Greely S. Curtis
E744423
Greely S. Curtis was a Union Army officer and notable cavalry leader from Massachusetts during the American Civil War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Greely S. Curtis canonical | 1 |
| Henry Livermore Abbott | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7632868 — 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: Greely S. Curtis Context triple: [1st Massachusetts Cavalry, commander, Greely S. Curtis]
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A.
Charles H. Hackley
Charles H. Hackley was a prominent 19th-century Muskegon lumber baron and philanthropist known for his extensive civic and cultural contributions to the city.
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B.
Azariah C. Flagg
Azariah C. Flagg was a 19th-century New York politician and reformer who served in several key state offices and became a prominent figure in the anti-corruption, anti-slavery Barnburner wing of the Democratic Party.
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C.
William M. Ingraham
William M. Ingraham was an American government official who served in the U.S. War Department during the early 20th century.
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D.
Melville M. Bigelow
Melville M. Bigelow was an influential American legal scholar of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for his pioneering work in tort law and legal history.
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E.
Moses H. Sherman
Moses H. Sherman was an American railroad executive and real estate developer who played a key role in the early urban and transportation development of Los Angeles and the American Southwest.
- 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: Greely S. Curtis Target entity description: Greely S. Curtis was a Union Army officer and notable cavalry leader from Massachusetts during the American Civil War.
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A.
Charles H. Hackley
Charles H. Hackley was a prominent 19th-century Muskegon lumber baron and philanthropist known for his extensive civic and cultural contributions to the city.
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B.
Azariah C. Flagg
Azariah C. Flagg was a 19th-century New York politician and reformer who served in several key state offices and became a prominent figure in the anti-corruption, anti-slavery Barnburner wing of the Democratic Party.
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C.
William M. Ingraham
William M. Ingraham was an American government official who served in the U.S. War Department during the early 20th century.
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D.
Melville M. Bigelow
Melville M. Bigelow was an influential American legal scholar of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for his pioneering work in tort law and legal history.
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E.
Moses H. Sherman
Moses H. Sherman was an American railroad executive and real estate developer who played a key role in the early urban and transportation development of Los Angeles and the American Southwest.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Union Army officer
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person ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Union
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United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| category |
19th-century American military personnel
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American Civil War cavalry officers ⓘ People of Massachusetts in the American Civil War ⓘ Union Army officers ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasNotableRole | cavalry leader from Massachusetts ⓘ |
| isFrom | Massachusetts ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Union Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | officer ⓘ |
| notableFor | cavalry leadership during the American Civil War ⓘ |
| occupation |
military officer
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soldier ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
American Civil War battlefields
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United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| servedIn | Union cavalry ⓘ |
| stateOfOrigin | Massachusetts ⓘ |
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: Greely S. Curtis Description of subject: Greely S. Curtis was a Union Army officer and notable cavalry leader from Massachusetts during the American Civil War.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Greely S. Curtis