Stephen Dill Lee
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Stephen Dill Lee was a Confederate general during the American Civil War who later became a prominent educator and the first president of Mississippi State University.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Stephen Dill Lee canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6116657 — 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: Stephen Dill Lee Context triple: [Stephen D. Lee, fullName, Stephen Dill Lee]
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A.
Clifton Phifer Lee
Clifton Phifer Lee is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher best known for his dominant seasons with the Cleveland Indians and Philadelphia Phillies, including winning the 2008 American League Cy Young Award.
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B.
Charles Carter Lee
Charles Carter Lee was an American lawyer, poet, and writer, and the elder brother of Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
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C.
Fred C. Dobbs
Fred C. Dobbs is the desperate, increasingly paranoid prospector at the center of the 1948 film "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre."
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D.
Louis W. Hill
Louis W. Hill was an American railroad executive and businessman who helped expand and promote the Great Northern Railway and tourism in the northwestern United States.
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E.
LeRoy Pope Walker
LeRoy Pope Walker was the first Confederate States Secretary of War, overseeing the Confederate war effort at the outset of the American Civil 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: Stephen Dill Lee Target entity description: Stephen Dill Lee was a Confederate general during the American Civil War who later became a prominent educator and the first president of Mississippi State University.
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A.
Clifton Phifer Lee
Clifton Phifer Lee is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher best known for his dominant seasons with the Cleveland Indians and Philadelphia Phillies, including winning the 2008 American League Cy Young Award.
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B.
Charles Carter Lee
Charles Carter Lee was an American lawyer, poet, and writer, and the elder brother of Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
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C.
Fred C. Dobbs
Fred C. Dobbs is the desperate, increasingly paranoid prospector at the center of the 1948 film "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre."
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D.
Louis W. Hill
Louis W. Hill was an American railroad executive and businessman who helped expand and promote the Great Northern Railway and tourism in the northwestern United States.
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E.
LeRoy Pope Walker
LeRoy Pope Walker was the first Confederate States Secretary of War, overseeing the Confederate war effort at the outset of the American Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Confederate general
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educator ⓘ human ⓘ |
| allegiance | Confederate States of America ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1833-09-22 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Charleston, South Carolina, United States ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Cedar Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| commanded |
Confederate artillery at the Battle of Antietam
ⓘ
Confederate forces in the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana ⓘ |
| conflict | Third Seminole War ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1908-05-28 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Vicksburg, Mississippi
|
| educatedAt | United States Military Academy ⓘ |
| endTimeOfPosition | 1899 ⓘ |
| familyName | Lee ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
higher education administration
ⓘ
military leadership ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Stephen ⓘ |
| graduationYear | 1854 ⓘ |
| heldPosition |
commander-in-chief of United Confederate Veterans
ⓘ
first president of Mississippi A&M College ⓘ first president of Mississippi State University ⓘ |
| honoredBy |
naming of Lee Hall at Mississippi State University
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statue at Vicksburg National Military Park ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | United Confederate Veterans ⓘ |
| middleName | Dill ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Confederate States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Lieutenant general ⓘ |
| notableFor |
foundational role in Mississippi State University
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leadership in Confederate artillery at Antietam ⓘ service as a Confederate corps commander in the Western Theater ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
American Civil War
ⓘ
Atlanta campaign ⓘ
linked to:
Atlanta Campaign
Battle of Antietam ⓘ Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ Vicksburg campaign ⓘ
linked to:
Siege of Vicksburg
|
| religion |
Presbyterianism
ⓘ
linked to:
Presbyterian
|
| residence |
Columbus, Mississippi, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Columbus, Mississippi
|
| servedIn | United States Army ⓘ |
| spouse | Regina Harrison ⓘ |
| startTimeOfPosition | 1880 ⓘ |
| startTimeOfPosition_commanderInChiefUCV | 1904 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Stephen Dill Lee Description of subject: Stephen Dill Lee was a Confederate general during the American Civil War who later became a prominent educator and the first president of Mississippi State University.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.