India ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | David Ochterlony ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Sir ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Bengal Army ⓘ |
| notableFor |
role in the Anglo-Nepalese War
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service in early 19th-century India ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Boston ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Meerut ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Resident at Delhi ⓘ |
| rank | Major General ⓘ |
| residence | Delhi ⓘ |
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: Ochterlony Description of subject: Ochterlony is a Scottish-origin surname most notably associated with Sir David Ochterlony, a British East India Company officer prominent in early 19th-century India.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
General David Ochterlony
subject linked to:
Ochterlony