Brigadier General Alexander S. Webb
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Brigadier General Alexander S. Webb was a Union Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient best known for his decisive leadership defending Cemetery Ridge during Pickett’s Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20415218 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brigadier General Alexander S. Webb Context triple: [72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, higherCommand, Brigadier General Alexander S. Webb]
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Brigadier General J. H. Hobart Ward
Brigadier General J. H. Hobart Ward was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War, best known for leading his brigade in hard fighting at battles such as Gettysburg.
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Brigadier General Joshua W. Sill
Brigadier General Joshua W. Sill was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War, remembered for his leadership and for being killed in action at the Battle of Stones River.
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Major-General George F. Hopkinson
Major-General George F. Hopkinson was a British Army officer and airborne warfare pioneer who led elite paratroop and glider forces during the Second World War.
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Brigadier General James Winchester
Brigadier General James Winchester was an American military officer and War of 1812 commander who played a prominent role in early western campaigns, including the ill-fated operations in the Northwest Territory.
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Brigadier General George Burrows
Brigadier General George Burrows was a British Indian Army officer best known for commanding the British-Indian forces at the disastrous 1880 Battle of Maiwand during the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brigadier General Alexander S. Webb Target entity description: Brigadier General Alexander S. Webb was a Union Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient best known for his decisive leadership defending Cemetery Ridge during Pickett’s Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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A.
Brigadier General J. H. Hobart Ward
Brigadier General J. H. Hobart Ward was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War, best known for leading his brigade in hard fighting at battles such as Gettysburg.
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B.
Brigadier General Joshua W. Sill
Brigadier General Joshua W. Sill was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War, remembered for his leadership and for being killed in action at the Battle of Stones River.
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C.
Major-General George F. Hopkinson
Major-General George F. Hopkinson was a British Army officer and airborne warfare pioneer who led elite paratroop and glider forces during the Second World War.
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D.
Brigadier General James Winchester
Brigadier General James Winchester was an American military officer and War of 1812 commander who played a prominent role in early western campaigns, including the ill-fated operations in the Northwest Territory.
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E.
Brigadier General George Burrows
Brigadier General George Burrows was a British Indian Army officer best known for commanding the British-Indian forces at the disastrous 1880 Battle of Maiwand during the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
- F. None of above. chosen
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