Isaiah Stillman
E173331
Isaiah Stillman was a militia officer best known for leading U.S. forces in the 1832 Battle of Stillman’s Run during the Black Hawk War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Isaiah Stillman canonical | 4 |
| Stillman | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1311167 — 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: Isaiah Stillman Context triple: [Battle of Stillman’s Run, commander, Isaiah Stillman]
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A.
William Terrell
William Terrell was an American politician and public figure from Georgia, honored as the namesake of Terrell County.
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B.
Holton D. Robinson
Holton D. Robinson was an American civil engineer noted for his work on major suspension bridges in the early 20th century.
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C.
Charles McEvers Jr.
Charles McEvers Jr. was an early American financier and broker who helped lay the foundations of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
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D.
Semeka Randall
Semeka Randall is a former American college basketball star and WNBA guard best known for her standout career under coach Pat Summitt at the University of Tennessee.
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E.
Archdale Wilson
Archdale Wilson was a British Army officer best known for leading the successful recapture of Delhi during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
- 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: Isaiah Stillman Target entity description: Isaiah Stillman was a militia officer best known for leading U.S. forces in the 1832 Battle of Stillman’s Run during the Black Hawk War.
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A.
William Terrell
William Terrell was an American politician and public figure from Georgia, honored as the namesake of Terrell County.
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B.
Holton D. Robinson
Holton D. Robinson was an American civil engineer noted for his work on major suspension bridges in the early 20th century.
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C.
Charles McEvers Jr.
Charles McEvers Jr. was an early American financier and broker who helped lay the foundations of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
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D.
Semeka Randall
Semeka Randall is a former American college basketball star and WNBA guard best known for her standout career under coach Pat Summitt at the University of Tennessee.
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E.
Archdale Wilson
Archdale Wilson was a British Army officer best known for leading the successful recapture of Delhi during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
militia officer ⓘ person ⓘ war ⓘ |
| combatant |
Black Hawk’s band
ⓘ
linked to:
Sauk people
U.S. militia forces ⓘ |
| commanded | U.S. militia forces at the Battle of Stillman’s Run ⓘ |
| conflictType | U.S.–Native American conflict ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| knownFor | leading U.S. forces in the Battle of Stillman’s Run ⓘ |
| militaryConflict | Black Hawk War ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Battle of Stillman’s Run ⓘ |
| occupation | militia officer ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Black Hawk War ⓘ |
| partOf | Black Hawk War ⓘ |
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: Isaiah Stillman Description of subject: Isaiah Stillman was a militia officer best known for leading U.S. forces in the 1832 Battle of Stillman’s Run during the Black Hawk War.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Isaiah Stillman
linked to: Isaiah Stillman
linked to: Isaiah Stillman
subject linked to:
Stillman’s Run battlefield