Major Dunwoodie
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Major Dunwoodie is a principled American cavalry officer in James Fenimore Cooper’s Revolutionary War novel "The Spy," known for his loyalty, honor, and romantic involvement amid espionage and conflict.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Major Dunwoodie canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4209003 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Major Dunwoodie Context triple: [The Spy, mainCharacter, Major Dunwoodie]
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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.
Johann de Kalb
Johann de Kalb was a German-born French military officer who served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and became a patriot hero after dying from wounds sustained at the Battle of Camden.
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C.
John Burgoyne
John Burgoyne was a British army officer and politician best known for his role as a general during the American Revolutionary War, particularly his surrender at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777.
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D.
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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E.
Banastre Tarleton
Banastre Tarleton was a British cavalry officer and politician best known for his aggressive and controversial leadership against American forces during the Revolutionary War.
- 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: Major Dunwoodie Target entity description: Major Dunwoodie is a principled American cavalry officer in James Fenimore Cooper’s Revolutionary War novel "The Spy," known for his loyalty, honor, and romantic involvement amid espionage and conflict.
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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.
Johann de Kalb
Johann de Kalb was a German-born French military officer who served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and became a patriot hero after dying from wounds sustained at the Battle of Camden.
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C.
John Burgoyne
John Burgoyne was a British army officer and politician best known for his role as a general during the American Revolutionary War, particularly his surrender at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777.
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D.
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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E.
Banastre Tarleton
Banastre Tarleton was a British cavalry officer and politician best known for his aggressive and controversial leadership against American forces during the Revolutionary War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American patriot
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cavalry officer ⓘ fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ military officer ⓘ |
| allegiance | Continental Army ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Spy ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
Revolutionary War fiction
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historical novel ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
brave
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honorable ⓘ loyal ⓘ principled ⓘ romantic ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| createdBy | James Fenimore Cooper ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Spy ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
espionage conflicts
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romantic subplot ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | cavalry ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
patriotic officer
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romantic hero ⓘ |
| rank | major ⓘ |
| roleInWork | supporting protagonist ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
duty versus love
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honor ⓘ loyalty ⓘ war and espionage ⓘ |
| timePeriod | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1821 ⓘ |
| workSetting | New York ⓘ |
| workSettingPeriod | late 18th century ⓘ |
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: Major Dunwoodie Description of subject: Major Dunwoodie is a principled American cavalry officer in James Fenimore Cooper’s Revolutionary War novel "The Spy," known for his loyalty, honor, and romantic involvement amid espionage and conflict.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.