John H. Leims
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John H. Leims was a United States Marine Corps officer and Medal of Honor recipient recognized for his heroism during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John H. Leims canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2407148 — 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 H. Leims Context triple: [Golden Gate National Cemetery, hasGraveOf, John H. Leims]
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A.
Charles R. Boling
Charles R. Boling was a prominent supporter and benefactor of the University of Tennessee whose contributions led to the major campus venue Thompson–Boling Arena bearing his name.
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B.
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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C.
Samuel J. Kirkwood
Samuel J. Kirkwood was a 19th-century American politician best known for serving as governor of Iowa and as a U.S. senator during the Civil War era.
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D.
James L. Wilmeth
James L. Wilmeth was an American government official who served as a senior federal financial administrator in the early 20th century.
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E.
Morton D. Hull
Morton D. Hull was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois in the early 20th century.
- 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 H. Leims Target entity description: John H. Leims was a United States Marine Corps officer and Medal of Honor recipient recognized for his heroism during World War II.
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A.
Charles R. Boling
Charles R. Boling was a prominent supporter and benefactor of the University of Tennessee whose contributions led to the major campus venue Thompson–Boling Arena bearing his name.
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B.
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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C.
Samuel J. Kirkwood
Samuel J. Kirkwood was a 19th-century American politician best known for serving as governor of Iowa and as a U.S. senator during the Civil War era.
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D.
James L. Wilmeth
James L. Wilmeth was an American government official who served as a senior federal financial administrator in the early 20th century.
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E.
Morton D. Hull
Morton D. Hull was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Medal of Honor recipient
ⓘ
United States Marine Corps officer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Medal of Honor ⓘ |
| branchOfService |
U.S. Marines
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Marine Corps
|
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| decoratedFor | bravery in action ⓘ |
| familyName | Leims ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | military service ⓘ |
| genre | military biography ⓘ |
| givenName | John ⓘ |
| hasDistinction | recognized for conspicuous gallantry ⓘ |
| hasEthos | courage under fire ⓘ |
| hasHonor | highest United States military decoration for valor ⓘ |
| hasMilitaryStatus | veteran of World War II ⓘ |
| hasRole | United States Marine Corps officer in World War II ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Medal of Honor recipient ⓘ |
| isListedIn | list of Medal of Honor recipients for World War II ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
Medal of Honor citations
ⓘ
United States military history ⓘ |
| militaryAllegiance |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| militaryBranch | United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| militaryRank | officer ⓘ |
| notableAwardReason | extraordinary heroism in combat ⓘ |
| notableFor | heroism during World War II ⓘ |
| occupation | military officer ⓘ |
| participatedIn | military operations in the Pacific Theater of World War II ⓘ |
| serviceNumber | United States Marine Corps service member ⓘ |
| 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 H. Leims Description of subject: John H. Leims was a United States Marine Corps officer and Medal of Honor recipient recognized for his heroism during World War II.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.