Winfield Scott was wounded in the battle
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Winfield Scott was a prominent United States Army general and political figure who served with distinction in the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, and early Civil War period.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Winfield Scott was wounded in the battle canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2266134 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Winfield Scott was wounded in the battle Context triple: [Battle of Lundy’s Lane, USCommanderWounded, Winfield Scott was wounded in the battle]
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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.
Macdonough
Macdonough is a surname most notably associated with Thomas Macdonough, a distinguished early 19th-century U.S. naval officer and War of 1812 hero.
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C.
John F. Reynolds
John F. Reynolds was a prominent Union Army major general during the American Civil War, noted for his leadership and death on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg.
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D.
Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon
Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War, known as the first Union general killed in the conflict and for his role in securing Missouri for the Union.
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E.
John Schofield
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.
- 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: Winfield Scott was wounded in the battle Target entity description: Winfield Scott was a prominent United States Army general and political figure who served with distinction in the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, and early Civil War period.
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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.
Macdonough
Macdonough is a surname most notably associated with Thomas Macdonough, a distinguished early 19th-century U.S. naval officer and War of 1812 hero.
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C.
John F. Reynolds
John F. Reynolds was a prominent Union Army major general during the American Civil War, noted for his leadership and death on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg.
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D.
Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon
Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War, known as the first Union general killed in the conflict and for his role in securing Missouri for the Union.
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E.
John Schofield
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army general
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human ⓘ military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| conflict |
American Civil War
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Mexican–American War ⓘ War of 1812 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Scott ⓘ |
| givenName | Winfield ⓘ |
| hasHonorific | General Scott ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
brevet lieutenant general
ⓘ
general ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
served with distinction in the Mexican–American War
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served with distinction in the War of 1812 ⓘ served with distinction in the early American Civil War period ⓘ |
| notableFor |
developing the Union’s early Civil War strategy known as the Anaconda Plan
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leading U.S. forces to victory in the Mexican–American War ⓘ longest-serving Commanding General of the United States Army in the 19th century ⓘ |
| notableRole | senior military advisor to U.S. presidents before and during the early Civil War ⓘ |
| notableWork | Anaconda Plan ⓘ |
| occupation |
political figure
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soldier ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Commanding General of the United States Army ⓘ |
| residence | United States of America ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| woundedIn |
Battle of Lundy’s Lane
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Battle of Queenston Heights ⓘ War of 1812 ⓘ |
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: Winfield Scott was wounded in the battle Description of subject: Winfield Scott was a prominent United States Army general and political figure who served with distinction in the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, and early Civil War period.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.