Sergeant William Jasper
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Sergeant William Jasper was an American Revolutionary War hero renowned for his bravery in battle, particularly for rescuing his regiment’s flag under heavy fire during the defense of Fort Moultrie in 1776.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sergeant William Jasper canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4103413 — 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: Sergeant William Jasper Context triple: [Jasper County, Iowa, namedAfter, Sergeant William Jasper]
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A.
Daniel Morgan
Daniel Morgan was a famed American Revolutionary War general and frontiersman best known for his leadership of riflemen and decisive victory at the Battle of Cowpens.
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B.
Francis Marion
Francis Marion was a famed American Revolutionary War officer known as the "Swamp Fox" for his guerrilla tactics against British forces in the South.
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C.
William Alexander, Lord Stirling
William Alexander, Lord Stirling was an American Revolutionary War general who played a prominent role in early battles, notably helping cover the Continental Army’s retreat at the Battle of Long Island.
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D.
Francis Nash
Francis Nash was an American Revolutionary War brigadier general from North Carolina who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Germantown and later honored as the namesake of Nashville, Tennessee.
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E.
William Dawes
William Dawes was an architect known for his work on major British railway stations, including the design of Manchester Victoria.
- 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: Sergeant William Jasper Target entity description: Sergeant William Jasper was an American Revolutionary War hero renowned for his bravery in battle, particularly for rescuing his regiment’s flag under heavy fire during the defense of Fort Moultrie in 1776.
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A.
Daniel Morgan
Daniel Morgan was a famed American Revolutionary War general and frontiersman best known for his leadership of riflemen and decisive victory at the Battle of Cowpens.
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B.
Francis Marion
Francis Marion was a famed American Revolutionary War officer known as the "Swamp Fox" for his guerrilla tactics against British forces in the South.
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C.
William Alexander, Lord Stirling
William Alexander, Lord Stirling was an American Revolutionary War general who played a prominent role in early battles, notably helping cover the Continental Army’s retreat at the Battle of Long Island.
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D.
Francis Nash
Francis Nash was an American Revolutionary War brigadier general from North Carolina who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Germantown and later honored as the namesake of Nashville, Tennessee.
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E.
William Dawes
William Dawes was an architect known for his work on major British railway stations, including the design of Manchester Victoria.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Revolutionary War soldier
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Thirteen Colonies
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| decoratedFor | bravery in battle ⓘ |
| familyName | Jasper ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasEthos | patriotism ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle | Revolutionary War hero ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | soldier ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
American Revolution
ⓘ
linked to:
American Revolutionary War
|
| knownFor | courage under fire ⓘ |
| legacy |
commemorated in various local memorials and place names
ⓘ
remembered as a symbol of American patriotism ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Continental Army ⓘ |
| militaryConflict |
Siege of Charleston campaign
ⓘ
linked to:
Siege of Charleston
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| militaryRank | Sergeant ⓘ |
| notableFor |
actions during the defense of Fort Moultrie in 1776
ⓘ
heroism during the American Revolutionary War ⓘ rescuing his regiment’s flag under heavy fire ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
American Revolutionary War
ⓘ
defense of Fort Moultrie ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Fort Moultrie
ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ |
| symbolicAct | saving the regimental flag ⓘ |
| year | 1776 ⓘ |
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: Sergeant William Jasper Description of subject: Sergeant William Jasper was an American Revolutionary War hero renowned for his bravery in battle, particularly for rescuing his regiment’s flag under heavy fire during the defense of Fort Moultrie in 1776.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.