MacArthur
E174043
MacArthur is a Scottish-origin surname notably borne by several prominent American military figures and public personalities.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1470178 — 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: MacArthur Context triple: [Arthur MacArthur IV, familyName, MacArthur]
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A.
Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur was a prominent American five-star general who played a leading role in the Pacific theater during World War II and later oversaw the Allied occupation of Japan.
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B.
Arthur MacArthur Jr.
Arthur MacArthur Jr. was a U.S. Army general and Medal of Honor recipient who served as military governor of the Philippines and was the father of General Douglas MacArthur.
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C.
Arthur MacArthur Sr.
Arthur MacArthur Sr. was an American lawyer, Civil War officer, and politician who briefly served as the acting governor of Wisconsin.
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D.
Ike
Ike is the familiar nickname commonly used for Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States and Supreme Allied Commander in World War II.
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E.
Ike
Ike is a common diminutive form of the given name Isaac, often used as a familiar or informal nickname.
- 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: MacArthur Target entity description: MacArthur is a Scottish-origin surname notably borne by several prominent American military figures and public personalities.
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A.
Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur was a prominent American five-star general who played a leading role in the Pacific theater during World War II and later oversaw the Allied occupation of Japan.
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B.
Arthur MacArthur Jr.
Arthur MacArthur Jr. was a U.S. Army general and Medal of Honor recipient who served as military governor of the Philippines and was the father of General Douglas MacArthur.
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C.
Arthur MacArthur Sr.
Arthur MacArthur Sr. was an American lawyer, Civil War officer, and politician who briefly served as the acting governor of Wisconsin.
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D.
Ike
Ike is the familiar nickname commonly used for Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States and Supreme Allied Commander in World War II.
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E.
Ike
Ike is a common diminutive form of the given name Isaac, often used as a familiar or informal nickname.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (104)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
family name
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human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| child |
Arthur MacArthur Jr.
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Douglas MacArthur ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth |
1815-01-26
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1845-06-02 ⓘ 1880-01-26 ⓘ 1895-11-05 ⓘ 1897-03-06 ⓘ 1939-06-19 ⓘ 1940-08-05 ⓘ 1976-07-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath |
1896-08-26
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1912-09-05 ⓘ 1956-04-21 ⓘ 1964-04-05 ⓘ 1978-01-06 ⓘ 2019-02-24 ⓘ |
| givenName |
Arthur
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Arthur ⓘ Brian ⓘ Catherine ⓘ Charles ⓘ Douglas ⓘ Ellen ⓘ John ⓘ John ⓘ |
| hasAward |
Medal of Honor
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Medal of Honor ⓘ |
| hasCountryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName |
MacArthur
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MacArthur ⓘ MacArthur ⓘ MacArthur ⓘ MacArthur ⓘ MacArthur ⓘ MacArthur ⓘ MacArthur ⓘ MacArthur ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin |
Scottish English
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Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| hasMeaning | son of Arthur ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Arthur MacArthur Jr.
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Arthur MacArthur Sr. ⓘ Brian MacArthur ⓘ Catherine T. MacArthur ⓘ Charles MacArthur ⓘ Douglas MacArthur ⓘ Ellen MacArthur ⓘ John D. MacArthur ⓘ John MacArthur (pastor) ⓘ
linked to:
John MacArthur
|
| hasUsage |
Anglicised Gaelic surname
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Scottish surname ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Macarthur
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McArthur ⓘ
linked to:
MacArthur
M‘Arthur ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
General of the Army
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Lieutenant General ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in Japan
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linked to:
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers
breaking the world record for the fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe in 2005 ⓘ co-founding the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation ⓘ command in the Pacific Theater during World War II ⓘ service in the American Civil War ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Front Page ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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businessman ⓘ journalist ⓘ judge ⓘ military officer ⓘ military officer ⓘ pastor ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ playwright ⓘ politician ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ yachtswoman ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
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linked to:
Little Rock, Arkansas
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| placeOfDeath |
Washington, D.C., United States
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linked to:
Washington, D.C.
|
| positionHeld |
Acting Governor of Wisconsin
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linked to:
Governor of Wisconsin
Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin ⓘ
linked to:
Wisconsin lieutenant governor
|
| religion |
Evangelical Christianity
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linked to:
Evangelicalism
|
| servedIn |
United States Army
ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ |
| spouse | John D. MacArthur ⓘ |
| usedAs |
middle name
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part of compound surname ⓘ |
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: MacArthur Description of subject: MacArthur is a Scottish-origin surname notably borne by several prominent American military figures and public personalities.
Referenced by (38)
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Mary Pinkney