Richard Lestock
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Richard Lestock was an 18th-century British Royal Navy admiral best known for his controversial role in the War of the Austrian Succession and the ensuing court-martial over his conduct in battle.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Richard Lestock canonical | 3 |
| Richard Lestock – British | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11554052 — 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: Richard Lestock Context triple: [Battle of Toulon (1744), combatantCommander, Richard Lestock]
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A.
Paul Beeston
Paul Beeston is a prominent Canadian baseball executive best known for his long tenure as a top leader of the Toronto Blue Jays and as the first president of Major League Baseball.
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B.
Richard Suckle
Richard Suckle is an American film producer known for his work on major studio projects, including the DC superhero film "Wonder Woman" (2017).
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C.
Richard Laxton
Richard Laxton is a British film and television director known for his work on dramas such as the period film "Effie Gray."
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D.
Richard Bristow
Richard Bristow was a 16th-century English Catholic scholar and theologian who contributed to the development and annotation of the Douay–Rheims Bible.
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E.
William Dowdeswell
William Dowdeswell was an 18th-century British Whig politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and was a leading figure in the Rockingham Whig faction.
- 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: Richard Lestock Target entity description: Richard Lestock was an 18th-century British Royal Navy admiral best known for his controversial role in the War of the Austrian Succession and the ensuing court-martial over his conduct in battle.
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A.
Paul Beeston
Paul Beeston is a prominent Canadian baseball executive best known for his long tenure as a top leader of the Toronto Blue Jays and as the first president of Major League Baseball.
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B.
Richard Suckle
Richard Suckle is an American film producer known for his work on major studio projects, including the DC superhero film "Wonder Woman" (2017).
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C.
Richard Laxton
Richard Laxton is a British film and television director known for his work on dramas such as the period film "Effie Gray."
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D.
Richard Bristow
Richard Bristow was a 16th-century English Catholic scholar and theologian who contributed to the development and annotation of the Douay–Rheims Bible.
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E.
William Dowdeswell
William Dowdeswell was an 18th-century British Whig politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and was a leading figure in the Rockingham Whig faction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy officer
ⓘ
admiral ⓘ person ⓘ |
| acquittedOf | charges relating to misconduct in battle ⓘ |
| allegiance | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1679 ⓘ |
| conflict |
War of Jenkins' Ear
ⓘ
War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ |
| constituencyRepresented | Tregony ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1746 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Lestock ⓘ |
| givenName | Richard ⓘ |
| memberOf | Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
Rear Admiral of the Red
ⓘ
linked to:
Rear-Admiral of the Red
|
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Battle of Toulon
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court-martial following the Battle of Toulon ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial conduct at the Battle of Toulon
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subsequent court-martial and acquittal ⓘ |
| occupation | naval officer ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Member of Parliament ⓘ |
| promotedToRank |
captain
ⓘ
rear admiral ⓘ |
| serviceEnd | 1740s ⓘ |
| serviceStart | late 17th century ⓘ |
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: Richard Lestock Description of subject: Richard Lestock was an 18th-century British Royal Navy admiral best known for his controversial role in the War of the Austrian Succession and the ensuing court-martial over his conduct in battle.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Richard Lestock