Jacob Brown
E251612
Jacob Brown was a prominent U.S. Army general in the War of 1812, noted for his leadership and tactical skill in major engagements against British forces.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jacob Brown canonical | 17 |
| Jacob Brown – United States | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2266107 — 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: Jacob Brown Context triple: [Battle of Lundy’s Lane, commander, Jacob Brown]
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A.
Jason Hudson
Jason Hudson was the brother of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson, tragically murdered in a widely publicized 2008 family shooting in Chicago.
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B.
Brennan Chapman
Brennan Chapman is a cinematographer known for his work on the animated feature film "The Super Mario Bros. Movie."
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C.
Jacob Poole
Jacob Poole was a 19th-century Irish scholar best known for compiling and preserving the vocabulary and records of the now-extinct Yola language of County Wexford.
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D.
Jackson Healy
Jackson Healy is a tough, no-nonsense enforcer who teams up with a hapless private investigator to unravel a conspiracy in the neo-noir action-comedy film "The Nice Guys."
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E.
Brennan Carroll
Brennan Carroll is an American football coach and the son of longtime NFL and college head coach Pete Carroll.
- 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: Jacob Brown Target entity description: Jacob Brown was a prominent U.S. Army general in the War of 1812, noted for his leadership and tactical skill in major engagements against British forces.
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A.
Jason Hudson
Jason Hudson was the brother of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson, tragically murdered in a widely publicized 2008 family shooting in Chicago.
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B.
Brennan Chapman
Brennan Chapman is a cinematographer known for his work on the animated feature film "The Super Mario Bros. Movie."
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C.
Jacob Poole
Jacob Poole was a 19th-century Irish scholar best known for compiling and preserving the vocabulary and records of the now-extinct Yola language of County Wexford.
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D.
Jackson Healy
Jackson Healy is a tough, no-nonsense enforcer who teams up with a hapless private investigator to unravel a conspiracy in the neo-noir action-comedy film "The Nice Guys."
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E.
Brennan Carroll
Brennan Carroll is an American football coach and the son of longtime NFL and college head coach Pete Carroll.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army general
ⓘ
human ⓘ military officer ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Thanks of the United States Congress ⓘ |
| battle |
Battle of Chippewa
ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Chippawa
Battle of Lundy’s Lane ⓘ Battle of Sackett’s Harbor ⓘ |
| conflict | War of 1812 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | American ⓘ |
| familyName | Brown ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
military strategy
ⓘ
military tactics ⓘ |
| genre | military leadership ⓘ |
| givenName | Jacob ⓘ |
| hasPartIn | U.S. campaigns along the Niagara frontier ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Major General ⓘ |
| notableFor |
command of American forces in key northern theater battles of the War of 1812
ⓘ
defense of the northern frontier during the War of 1812 ⓘ leadership in the War of 1812 ⓘ reforms of U.S. Army professional standards ⓘ strengthening the post‑War of 1812 U.S. Army ⓘ tactical skill in engagements against British forces ⓘ |
| occupation | soldier ⓘ |
| opponent |
British Army
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Commanding General of the United States Army ⓘ |
| residence |
New York (state)
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linked to:
New York
|
| side |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
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: Jacob Brown Description of subject: Jacob Brown was a prominent U.S. Army general in the War of 1812, noted for his leadership and tactical skill in major engagements against British forces.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Brownsville
subject linked to:
Brownsville, Tennessee, United States
subject linked to:
Brown County
subject linked to:
Brown County, Ohio, United States
linked to: Jacob Brown