William Jasper
E168585
William Jasper was an American Revolutionary War sergeant celebrated for his bravery, particularly during the defense of Fort Moultrie in 1776.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William Jasper canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1322560 — 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: William Jasper Context triple: [Jasper County, Missouri, namedAfter, William Jasper]
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A.
Francis Smith
Francis Smith was a British Army officer best known for leading the regular troops during the opening engagements of the American Revolutionary War at Lexington and Concord in 1775.
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B.
Nathaniel Lyon
Nathaniel Lyon was a Union Army general in the American Civil War, notable as the first Union general killed in combat during the conflict.
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C.
Thomas Parkhurst
Thomas Parkhurst was a 17th-century London bookseller and publisher known for issuing prominent Puritan and religious works.
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D.
William Belton
William Belton was the namesake of the city of Belton in Missouri, United States, likely a locally significant historical figure such as an early settler, landowner, or community leader.
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E.
Earl Cornwallis
Earl Cornwallis is the noble title held by Charles Cornwallis, the British general best known for his role in the American Revolutionary War and his surrender at Yorktown in 1781.
- 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: William Jasper Target entity description: William Jasper was an American Revolutionary War sergeant celebrated for his bravery, particularly during the defense of Fort Moultrie in 1776.
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A.
Francis Smith
Francis Smith was a British Army officer best known for leading the regular troops during the opening engagements of the American Revolutionary War at Lexington and Concord in 1775.
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B.
Nathaniel Lyon
Nathaniel Lyon was a Union Army general in the American Civil War, notable as the first Union general killed in combat during the conflict.
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C.
Thomas Parkhurst
Thomas Parkhurst was a 17th-century London bookseller and publisher known for issuing prominent Puritan and religious works.
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D.
William Belton
William Belton was the namesake of the city of Belton in Missouri, United States, likely a locally significant historical figure such as an early settler, landowner, or community leader.
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E.
Earl Cornwallis
Earl Cornwallis is the noble title held by Charles Cornwallis, the British general best known for his role in the American Revolutionary War and his surrender at Yorktown in 1781.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Revolutionary War soldier
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Continental Army
ⓘ
Patriot forces ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Jasper County, Georgia
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Jasper County, South Carolina ⓘ monuments in Charleston, South Carolina ⓘ monuments in Savannah, Georgia ⓘ |
| conflict |
American Revolutionary War
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Siege of Savannah ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| date | 1776 ⓘ |
| deathCause | killed in action ⓘ |
| deathPlace | near Savannah, Georgia ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | American colonist ⓘ |
| familyName | Jasper ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| heroicAct | retrieving and raising the fallen flag at Fort Moultrie under enemy fire ⓘ |
| honor | remembered as a Revolutionary War hero in South Carolina and Georgia ⓘ |
| militaryRank | sergeant ⓘ |
| militaryUnit | 2nd South Carolina Regiment ⓘ |
| notableEvent | defense of Fort Moultrie ⓘ |
| notableFor | bravery during the defense of Fort Moultrie in 1776 ⓘ |
| occupation | soldier ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | South Carolina ⓘ |
| role | color bearer ⓘ |
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: William Jasper Description of subject: William Jasper was an American Revolutionary War sergeant celebrated for his bravery, particularly during the defense of Fort Moultrie in 1776.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.