Francis J. Herron
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Francis J. Herron was a Union Army general during the American Civil War, recognized for his leadership in key Western Theater campaigns and for receiving the Medal of Honor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Francis J. Herron canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12727838 — 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: Francis J. Herron Context triple: [Army of the Frontier, notableCommander, Francis J. Herron]
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A.
George A. Hinsdale
George A. Hinsdale was a 19th-century American politician and public official in Colorado, after whom Hinsdale County was named.
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B.
Samuel C. Armstrong
Samuel C. Armstrong was an American educator and Civil War officer best known for founding Hampton Institute and shaping the educational philosophy of prominent Black leaders in the post–Civil War era.
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C.
Alfred H. Terry
Alfred H. Terry was a Union Army general during the American Civil War, best known for leading the successful assault on Fort Fisher in 1865.
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D.
Philip H. Lathrop
Philip H. Lathrop was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous notable films and television productions in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Charles W. Bingham
Charles W. Bingham was a prominent American businessman and philanthropist whose contributions to education and public institutions led to buildings such as Bingham Hall being named in his honor.
- 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: Francis J. Herron Target entity description: Francis J. Herron was a Union Army general during the American Civil War, recognized for his leadership in key Western Theater campaigns and for receiving the Medal of Honor.
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A.
George A. Hinsdale
George A. Hinsdale was a 19th-century American politician and public official in Colorado, after whom Hinsdale County was named.
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B.
Samuel C. Armstrong
Samuel C. Armstrong was an American educator and Civil War officer best known for founding Hampton Institute and shaping the educational philosophy of prominent Black leaders in the post–Civil War era.
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C.
Alfred H. Terry
Alfred H. Terry was a Union Army general during the American Civil War, best known for leading the successful assault on Fort Fisher in 1865.
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D.
Philip H. Lathrop
Philip H. Lathrop was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous notable films and television productions in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Charles W. Bingham
Charles W. Bingham was a prominent American businessman and philanthropist whose contributions to education and public institutions led to buildings such as Bingham Hall being named in his honor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (21)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War veteran
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Union Army general ⓘ human ⓘ |
| allegiance | Union ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Medal of Honor ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Herron ⓘ |
| givenName | Francis ⓘ |
| middleInitial | J. ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Union Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
brigadier general
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major general ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
recipient of the Medal of Honor for Civil War service
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recognized for leadership in Western Theater campaigns ⓘ |
| notableEvent | service in the Union Army during the American Civil War ⓘ |
| notableWork | leadership in key Western Theater campaigns during the American Civil War ⓘ |
| occupation | military officer ⓘ |
| serviceNumberOrUnit |
Union Army (United States)
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linked to:
Union Army
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| theaterOfWar | Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ |
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: Francis J. Herron Description of subject: Francis J. Herron was a Union Army general during the American Civil War, recognized for his leadership in key Western Theater campaigns and for receiving the Medal of Honor.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.