Henry Atkinson – United States forces
E111688
Henry Atkinson was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading American forces against Black Hawk’s band during the Black Hawk War of 1832.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Henry Atkinson – United States forces canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T937611 — 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: Henry Atkinson – United States forces Context triple: [Battle of Bad Axe, commanderFor, Henry Atkinson – United States forces]
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A.
Major William Barker
Major William Barker was a highly decorated Canadian First World War flying ace renowned for his extraordinary aerial combat achievements and bravery.
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B.
Colonel Alexander Bliss
Colonel Alexander Bliss was a 19th-century American editor and publisher best known for requesting and preserving one of the authoritative manuscript copies of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.
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C.
William Howe Crane
William Howe Crane was an American lawyer and the older brother of author Stephen Crane, known for his legal career and support of his sibling's literary pursuits.
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D.
Henry Gage
Henry Gage was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 20th governor of California from 1899 to 1903.
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E.
General William L. Shelton
General William L. Shelton is a retired United States Air Force four-star general who led major space operations and modernization efforts, including serving as commander of Air Force Space Command.
- 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: Henry Atkinson – United States forces Target entity description: Henry Atkinson was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading American forces against Black Hawk’s band during the Black Hawk War of 1832.
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A.
Major William Barker
Major William Barker was a highly decorated Canadian First World War flying ace renowned for his extraordinary aerial combat achievements and bravery.
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B.
Colonel Alexander Bliss
Colonel Alexander Bliss was a 19th-century American editor and publisher best known for requesting and preserving one of the authoritative manuscript copies of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.
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C.
William Howe Crane
William Howe Crane was an American lawyer and the older brother of author Stephen Crane, known for his legal career and support of his sibling's literary pursuits.
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D.
Henry Gage
Henry Gage was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 20th governor of California from 1899 to 1903.
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E.
General William L. Shelton
General William L. Shelton is a retired United States Air Force four-star general who led major space operations and modernization efforts, including serving as commander of Air Force Space Command.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army officer
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
U.S. Indian wars
ⓘ
linked to:
United States–Native American wars
United States frontier army ⓘ |
| basedIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| conflict | Black Hawk War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroupAsOpponent |
Meskwaki (Fox)
ⓘ
Sauk ⓘ |
| historicalRegionOfActivity |
Illinois
ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ Wisconsin Territory ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryConflictCommanded | campaigns against Black Hawk’s band ⓘ |
| militaryRank | officer ⓘ |
| notableEvent | pursuit of Black Hawk’s band in Illinois and Wisconsin Territory ⓘ |
| notableFor |
commanding U.S. forces in the Black Hawk War
ⓘ
leadership of U.S. regular troops on the northwestern frontier ⓘ |
| occupation | military officer ⓘ |
| opponent | Black Hawk ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States forces in the Black Hawk War
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Hawk War
|
| role | commander of United States forces against Black Hawk’s band ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| typeOfLeadership | field command ⓘ |
| yearOfEvent | 1832 ⓘ |
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: Henry Atkinson – United States forces Description of subject: Henry Atkinson was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading American forces against Black Hawk’s band during the Black Hawk War of 1832.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.