Statue of General Joseph Hooker (Boston)
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The Statue of General Joseph Hooker in Boston is a prominent bronze monument honoring the Union Civil War general, created by American sculptor Thomas Ball and located near the Massachusetts State House.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Statue of General Joseph Hooker (Boston) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3984398 — 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: Statue of General Joseph Hooker (Boston) Context triple: [Thomas Ball, notableWork, Statue of General Joseph Hooker (Boston)]
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A.
Statue of Rufus Choate (Boston)
The Statue of Rufus Choate in Boston is a bronze public monument by American sculptor Daniel Chester French, honoring the famed 19th-century lawyer and orator.
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B.
Statue of Francis Parkman (Boston)
The Statue of Francis Parkman in Boston is a bronze monument honoring the influential American historian, created by renowned sculptor Daniel Chester French and located in the city’s Back Bay Fens.
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C.
Statue of John Boyle O'Reilly (Boston)
The Statue of John Boyle O'Reilly in Boston is a public monument honoring the Irish-born poet, journalist, and civil rights advocate, created by renowned American sculptor Daniel Chester French.
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D.
Statue of Wendell Phillips (Boston)
The Statue of Wendell Phillips in Boston is a bronze monument by sculptor Daniel Chester French honoring the prominent 19th-century abolitionist and orator.
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E.
Statue of Charles Sumner (Boston)
The Statue of Charles Sumner in Boston is a public monument honoring the prominent 19th-century abolitionist senator, created by renowned American sculptor Daniel Chester French.
- 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: Statue of General Joseph Hooker (Boston) Target entity description: The Statue of General Joseph Hooker in Boston is a prominent bronze monument honoring the Union Civil War general, created by American sculptor Thomas Ball and located near the Massachusetts State House.
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A.
Statue of Rufus Choate (Boston)
The Statue of Rufus Choate in Boston is a bronze public monument by American sculptor Daniel Chester French, honoring the famed 19th-century lawyer and orator.
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B.
Statue of Francis Parkman (Boston)
The Statue of Francis Parkman in Boston is a bronze monument honoring the influential American historian, created by renowned sculptor Daniel Chester French and located in the city’s Back Bay Fens.
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C.
Statue of John Boyle O'Reilly (Boston)
The Statue of John Boyle O'Reilly in Boston is a public monument honoring the Irish-born poet, journalist, and civil rights advocate, created by renowned American sculptor Daniel Chester French.
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D.
Statue of Wendell Phillips (Boston)
The Statue of Wendell Phillips in Boston is a bronze monument by sculptor Daniel Chester French honoring the prominent 19th-century abolitionist and orator.
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E.
Statue of Charles Sumner (Boston)
The Statue of Charles Sumner in Boston is a public monument honoring the prominent 19th-century abolitionist senator, created by renowned American sculptor Daniel Chester French.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bronze sculpture
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equestrian statue ⓘ monument ⓘ outdoor sculpture ⓘ |
| artMovement | Realism ⓘ |
| category |
Bronze sculptures in Massachusetts
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Equestrian statues in Massachusetts ⓘ Monuments and memorials in Boston ⓘ Outdoor sculptures in Boston ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Thomas Ball ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Joseph Hooker ⓘ |
| depicts | Joseph Hooker ⓘ |
| genre | Civil War monument ⓘ |
| hasInscription | commemorative text honoring General Joseph Hooker ⓘ |
| hasPart |
equestrian figure
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granite pedestal ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Boston Landmark ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Beacon Hill
ⓘ
Boston ⓘ
linked to:
Boston, Massachusetts
Massachusetts ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| locatedNear | Massachusetts State House ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Beacon Street ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
ⓘ
linked to:
Massachusetts
|
| materialUsed | bronze ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
ⓘ
linked to:
Massachusetts
|
| publicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| subjectHasRole |
American Civil War general
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Union Army general ⓘ |
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: Statue of General Joseph Hooker (Boston) Description of subject: The Statue of General Joseph Hooker in Boston is a prominent bronze monument honoring the Union Civil War general, created by American sculptor Thomas Ball and located near the Massachusetts State House.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.