Robert Patterson
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Robert Patterson was a senior U.S. Army officer and Mexican–American War general who played a key leadership role in several major campaigns, including the advance on Mexico City.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert Patterson canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2615782 — 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: Robert Patterson Context triple: [Battle of Cerro Gordo, commander, Robert Patterson]
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A.
Joseph Borden McKean
Joseph Borden McKean was an American lawyer and jurist who served as Attorney General of Pennsylvania in the early 19th century.
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B.
John Gibbon
John Gibbon was a 19th-century United States Army officer and Civil War general who later played a key role in the Indian Wars, including campaigns against the Nez Perce.
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C.
William Allerton
William Allerton was a member of the Allerton family of early colonial New England, known primarily as the brother of Mayflower passenger and Plymouth Colony figure Isaac Allerton.
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D.
Thomas Allerton
Thomas Allerton was a member of the Allerton family connected to early colonial American history through his brother, Mayflower passenger Isaac Allerton.
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E.
George Scott
George Scott was a power-hitting first baseman and three-time All-Star known for his strong defense and key role with the Boston Red Sox in the late 1960s and 1970s.
- 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: Robert Patterson Target entity description: Robert Patterson was a senior U.S. Army officer and Mexican–American War general who played a key leadership role in several major campaigns, including the advance on Mexico City.
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A.
Joseph Borden McKean
Joseph Borden McKean was an American lawyer and jurist who served as Attorney General of Pennsylvania in the early 19th century.
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B.
John Gibbon
John Gibbon was a 19th-century United States Army officer and Civil War general who later played a key role in the Indian Wars, including campaigns against the Nez Perce.
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C.
William Allerton
William Allerton was a member of the Allerton family of early colonial New England, known primarily as the brother of Mayflower passenger and Plymouth Colony figure Isaac Allerton.
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D.
Thomas Allerton
Thomas Allerton was a member of the Allerton family connected to early colonial American history through his brother, Mayflower passenger Isaac Allerton.
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E.
George Scott
George Scott was a power-hitting first baseman and three-time All-Star known for his strong defense and key role with the Boston Red Sox in the late 1960s and 1970s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army officer
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general ⓘ human ⓘ military leader ⓘ |
| allegiance | United States of America ⓘ |
| awardReceived | thanks of the United States Congress ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1786-01-12 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
County Donegal, Ireland
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linked to:
County Donegal
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| burialPlace |
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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linked to:
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia
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| child |
Francis E. Patterson
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linked to:
Romeyn B. Ayres
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| conflict |
American Civil War
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Mexican–American War ⓘ War of 1812 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1881-08-07 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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linked to:
Philadelphia
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| immigratedTo | United States of America ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
brigadier general
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major general ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
participated in the advance on Mexico City during the Mexican–American War
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played a key leadership role in several major Mexican–American War campaigns ⓘ |
| notableWork |
command in the Mexican–American War
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command in the early campaigns of the American Civil War ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessman
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soldier ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
advance on Mexico City
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campaigns in northern Mexico during the Mexican–American War ⓘ |
| politicalAffiliation | Democratic Party ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterianism
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linked to:
Presbyterian
|
| residence |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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linked to:
Philadelphia
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| servedUnder | Winfield Scott ⓘ |
| spouse | Elizabeth H. Moore ⓘ |
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: Robert Patterson Description of subject: Robert Patterson was a senior U.S. Army officer and Mexican–American War general who played a key leadership role in several major campaigns, including the advance on Mexico City.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.