The Cornfield
E291886
The Cornfield is a historically significant field at Antietam where some of the fiercest and bloodiest fighting of the American Civil War occurred.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Cornfield canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2723528 — 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: The Cornfield Context triple: [Antietam National Battlefield, hasFeature, The Cornfield]
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A.
The Onion Field
The Onion Field is a 1979 crime drama film based on Joseph Wambaugh’s true-crime book about a real-life kidnapping and murder of a Los Angeles police officer.
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B.
The Tilled Field
The Tilled Field is a seminal 1923–24 surrealist painting by Joan Miró that marks his transition from detailed realism to a highly personal, symbolic, and abstract visual language.
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C.
The Sower
The Sower is a famous mid-19th-century painting by Jean-François Millet that powerfully depicts a peasant farmer sowing seeds, symbolizing rural labor and social realism.
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D.
The Sower
The Sower is a prominent bronze statue symbolizing agriculture and human labor that crowns the tower of the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln.
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E.
The Meadow
The Meadow is a large open green space within Delaware Park in Buffalo, New York, commonly used for recreation, events, and outdoor gatherings.
- 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: The Cornfield Target entity description: The Cornfield is a historically significant field at Antietam where some of the fiercest and bloodiest fighting of the American Civil War occurred.
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A.
The Onion Field
The Onion Field is a 1979 crime drama film based on Joseph Wambaugh’s true-crime book about a real-life kidnapping and murder of a Los Angeles police officer.
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B.
The Tilled Field
The Tilled Field is a seminal 1923–24 surrealist painting by Joan Miró that marks his transition from detailed realism to a highly personal, symbolic, and abstract visual language.
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C.
The Sower
The Sower is a famous mid-19th-century painting by Jean-François Millet that powerfully depicts a peasant farmer sowing seeds, symbolizing rural labor and social realism.
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D.
The Sower
The Sower is a prominent bronze statue symbolizing agriculture and human labor that crowns the tower of the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln.
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E.
The Meadow
The Meadow is a large open green space within Delaware Park in Buffalo, New York, commonly used for recreation, events, and outdoor gatherings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographic location
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historic battlefield site ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Miller Cornfield ⓘ |
| approximateArea | about 24 acres ⓘ |
| battlefieldFeatureType | farmer’s cornfield ⓘ |
| casualtiesDescription | thousands of killed, wounded, and missing in a few hours ⓘ |
| combatant |
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia
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linked to:
Army of Northern Virginia
Union Army of the Potomac ⓘ
linked to:
Army of the Potomac
|
| commandedBy |
Abner Doubleday
ⓘ
Alexander Hays ⓘ Harry T. Hays ⓘ John Bell Hood ⓘ Joseph Hooker ⓘ Stonewall Jackson ⓘ William D. Pender ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | battlefield monuments ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| currentUse | interpreted historic landscape ⓘ |
| dateOfEvent | September 17, 1862 ⓘ |
| hasNearbyLandmark |
Dunker Church
ⓘ
East Woods ⓘ Hagerstown Pike ⓘ North Woods ⓘ West Woods ⓘ |
| historicalReputation | one of the bloodiest pieces of ground in the Civil War ⓘ |
| includedIn | National Register of Historic Places listing for Antietam National Battlefield ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Antietam National Battlefield
ⓘ
near Sharpsburg, Maryland ⓘ |
| managedBy | National Park Service ⓘ |
| notableFor |
close‑range musketry
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fierce infantry combat ⓘ heavy casualties ⓘ repeated charges and countercharges ⓘ |
| ownedByDuringBattle | David R. Miller ⓘ |
| partOf |
American Civil War
ⓘ
Battle of Antietam ⓘ |
| partOfLargerAction | morning phase of the Battle of Antietam ⓘ |
| preservedAs | part of a National Park Service battlefield ⓘ |
| significance | symbol of the brutality of Civil War combat ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
ground changing hands multiple times
ⓘ
key approach to the Confederate left flank ⓘ |
| timePeriod | American Civil War ⓘ |
| tourism | visited by Civil War tourists and historians ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: The Cornfield Description of subject: The Cornfield is a historically significant field at Antietam where some of the fiercest and bloodiest fighting of the American Civil War occurred.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.