Sam Davis
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Sam Davis was a young Confederate scout from Tennessee during the American Civil War who became known as the “Boy Hero of the Confederacy” after his execution for espionage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sam Davis canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8538875 — 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: Sam Davis Context triple: [Sam Davis Memorial, dedicatedTo, Sam Davis]
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A.
Joseph Milligan
Joseph Milligan is a musician best known as a guitarist for the American alternative rock band Anberlin.
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B.
J. Buford Boone
J. Buford Boone was an American newspaper editor and publisher best known for his courageous civil rights advocacy in Alabama, for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing in 1957.
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C.
Bunk Moreland
Bunk Moreland is a seasoned, sharp-witted homicide detective in the Baltimore Police Department on the television series "The Wire," known for his loyalty, pragmatism, and complex moral compass.
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D.
Joseph Jett Sally
Joseph Jett Sally is a film editor best known for his work on major studio productions, including the science-fiction sequel "The Matrix Resurrections."
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E.
William Forrest
William Forrest was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and television.
- 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: Sam Davis Target entity description: Sam Davis was a young Confederate scout from Tennessee during the American Civil War who became known as the “Boy Hero of the Confederacy” after his execution for espionage.
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A.
Joseph Milligan
Joseph Milligan is a musician best known as a guitarist for the American alternative rock band Anberlin.
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B.
J. Buford Boone
J. Buford Boone was an American newspaper editor and publisher best known for his courageous civil rights advocacy in Alabama, for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing in 1957.
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C.
Bunk Moreland
Bunk Moreland is a seasoned, sharp-witted homicide detective in the Baltimore Police Department on the television series "The Wire," known for his loyalty, pragmatism, and complex moral compass.
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D.
Joseph Jett Sally
Joseph Jett Sally is a film editor best known for his work on major studio productions, including the science-fiction sequel "The Matrix Resurrections."
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E.
William Forrest
William Forrest was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and television.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Confederate soldier
ⓘ
person ⓘ scout ⓘ spy ⓘ |
| allegiance | Confederate States of America ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Confederate espionage activities
ⓘ
Tennessee in the American Civil War ⓘ
linked to:
Tennessee campaign of 1862
|
| charge | espionage ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| fullName | Samuel Davis ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| historicalReputation |
Confederate hero
ⓘ
martyr figure in Lost Cause memory ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | execution by hanging ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Confederate States Army ⓘ |
| nickname | Boy Hero of the Confederacy ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being executed by Union forces as a spy
ⓘ
refusing to reveal his sources of intelligence ⓘ service as a Confederate scout during the American Civil War ⓘ |
| occupation |
courier
ⓘ
scout ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Tennessee ⓘ |
| role |
intelligence courier
ⓘ
military scout ⓘ |
| sideInConflict |
Confederacy
ⓘ
linked to:
Confederate States of America
|
| stateOfOrigin | Tennessee ⓘ |
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: Sam Davis Description of subject: Sam Davis was a young Confederate scout from Tennessee during the American Civil War who became known as the “Boy Hero of the Confederacy” after his execution for espionage.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.