Robert Treat
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Robert Treat was a 17th-century colonial military leader and politician in New England who later served as governor of the Connecticut Colony.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert Treat canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11070276 — 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: Robert Treat Context triple: [Great Swamp Massacre, commander, Robert Treat]
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A.
Robert Treat Paine
Robert Treat Paine was an American Founding Father and lawyer best known as a signer of the Declaration of Independence from Massachusetts.
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B.
Marinus Willett
Marinus Willett was an American Revolutionary War officer and political leader from New York, known for his active role in colonial resistance and later service as mayor of New York City.
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C.
William Ellery
William Ellery was an American Founding Father and signer of the Declaration of Independence from Rhode Island.
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D.
Samuel Hopkins
Samuel Hopkins was an 18th-century American Congregationalist theologian known for developing a rigorous Calvinist system later called Hopkinsianism, which became a central strand of New England theology.
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E.
Samuel Hopkins
Samuel Hopkins was an American Revolutionary War officer and early Kentucky statesman after whom the city of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, is named.
- 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: Robert Treat Target entity description: Robert Treat was a 17th-century colonial military leader and politician in New England who later served as governor of the Connecticut Colony.
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A.
Robert Treat Paine
Robert Treat Paine was an American Founding Father and lawyer best known as a signer of the Declaration of Independence from Massachusetts.
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B.
Marinus Willett
Marinus Willett was an American Revolutionary War officer and political leader from New York, known for his active role in colonial resistance and later service as mayor of New York City.
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C.
William Ellery
William Ellery was an American Founding Father and signer of the Declaration of Independence from Rhode Island.
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D.
Samuel Hopkins
Samuel Hopkins was an 18th-century American Congregationalist theologian known for developing a rigorous Calvinist system later called Hopkinsianism, which became a central strand of New England theology.
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E.
Samuel Hopkins
Samuel Hopkins was an American Revolutionary War officer and early Kentucky statesman after whom the city of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, is named.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial governor
ⓘ
military leader ⓘ person ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1622-02-23 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Pitminster, Somerset, England ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Milford Cemetery, Milford, Connecticut ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 17th century ⓘ |
| child |
John Treat
ⓘ
Samuel Treat ⓘ |
| commanded | Connecticut militia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | England ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1710-07-12 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| familyName | Treat ⓘ |
| founded |
Newark, New Jersey
ⓘ
linked to:
Newark
|
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| governedTerritory | Connecticut Colony ⓘ |
| hasLegacy | Treat family prominence in Connecticut ⓘ |
| honoredBy | statue in Milford, Connecticut ⓘ |
| immigratedTo | Connecticut Colony ⓘ |
| militaryConflict | King Philip's War ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership in King Philip's War
ⓘ
long tenure as governor of Connecticut Colony ⓘ role in early governance of Newark, New Jersey ⓘ |
| officeEnd | 1709 ⓘ |
| officeStart | 1676 ⓘ |
| participatedIn | negotiations over the Connecticut Charter ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Deputy Governor of the Connecticut Colony
ⓘ
Governor of the Connecticut Colony ⓘ founder of Newark, New Jersey ⓘ militia officer ⓘ town leader of Milford ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Connecticut Colony
ⓘ
New England ⓘ New Jersey Colony ⓘ
linked to:
Crown Colony of New Jersey
|
| religion | Puritan ⓘ |
| residence |
Milford, Connecticut Colony
ⓘ
linked to:
Milford, Connecticut
Newark, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to:
Newark
|
| spouse | Jane Tapp ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Robert Treat Description of subject: Robert Treat was a 17th-century colonial military leader and politician in New England who later served as governor of the Connecticut Colony.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.