Hunter Liggett

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United States Army general human

Hunter Liggett was a senior U.S. Army general best known for commanding American forces in major World War I operations and later serving as a key leader in the postwar Army.

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Label	Occurrences
Hunter Liggett canonical	6

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2648781 — 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: Hunter Liggett
Context triple: [First United States Army, historicalCommander, Hunter Liggett]

A. Hamilton Luske
Hamilton Luske was an American animator and film director best known for his work on classic Walt Disney animated features.
B. Everett Sloane
Everett Sloane was an American character actor of stage, film, radio, and television, best known for his collaborations with Orson Welles and roles in classic films of the 1940s and 1950s.
C. Lyle Bettger
Lyle Bettger was an American character actor best known for his frequent portrayals of suave villains in mid-20th-century Hollywood films and television.
D. Tim Legler
Tim Legler is a former NBA shooting guard and current basketball analyst best known for his sharpshooting and work on ESPN.
E. Merritt Paulson
Merritt Paulson is an American sports executive best known for owning and leading Portland’s professional soccer clubs, including the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer and the Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League.
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: Hunter Liggett
Target entity description: Hunter Liggett was a senior U.S. Army general best known for commanding American forces in major World War I operations and later serving as a key leader in the postwar Army.

A. Hamilton Luske
Hamilton Luske was an American animator and film director best known for his work on classic Walt Disney animated features.
B. Everett Sloane
Everett Sloane was an American character actor of stage, film, radio, and television, best known for his collaborations with Orson Welles and roles in classic films of the 1940s and 1950s.
C. Lyle Bettger
Lyle Bettger was an American character actor best known for his frequent portrayals of suave villains in mid-20th-century Hollywood films and television.
D. Tim Legler
Tim Legler is a former NBA shooting guard and current basketball analyst best known for his sharpshooting and work on ESPN.
E. Merritt Paulson
Merritt Paulson is an American sports executive best known for owning and leading Portland’s professional soccer clubs, including the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer and the Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Army general ⓘ human ⓘ
allegiance	United States of America ⓘ
awardReceived	Croix de Guerre (France) ⓘ linked to: Croix de Guerre Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army) ⓘ linked to: Army Distinguished Service Medal French Legion of Honour ⓘ linked to: Légion d'honneur
buriedAt	San Francisco National Cemetery ⓘ
conflict	Philippine–American War ⓘ Spanish–American War ⓘ World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1857-03-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1935-12-30 ⓘ
educatedAt	United States Military Academy ⓘ
era	World War I era ⓘ
ethnicGroup	European American ⓘ
familyName	Liggett ⓘ linked to: Liggett & Myers
fullName	Hunter Liggett ⓘ
givenName	Hunter ⓘ
hasHonorificTitle	General ⓘ
hasRankAtRetirement	lieutenant general ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	United States Army General Staff ⓘ linked to: War Department General Staff
militaryBranch	United States Army ⓘ
militaryRank	lieutenant general ⓘ major general ⓘ
militaryUnit	First United States Army ⓘ I Corps (United States) ⓘ linked to: I Corps
namesakeOf	Fort Hunter Liggett ⓘ
notableFor	key leader in post–World War I U.S. Army reorganization ⓘ senior American field commander in World War I ⓘ
notableWork	command of First U.S. Army in the Meuse–Argonne Offensive ⓘ reorganization of American forces in France in 1918 ⓘ
occupation	military officer ⓘ
participatedIn	Luzon campaign (Philippine–American War) ⓘ linked to: Luzon campaign of the Philippine–American War Meuse–Argonne Offensive ⓘ St. Mihiel Offensive ⓘ linked to: Battle of Saint-Mihiel
placeOfBirth	Reading, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ linked to: Reading, Pennsylvania
placeOfDeath	San Francisco, California, United States ⓘ linked to: San Francisco, California, United States of America
positionHeld	acting commander of American Expeditionary Forces ⓘ commander of First United States Army ⓘ commander of I Corps (United States) in World War I ⓘ commander of the Philippine Department ⓘ president of the Army War College ⓘ
residence	California, United States ⓘ
serviceNumber	officer (no enlisted service number) ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First United States Army → historicalCommander → Hunter Liggett ⓘ

Fort Hunter Liggett → namedAfter → Hunter Liggett ⓘ

American Expeditionary Forces → notableCommander → Hunter Liggett ⓘ

Battle of Saint-Mihiel → commander → Hunter Liggett ⓘ

Meuse–Argonne Offensive → alliedCommander → Hunter Liggett ⓘ

Hunter Liggett → fullName → Hunter Liggett ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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