John
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John B. Magruder was a Confederate major general during the American Civil War, known for his leadership in the Peninsula Campaign and his flamboyant personality.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6978433 — 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 Context triple: [John B. Magruder, givenName, John]
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A.
John
John is traditionally regarded as the author of the New Testament’s Book of Revelation, a prophetic and apocalyptic text in Christian scripture.
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B.
John
John is the given first name of J. Edgar Hoover, the long-serving and influential first director of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
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C.
John
John is the given first name of the legendary American professional golfer Byron Nelson, one of the sport’s early great champions.
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D.
John
John is the given name of John H. Hammond Jr., the influential American record producer and talent scout known for discovering and promoting numerous major jazz, blues, and rock musicians.
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E.
John
John is the given name of the late American comedian and actor John Belushi, famed for his work on "Saturday Night Live" and in films like "Animal House" and "The Blues Brothers."
- 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 Target entity description: John B. Magruder was a Confederate major general during the American Civil War, known for his leadership in the Peninsula Campaign and his flamboyant personality.
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John
John is the given name of John C. Pemberton, a Confederate general best known for his role in the American Civil War, particularly the Siege of Vicksburg.
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John
John is the given name of John Bell Hood, a Confederate general known for his aggressive command during the American Civil War.
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C.
John
John S. Mosby was a Confederate cavalry battalion commander in the American Civil War, famed for his swift and elusive guerrilla tactics that earned him the nickname “The Gray Ghost.”
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John
John is the given name of John Gill Shorter, who served as the 17th Governor of Alabama during the American Civil War.
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John
John is the given name of John Alexander Logan, a prominent 19th-century American Civil War general and influential politician.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Confederate general
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Confederate States of America
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1807-08-15 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Port Royal, Virginia ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Episcopal Cemetery, Galveston, Texas ⓘ |
| commanded |
Confederate forces at the Battle of Galveston
ⓘ
Confederate forces in the Peninsula Campaign ⓘ |
| conflict |
American Civil War
ⓘ
Mexican–American War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1871-02-18 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Houston, Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
Houston, Texas, United States
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| educatedAt | United States Military Academy ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | American of Scottish descent ⓘ |
| familyName | Magruder ⓘ |
| givenName | John ⓘ |
| graduationYear | 1830 ⓘ |
| knownFor | elaborate social life and theatrics ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| middleName | Bankhead ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Confederate States Army
ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | major general ⓘ |
| militaryUnit |
U.S. Army artillery
ⓘ
linked to:
Field Artillery Branch
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| nickname | Prince John ⓘ |
| notableFor |
flamboyant personality
ⓘ
leadership in the Peninsula Campaign ⓘ |
| notableWork | recapture of Galveston, Texas, in 1863 ⓘ |
| occupation |
artillery officer
ⓘ
military officer ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Galveston
ⓘ
Battle of Yorktown (1862) ⓘ Peninsula Campaign ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
commander of the Army of the Peninsula
ⓘ
commander of the District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona ⓘ |
| promotedToRank | major general in the Confederate Army ⓘ |
| residence |
Texas
ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ |
| serviceNumberOrID | West Point class of 1830 graduate ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| styleOfWarfare | use of deception and theatrics to exaggerate troop strength ⓘ |
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 Description of subject: John B. Magruder was a Confederate major general during the American Civil War, known for his leadership in the Peninsula Campaign and his flamboyant personality.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Prince John