John Schofield
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Commanding General of the United States Army
Union Army general
United States Secretary of War
human
John Schofield was a Union Army general during the American Civil War who later served as U.S. Secretary of War and Commanding General of the U.S. Army.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John M. Schofield | 17 |
| John McAllister Schofield | 2 |
| John Schofield canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1782548 — 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: John Schofield Context triple: [Edwin M. Stanton, successor, John Schofield]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
Lucius Buckner
Lucius Buckner is a notable individual associated with the Buckner family name, recognized as a distinguished bearer of that surname.
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E.
Don Carlos Buell
Don Carlos Buell was a Union major general in the American Civil War, noted for his cautious leadership in the Western Theater and his controversial role in several key campaigns.
- 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: John Schofield Target entity description: John Schofield was a Union Army general during the American Civil War who later served as U.S. Secretary of War and Commanding General of the U.S. Army.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
Lucius Buckner
Lucius Buckner is a notable individual associated with the Buckner family name, recognized as a distinguished bearer of that surname.
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E.
Don Carlos Buell
Don Carlos Buell was a Union major general in the American Civil War, noted for his cautious leadership in the Western Theater and his controversial role in several key campaigns.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Commanding General of the United States Army
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Union Army general ⓘ United States Secretary of War ⓘ human ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer |
United States Army
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United States government ⓘ |
| familyName |
Schofield
ⓘ
linked to:
Schofield Barracks
|
| fieldOfWork |
military leadership
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war administration ⓘ |
| givenName | John ⓘ |
| hasRole |
army commander
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cabinet secretary ⓘ general ⓘ |
| memberOf | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Union Army ⓘ |
| notableFor |
commanding Union forces during the American Civil War
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serving as Commanding General of the U.S. Army ⓘ serving as U.S. Secretary of War ⓘ |
| notableWork |
leadership as Commanding General of the U.S. Army
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service as a Union general in the American Civil War ⓘ tenure as U.S. Secretary of War ⓘ |
| occupation |
military officer
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politician ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Commanding General of the United States Army
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United States Army general ⓘ United States Secretary of War ⓘ
linked to:
Secretary of War
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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: John Schofield Description of subject: John Schofield was a Union Army general during the American Civil War who later served as U.S. Secretary of War and Commanding General of the U.S. Army.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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