Alligator
E203043
Alligator was a prominent Seminole war leader who played a key role in resisting U.S. forces during the Second Seminole War in Florida.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alligator canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1789790 — 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: Alligator Context triple: [Second Seminole War, commander, Alligator]
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A.
Alligator
Alligator is a critically acclaimed 2005 indie rock album by The National that helped establish the band’s distinctive dark, introspective sound.
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B.
American alligator
The American alligator is a large, semi-aquatic reptile native to the southeastern United States, known for inhabiting freshwater wetlands and playing a key role as an apex predator in its ecosystems.
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C.
American crocodile
The American crocodile is a large, primarily coastal crocodilian native to the Americas, known for inhabiting brackish and saltwater habitats such as mangrove swamps, estuaries, and coastal lagoons.
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D.
Nile crocodile
The Nile crocodile is a large and aggressive African crocodilian known for inhabiting rivers, lakes, and wetlands and being one of the continent’s most formidable predators.
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E.
Gator
Gator is the alligator-themed mascot representing San Francisco State University's athletic teams and school spirit.
- 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: Alligator Target entity description: Alligator was a prominent Seminole war leader who played a key role in resisting U.S. forces during the Second Seminole War in Florida.
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A.
Alligator
Alligator is a critically acclaimed 2005 indie rock album by The National that helped establish the band’s distinctive dark, introspective sound.
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B.
American alligator
The American alligator is a large, semi-aquatic reptile native to the southeastern United States, known for inhabiting freshwater wetlands and playing a key role as an apex predator in its ecosystems.
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C.
American crocodile
The American crocodile is a large, primarily coastal crocodilian native to the Americas, known for inhabiting brackish and saltwater habitats such as mangrove swamps, estuaries, and coastal lagoons.
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D.
Nile crocodile
The Nile crocodile is a large and aggressive African crocodilian known for inhabiting rivers, lakes, and wetlands and being one of the continent’s most formidable predators.
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E.
Gator
Gator is the alligator-themed mascot representing San Francisco State University's athletic teams and school spirit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Seminole war leader
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ |
| activity | military resistance ⓘ |
| conflict | Second Seminole War ⓘ |
| countryFoughtAgainst |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| culturalContext | Southeastern Native American history ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Seminole ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| involvedIn | Seminole resistance to U.S. expansion ⓘ |
| knownFor | prominent leadership among Seminole during U.S. expansion into Florida ⓘ |
| locationOfActivity |
Florida Everglades
ⓘ
linked to:
Everglades
|
| militaryBranch |
Seminole warriors
ⓘ
linked to:
Seminole
|
| notableFor |
leadership in the Second Seminole War
ⓘ
resistance to U.S. forces in Florida ⓘ |
| operatedIn | Florida ⓘ |
| opponent |
U.S. Army
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Army
U.S. government forces ⓘ
linked to:
United States Armed Forces
|
| participatedIn | Second Seminole War ⓘ |
| partOf |
Seminole resistance movement
ⓘ
linked to:
Second Seminole War
|
| people |
Seminole people
ⓘ
linked to:
Seminole
|
| region | Florida Territory ⓘ |
| resisted | U.S. removal policies in Florida ⓘ |
| role | war leader ⓘ |
| sideInConflict | Seminole side in the Second Seminole War ⓘ |
| typeOfLeader | Native American war leader ⓘ |
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: Alligator Description of subject: Alligator was a prominent Seminole war leader who played a key role in resisting U.S. forces during the Second Seminole War in Florida.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.