John Paulding
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John Paulding was an American militiaman during the Revolutionary War best known as one of the three captors of British Major John André, helping to expose Benedict Arnold’s treason.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Paulding canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9086422 — 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: John Paulding Context triple: [William Paulding Jr., relative, John Paulding]
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A.
William Paulding Jr.
William Paulding Jr. was a 19th-century American politician and lawyer who served as mayor of New York City and later owned the historic Lyndhurst estate in Tarrytown, New York.
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B.
Elkin Mathews
Elkin Mathews was a British publisher and bookseller best known for championing early works of major modernist writers, including W.B. Yeats and James Joyce.
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C.
John Milledge
John Milledge was an American politician and statesman who served as governor of Georgia and a U.S. congressman in the early 19th century.
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D.
James Kirke Paulding
James Kirke Paulding was a 19th-century American writer and politician known for his satirical and nationalist literature and for serving as U.S. Secretary of the Navy.
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E.
James Maury
James Maury was an early American diplomat who served as the first U.S. consul in Liverpool, England, playing a key role in fostering Anglo-American trade relations in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
- 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: John Paulding Target entity description: John Paulding was an American militiaman during the Revolutionary War best known as one of the three captors of British Major John André, helping to expose Benedict Arnold’s treason.
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A.
William Paulding Jr.
William Paulding Jr. was a 19th-century American politician and lawyer who served as mayor of New York City and later owned the historic Lyndhurst estate in Tarrytown, New York.
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B.
Elkin Mathews
Elkin Mathews was a British publisher and bookseller best known for championing early works of major modernist writers, including W.B. Yeats and James Joyce.
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C.
John Milledge
John Milledge was an American politician and statesman who served as governor of Georgia and a U.S. congressman in the early 19th century.
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D.
James Kirke Paulding
James Kirke Paulding was a 19th-century American writer and politician known for his satirical and nationalist literature and for serving as U.S. Secretary of the Navy.
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E.
James Maury
James Maury was an early American diplomat who served as the first U.S. consul in Liverpool, England, playing a key role in fostering Anglo-American trade relations in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American militiaman
ⓘ
Revolutionary War veteran ⓘ person ⓘ |
| allegiance | Continental forces ⓘ |
| associatedWithLocation |
Tarrytown, New York
ⓘ
Westchester County, New York ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Old Van Cortlandtville Cemetery ⓘ |
| captured | John André ⓘ |
| coCaptors |
David Williams
ⓘ
Isaac Van Wart ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | historical markers in New York ⓘ |
| conflict | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1758 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1818 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | American of Dutch descent ⓘ |
| familyName | Paulding ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | John ⓘ |
| hasMonument | statue at Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx, New York ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | capture of John André on September 23, 1780 ⓘ |
| honouredIn | monuments in New York ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | group of three militiamen who captured John André ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | New York militia ⓘ |
| notableFor |
capturing British Major John André
ⓘ
helping to expose Benedict Arnold’s treason ⓘ |
| occupation | soldier ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
New York (colony of New York)
ⓘ
linked to:
New York Colony
|
| placeOfDeath | New York ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | American patriot in 19th-century literature ⓘ |
| received | pension from the United States Congress ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| recognizedFor |
loyalty to the American cause
ⓘ
patriotism ⓘ |
| refused | bribes from John André ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | intercepted André near Tarrytown, New York ⓘ |
| sideInWar | Patriot ⓘ |
| spouse | Catharine Hogencamp ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: John Paulding Description of subject: John Paulding was an American militiaman during the Revolutionary War best known as one of the three captors of British Major John André, helping to expose Benedict Arnold’s treason.
Referenced by (5)
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