midnight ride
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The midnight ride was Paul Revere’s famous 1775 horseback journey to warn colonial leaders and militias of approaching British forces at the start of the American Revolutionary War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| midnight ride canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10567239 — 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: midnight ride Context triple: [Paul Revere, notableFor, midnight ride]
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A.
Midnight Rider
"Midnight Rider" is one of The Allman Brothers Band’s signature Southern rock songs, known for its haunting melody, reflective lyrics, and enduring influence on rock and country music.
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B.
Night Ride Home
"Night Ride Home" is a 1991 studio album by Joni Mitchell that marked a return to a more acoustic, introspective sound and is widely regarded as one of her late-career highlights.
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C.
Ride the Night Away
"Ride the Night Away" is a rock song best known from Jimmy Barnes’s 1985 album *For the Working Class Man*, co-written by Jonathan Cain and John Waite.
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D.
Night Drive
"Night Drive" is a poem by Seamus Heaney that evokes a nocturnal journey through vivid, atmospheric imagery and reflective, introspective tone.
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E.
The Ride
The Ride is a 2017 studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado that marked her return after a long hiatus with a more experimental, indie-pop sound.
- 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: midnight ride Target entity description: The midnight ride was Paul Revere’s famous 1775 horseback journey to warn colonial leaders and militias of approaching British forces at the start of the American Revolutionary War.
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A.
Midnight Rider
"Midnight Rider" is one of The Allman Brothers Band’s signature Southern rock songs, known for its haunting melody, reflective lyrics, and enduring influence on rock and country music.
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B.
Night Ride Home
"Night Ride Home" is a 1991 studio album by Joni Mitchell that marked a return to a more acoustic, introspective sound and is widely regarded as one of her late-career highlights.
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C.
Ride the Night Away
"Ride the Night Away" is a rock song best known from Jimmy Barnes’s 1985 album *For the Working Class Man*, co-written by Jonathan Cain and John Waite.
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D.
Night Drive
"Night Drive" is a poem by Seamus Heaney that evokes a nocturnal journey through vivid, atmospheric imagery and reflective, introspective tone.
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E.
The Ride
The Ride is a 2017 studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado that marked her return after a long hiatus with a more experimental, indie-pop sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
ⓘ
horseback journey ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Paul Revere’s midnight ride
ⓘ
linked to:
"Paul Revere's Ride"
|
| associatedWith |
Massachusetts militia
ⓘ
linked to:
Massachusetts state militia
Sons of Liberty ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | Patriots’ Day observances in some U.S. states ⓘ |
| country | Thirteen Colonies ⓘ |
| endDate | 1775-04-19 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ |
| hasCause |
British plan to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock
ⓘ
British plan to seize colonial military supplies at Concord ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
early armed resistance to British troops
ⓘ
mobilization of colonial militias ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
to alert colonial militias
ⓘ
to warn colonial leaders of approaching British forces ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
patriotic vigilance
ⓘ
resistance to tyranny ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
American Revolution
ⓘ
linked to:
American Revolutionary War
|
| location |
Boston
ⓘ
Concord ⓘ Lexington ⓘ Massachusetts ⓘ |
| mainParticipant | Paul Revere ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
legendary warning ride
ⓘ
symbol of American patriotism ⓘ |
| notableWorkAbout |
Paul Revere’s Ride
ⓘ
linked to:
"Paul Revere's Ride"
Paul Revere’s Ride (poem) ⓘ
linked to:
"Paul Revere's Ride"
|
| notableWorkAuthor | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ⓘ |
| opponent |
British Army
ⓘ
British regulars ⓘ |
| participant |
Samuel Prescott
ⓘ
William Dawes ⓘ colonial militias ⓘ |
| partOf | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| precededBy | British march orders from Boston ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
warning to John Hancock
ⓘ
warning to Samuel Adams ⓘ |
| startDate | 1775-04-18 ⓘ |
| timeOfDay |
midnight
ⓘ
night ⓘ |
| transportationMode | horseback ⓘ |
| year | 1775 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: midnight ride Description of subject: The midnight ride was Paul Revere’s famous 1775 horseback journey to warn colonial leaders and militias of approaching British forces at the start of the American Revolutionary War.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Revere