Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke
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Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, was an 18th-century British Whig politician and peer who served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and held several high offices under King George III.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10147663 — 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: Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke Context triple: [Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, child, Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke]
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Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, was an influential 18th-century British lawyer and statesman who served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.
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B.
1st Earl of Eldon
The 1st Earl of Eldon was John Scott, a prominent British lawyer and Conservative politician who served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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C.
William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath
William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, was an influential 18th-century British Whig politician and statesman who became one of the leading opponents of Sir Robert Walpole’s government.
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D.
Scroop Egerton, 4th Earl of Bridgewater
Scroop Egerton, 4th Earl of Bridgewater, was an English peer of the early 18th century who held the Bridgewater earldom prior to its elevation to a dukedom in his family.
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E.
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, was a British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 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: Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke Target entity description: Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, was an 18th-century British Whig politician and peer who served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and held several high offices under King George III.
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A.
Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, was an influential 18th-century British lawyer and statesman who served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.
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B.
1st Earl of Eldon
The 1st Earl of Eldon was John Scott, a prominent British lawyer and Conservative politician who served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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C.
William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath
William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, was an influential 18th-century British Whig politician and statesman who became one of the leading opponents of Sir Robert Walpole’s government.
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D.
Scroop Egerton, 4th Earl of Bridgewater
Scroop Egerton, 4th Earl of Bridgewater, was an English peer of the early 18th century who held the Bridgewater earldom prior to its elevation to a dukedom in his family.
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E.
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, was a British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British peer
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Earl in the Peerage of Great Britain ⓘ Whig politician ⓘ human ⓘ |
| aristocraticTitle |
Baron
ⓘ
Earl NERFINISHED ⓘ Viscount ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 18th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| familyName | Yorke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Philip NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | The Right Honourable ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Whig Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monarchDuringTerm |
George III of Great Britain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
George III of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Yorke family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleRank | Earl ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Earl of Hardwicke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
service as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
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service in high offices under King George III ⓘ |
| occupation |
nobleman
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politician ⓘ |
| ordinalInTitle | 2nd Earl of Hardwicke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| peerage | Peerage of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Whig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire and the Isle of Ely NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire and the Isle of Ely and the City of Ely NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire and the Isle of Ely and the City of Ely and the Liberty of Ely NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire and the Isle of Ely and the City of Ely and the Liberty of Ely and the County of Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire and the Isle of Ely and the City of Ely and the Liberty of Ely and the County of Cambridge and the County of Huntingdon NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire and the Isle of Ely and the City of Ely and the Liberty of Ely and the County of Cambridge and the County of Huntingdon and the County of the Isle of Ely NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire and the Isle of Ely and the City of Ely and the Liberty of Ely and the County of Cambridge and the County of Huntingdon and the County of the Isle of Ely and the County of the City of Ely NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire and the Isle of Ely and the City of Ely and the Liberty of Ely and the County of Cambridge and the County of Huntingdon and the County of the Isle of Ely and the County of the City of Ely and the Liberty of Ely NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire and the Isle of Ely and the City of Ely and the Liberty of Ely and the County of Cambridge and the County of Huntingdon and the County of the Isle of Ely and the County of the City of Ely and the Liberty of Ely and the County of the Liberty of Ely NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire and the Isle of Ely and the City of Ely and the Liberty of Ely and the County of Cambridge and the County of Huntingdon and the County of the Isle of Ely and the County of the City of Ely and the Liberty of Ely and the County of the Liberty of Ely and the County of the Liberty of Ely and the County of the Liberty of Ely NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Great Britain
NERFINISHED
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| titleHeld |
Baron Hardwicke
NERFINISHED
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Viscount Royston 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: Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke Description of subject: Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, was an 18th-century British Whig politician and peer who served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and held several high offices under King George III.
Referenced by (2)
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