Cochise (Apache leader)

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Apache leader Chiricahua Apache human

Cochise (Apache leader) was a prominent 19th-century Chiricahua Apache chief known for his leadership in resisting U.S. and Mexican expansion into Apache territories in the American Southwest.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Cochise	25
Chiricahua Apache leader Cochise	1
Cochise (Apache leader) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1224019 — 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: Cochise (Apache leader)
Context triple: [Cochise, namedAfter, Cochise (Apache leader)]

A. Cochise
"Cochise" is a hard-hitting 2002 rock song by Audioslave, featuring Chris Cornell’s powerful vocals and Tom Morello’s distinctive guitar work, and is best known as the band’s debut single.
B. Crazy Horse
Crazy Horse is a famous Parisian cabaret known for its avant-garde, artistically choreographed nude performances and distinctive use of lighting and staging.
C. Crazy Horse
Crazy Horse was a renowned Oglala Lakota war leader known for his role in resisting U.S. expansion, including his leadership at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
D. Red Cloud
Red Cloud was a prominent Oglala Lakota (Sioux) war leader and statesman best known for successfully leading resistance against U.S. military expansion during Red Cloud’s War in the late 1860s.
E. Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull was a renowned Hunkpapa Lakota leader and holy man best known for uniting Plains tribes in resistance to U.S. expansion and for his role in the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn.
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: Cochise (Apache leader)
Target entity description: Cochise (Apache leader) was a prominent 19th-century Chiricahua Apache chief known for his leadership in resisting U.S. and Mexican expansion into Apache territories in the American Southwest.

A. Cochise
"Cochise" is a hard-hitting 2002 rock song by Audioslave, featuring Chris Cornell’s powerful vocals and Tom Morello’s distinctive guitar work, and is best known as the band’s debut single.
B. Crazy Horse
Crazy Horse is a famous Parisian cabaret known for its avant-garde, artistically choreographed nude performances and distinctive use of lighting and staging.
C. Crazy Horse
Crazy Horse was a renowned Oglala Lakota war leader known for his role in resisting U.S. expansion, including his leadership at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
D. Red Cloud
Red Cloud was a prominent Oglala Lakota (Sioux) war leader and statesman best known for successfully leading resistance against U.S. military expansion during Red Cloud’s War in the late 1860s.
E. Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull was a renowned Hunkpapa Lakota leader and holy man best known for uniting Plains tribes in resistance to U.S. expansion and for his role in the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Apache leader ⓘ Chiricahua Apache ⓘ human ⓘ
areaOfActivity	American Southwest ⓘ linked to: southwestern United States Arizona Territory ⓘ northern Mexico ⓘ
burialPlace	secret grave in the Dragoon Mountains ⓘ
conflict	American Indian Wars ⓘ linked to: United States–Native American wars Apache Wars ⓘ Bascom Affair ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Apache territory ⓘ
culture	Apache culture ⓘ
dateOfBirth	circa 1805 ⓘ early 19th century ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1874 ⓘ June 1874 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Apache ⓘ Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
givenName	Cochise ⓘ linked to: Cochise (Apache leader)
hasLegacy	Cochise County, Arizona named after him ⓘ Cochise Stronghold named after him ⓘ
hasPart	Cochise–Howard peace agreement ⓘ
influenced	subsequent U.S. Indian policy in the Southwest ⓘ
knownFor	guerrilla warfare against U.S. and Mexican forces ⓘ negotiating peace with the United States in the 1870s ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
nativeLanguage	Chiricahua Apache language ⓘ linked to: Chiricahua language
negotiatedWith	General Oliver O. Howard ⓘ linked to: Oliver Otis Howard Tom Jeffords ⓘ
notableEvent	Bascom Affair of 1861 ⓘ linked to: Bascom Affair establishment of a Chiricahua reservation in the 1870s ⓘ
notableFor	leadership in the Apache Wars ⓘ resistance to Mexican expansion into Apache lands ⓘ resistance to United States expansion into Apache lands ⓘ
occupation	tribal chief ⓘ war leader ⓘ
opponent	Mexican government ⓘ linked to: Government of Mexico United States Army ⓘ United States government ⓘ
partOf	Chokonen band of the Chiricahua Apache ⓘ linked to: Chiricahua Apache
placeOfBirth	Apache territory in what is now the American Southwest ⓘ area of present-day Arizona or New Mexico ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Arizona Territory ⓘ Dragoon Mountains ⓘ
positionHeld	chief of the Chokonen band of the Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
residence	Chiricahua Apache territory ⓘ Dragoon Mountains ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
signedTreatyWith	United States government ⓘ

How these facts were elicited