John D. Magrath
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John D. Magrath was a United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient recognized for his extraordinary heroism during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John D. Magrath canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2407137 — 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: John D. Magrath Context triple: [Golden Gate National Cemetery, hasGraveOf, John D. Magrath]
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A.
John D. Lavelle
John D. Lavelle was a United States Air Force four-star general best known for his controversial leadership of air operations over North Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
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B.
Allen M. Davey
Allen M. Davey was an American cinematographer known for his work on early Technicolor films in Hollywood.
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C.
James A. Abrahamson
James A. Abrahamson is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general and aerospace engineer best known for directing NASA’s Space Shuttle program and leading the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization in the 1980s.
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D.
John M. Erickson
John M. Erickson is an American local politician who serves as the mayor of West Hollywood, California.
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E.
Edward P. Doherty
Edward P. Doherty was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading the detachment that captured and killed President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, at a farm near Port Royal, Virginia.
- 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: John D. Magrath Target entity description: John D. Magrath was a United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient recognized for his extraordinary heroism during World War II.
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A.
John D. Lavelle
John D. Lavelle was a United States Air Force four-star general best known for his controversial leadership of air operations over North Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
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B.
Allen M. Davey
Allen M. Davey was an American cinematographer known for his work on early Technicolor films in Hollywood.
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C.
James A. Abrahamson
James A. Abrahamson is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general and aerospace engineer best known for directing NASA’s Space Shuttle program and leading the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization in the 1980s.
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D.
John M. Erickson
John M. Erickson is an American local politician who serves as the mayor of West Hollywood, California.
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E.
Edward P. Doherty
Edward P. Doherty was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading the detachment that captured and killed President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, at a farm near Port Royal, Virginia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Medal of Honor recipient
ⓘ
United States Army soldier ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Medal of Honor ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Magrath ⓘ |
| genre | military heroism ⓘ |
| givenName | John ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle | Medal of Honor recipient ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
bravery
ⓘ
heroism ⓘ self-sacrifice ⓘ |
| hasRole | infantryman ⓘ |
| militaryAllegiance | United States of America ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | private first class ⓘ |
| notableEvent | combat action in World War II resulting in Medal of Honor ⓘ |
| notableFor | extraordinary heroism during World War II ⓘ |
| notableWork | actions leading to Medal of Honor in World War II ⓘ |
| occupation | soldier ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States Army ground forces
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Army Ground Forces
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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: John D. Magrath Description of subject: John D. Magrath was a United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient recognized for his extraordinary heroism during World War II.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.