Macdonough
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Macdonough is a surname most notably associated with Thomas Macdonough, a distinguished early 19th-century U.S. naval officer and War of 1812 hero.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MacDonough | 4 |
| Macdonough canonical | 3 |
| Macdonough (surname) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1362617 — 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: Macdonough Context triple: [Thomas Macdonough, familyName, Macdonough]
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A.
Winfield Scott
Winfield Scott was a prominent U.S. Army general and presidential candidate who served in multiple American conflicts, including the War of 1812 and the Mexican–American War, and helped shape early U.S. military strategy.
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B.
Philip Sheridan
Philip Sheridan was a prominent Union general in the American Civil War who later became Commanding General of the U.S. Army during the Indian Wars and Reconstruction era.
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C.
Winfield Scott Hancock
Winfield Scott Hancock was a prominent Union Army general during the American Civil War and later a Democratic presidential nominee in the 1880 United States election.
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D.
John D. Schofield
John D. Schofield is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the World War II drama "Enemy at the Gates."
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E.
Robert S. Garnett
Robert S. Garnett was an American artist best known for creating the original design of the Great Seal of the State of California.
- 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: Macdonough Target entity description: Macdonough is a surname most notably associated with Thomas Macdonough, a distinguished early 19th-century U.S. naval officer and War of 1812 hero.
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A.
Winfield Scott
Winfield Scott was a prominent U.S. Army general and presidential candidate who served in multiple American conflicts, including the War of 1812 and the Mexican–American War, and helped shape early U.S. military strategy.
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B.
Philip Sheridan
Philip Sheridan was a prominent Union general in the American Civil War who later became Commanding General of the U.S. Army during the Indian Wars and Reconstruction era.
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C.
Winfield Scott Hancock
Winfield Scott Hancock was a prominent Union Army general during the American Civil War and later a Democratic presidential nominee in the 1880 United States election.
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D.
John D. Schofield
John D. Schofield is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the World War II drama "Enemy at the Gates."
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E.
Robert S. Garnett
Robert S. Garnett was an American artist best known for creating the original design of the Great Seal of the State of California.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy officer
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War of 1812 veteran ⓘ family name ⓘ human ⓘ naval officer ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Congressional Gold Medal
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Thanks of Congress ⓘ |
| conflict | War of 1812 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Macdonough ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Thomas Macdonough ⓘ |
| hasPartInName |
Macdonough (surname)
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linked to:
Macdonough
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| hasVariant |
MacDonough
ⓘ
linked to:
Macdonough
McDonough ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin |
English
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Irish ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Battle of Lake Champlain
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linked to:
Battle of Plattsburgh
association with U.S. naval officer Thomas Macdonough ⓘ service in the War of 1812 ⓘ |
| occupation | naval officer ⓘ |
| positionHeld | commodore in the United States Navy ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| usedIn | English-speaking countries ⓘ |
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: Macdonough Description of subject: Macdonough is a surname most notably associated with Thomas Macdonough, a distinguished early 19th-century U.S. naval officer and War of 1812 hero.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Macdonough
linked to: Macdonough
subject linked to:
Macdonough
subject linked to:
Macdonough
linked to: Macdonough
linked to: Macdonough
linked to: Macdonough