James D. Henry
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James D. Henry was an American militia officer best known for leading U.S. forces against Black Hawk’s band during the Black Hawk War of 1832.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James D. Henry canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T914993 — 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: James D. Henry Context triple: [Battle of Wisconsin Heights, commander, James D. Henry]
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A.
Edmund J. James
Edmund J. James was an American economist and educator best known as a pioneering university president and influential leader in the development of higher education and economic thought in the United States.
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B.
Edmund G. Ross
Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
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C.
William E. Nickerson
William E. Nickerson was a prominent benefactor and businessman associated with Boston University, for whom the university’s Nickerson Field stadium is named.
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D.
Harry M. Wegeforth
Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
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E.
John D. Nichols
John D. Nichols is a prominent American businessman and philanthropist whose contributions to the arts and culture sector led to major landmarks being named in his honor.
- 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: James D. Henry Target entity description: James D. Henry was an American militia officer best known for leading U.S. forces against Black Hawk’s band during the Black Hawk War of 1832.
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A.
Edmund J. James
Edmund J. James was an American economist and educator best known as a pioneering university president and influential leader in the development of higher education and economic thought in the United States.
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B.
Edmund G. Ross
Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
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C.
William E. Nickerson
William E. Nickerson was a prominent benefactor and businessman associated with Boston University, for whom the university’s Nickerson Field stadium is named.
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D.
Harry M. Wegeforth
Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
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E.
John D. Nichols
John D. Nichols is a prominent American businessman and philanthropist whose contributions to the arts and culture sector led to major landmarks being named in his honor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American military personnel
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human ⓘ militia officer ⓘ |
| activeYears | 1832 ⓘ |
| conflict | Black Hawk War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| describedBySource | histories of the Black Hawk War ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | American ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | military affairs ⓘ |
| genre | military history subject ⓘ |
| hasCauseOfNotability | role in the Black Hawk War ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| leaderOf | U.S. militia forces against Black Hawk’s band ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Illinois militia ⓘ |
| militaryRank | colonel ⓘ |
| militaryUnit |
Illinois volunteers
ⓘ
linked to:
Illinois militia
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| notableEvent | pursuit of Black Hawk’s band during the Black Hawk War ⓘ |
| notableFor |
commanding U.S. militia forces in the Black Hawk War
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service on the northwestern frontier of the United States ⓘ |
| notableWork | campaigns against Black Hawk’s band in 1832 ⓘ |
| occupation | military officer ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Black Hawk War ⓘ |
| partOf |
U.S. forces in the Black Hawk War
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linked to:
Black Hawk War
|
| residence | Illinois ⓘ |
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: James D. Henry Description of subject: James D. Henry was an American militia officer best known for leading U.S. forces against Black Hawk’s band during the Black Hawk War of 1832.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.