James Iredell Waddell
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James Iredell Waddell was a Confederate States Navy officer best known for commanding the commerce raider CSS Shenandoah during the American Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Iredell Waddell canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21805320 — 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: James Iredell Waddell Context triple: [CSS Shenandoah, captain, James Iredell Waddell]
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A.
William B. Umstead
William B. Umstead was a mid-20th-century North Carolina politician who served as both a U.S. senator and the 63rd governor of the state.
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B.
William B. Taliaferro
William B. Taliaferro was a Confederate general during the American Civil War who held several important field commands in the Eastern Theater.
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C.
John B. Randleman
John B. Randleman was a notable figure after whom the city of Randleman, North Carolina, was named, likely due to his prominence or contributions to the area.
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D.
Henry W. Ralston
Henry W. Ralston was a publishing executive at Street & Smith who co-created and helped develop the pulp hero Doc Savage in the 1930s.
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E.
Paul Hamilton Hayne
Paul Hamilton Hayne was a 19th-century American poet and critic from the South, known for his lyrical verse and contributions to post–Civil War Southern literature.
- 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: James Iredell Waddell Target entity description: James Iredell Waddell was a Confederate States Navy officer best known for commanding the commerce raider CSS Shenandoah during the American Civil War.
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A.
William B. Umstead
William B. Umstead was a mid-20th-century North Carolina politician who served as both a U.S. senator and the 63rd governor of the state.
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B.
William B. Taliaferro
William B. Taliaferro was a Confederate general during the American Civil War who held several important field commands in the Eastern Theater.
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C.
John B. Randleman
John B. Randleman was a notable figure after whom the city of Randleman, North Carolina, was named, likely due to his prominence or contributions to the area.
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D.
Henry W. Ralston
Henry W. Ralston was a publishing executive at Street & Smith who co-created and helped develop the pulp hero Doc Savage in the 1930s.
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E.
Paul Hamilton Hayne
Paul Hamilton Hayne was a 19th-century American poet and critic from the South, known for his lyrical verse and contributions to post–Civil War Southern literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.