Commodore Robert F. Stockton
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Commodore Robert F. Stockton was a 19th-century U.S. naval officer and political figure best known for his leadership in the conquest of California during the Mexican–American War.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Commodore Robert F. Stockton canonical | 2 |
| Commodore Stockton | 1 |
| Robert Field Stockton (various ships and places) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11640690 — 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: Commodore Robert F. Stockton Context triple: [U.S. Navy Pacific Squadron operations in California, commandedBy, Commodore Robert F. Stockton]
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Commodore David Porter
Commodore David Porter was a prominent early 19th-century United States Navy officer known for his daring command during the War of 1812, particularly in the Pacific campaign of the USS Essex.
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Commodore Henry A. Walke
Commodore Henry A. Walke was a 19th-century United States Navy officer noted for his distinguished service, particularly during the American Civil War.
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David Dixon Porter
David Dixon Porter was a prominent United States Navy admiral who played a key leadership role in Union naval operations during the American Civil War, particularly in the Mississippi River campaigns.
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Thomas Truxtun
Thomas Truxtun was an early United States Navy officer renowned for his leadership and naval victories during the late 18th century, particularly in conflicts with France.
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Isaac Hull
Isaac Hull was a United States Navy officer and War of 1812 hero best known for his decisive victory commanding the frigate USS Constitution against HMS Guerriere.
- 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: Commodore Robert F. Stockton Target entity description: Commodore Robert F. Stockton was a 19th-century U.S. naval officer and political figure best known for his leadership in the conquest of California during the Mexican–American War.
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A.
Commodore David Porter
Commodore David Porter was a prominent early 19th-century United States Navy officer known for his daring command during the War of 1812, particularly in the Pacific campaign of the USS Essex.
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B.
Commodore Henry A. Walke
Commodore Henry A. Walke was a 19th-century United States Navy officer noted for his distinguished service, particularly during the American Civil War.
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C.
David Dixon Porter
David Dixon Porter was a prominent United States Navy admiral who played a key leadership role in Union naval operations during the American Civil War, particularly in the Mississippi River campaigns.
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D.
Thomas Truxtun
Thomas Truxtun was an early United States Navy officer renowned for his leadership and naval victories during the late 18th century, particularly in conflicts with France.
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E.
Isaac Hull
Isaac Hull was a United States Navy officer and War of 1812 hero best known for his decisive victory commanding the frigate USS Constitution against HMS Guerriere.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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: Commodore Robert F. Stockton Description of subject: Commodore Robert F. Stockton was a 19th-century U.S. naval officer and political figure best known for his leadership in the conquest of California during the Mexican–American War.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Commodore Robert F. Stockton
linked to: Commodore Robert F. Stockton