Mattis
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Mattis is a surname most prominently associated with James N. Mattis, a retired U.S. Marine Corps general and former United States Secretary of Defense.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mattis canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9577731 — 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: Mattis Context triple: [James N. Mattis, familyName, Mattis]
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A.
David James Mattis
David James Mattis was an American music executive and entrepreneur best known for co-founding the influential rhythm and blues label Duke Records in the early 1950s.
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B.
H. R. McMaster
H. R. McMaster is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, military historian, and former National Security Advisor known for his critical analysis of U.S. military strategy and leadership.
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C.
Mullen
Mullen is the surname of Larry Mullen Jr., the Irish drummer best known as a founding member of the rock band U2.
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D.
Bradley Stryker
Bradley Stryker is an American actor known for his character roles in television series and films, including a part in the period crime drama "The Lizzie Borden Chronicles."
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E.
Charles Mitchell
Charles Mitchell was an American country musician and songwriter best known for helping popularize the classic song "You Are My Sunshine."
- 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: Mattis Target entity description: Mattis is a surname most prominently associated with James N. Mattis, a retired U.S. Marine Corps general and former United States Secretary of Defense.
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A.
David James Mattis
David James Mattis was an American music executive and entrepreneur best known for co-founding the influential rhythm and blues label Duke Records in the early 1950s.
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B.
H. R. McMaster
H. R. McMaster is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, military historian, and former National Security Advisor known for his critical analysis of U.S. military strategy and leadership.
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C.
Mullen
Mullen is the surname of Larry Mullen Jr., the Irish drummer best known as a founding member of the rock band U2.
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D.
Bradley Stryker
Bradley Stryker is an American actor known for his character roles in television series and films, including a part in the period crime drama "The Lizzie Borden Chronicles."
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E.
Charles Mitchell
Charles Mitchell was an American country musician and songwriter best known for helping popularize the classic song "You Are My Sunshine."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former United States Secretary of Defense
ⓘ
human ⓘ retired U.S. Marine Corps general ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Donald Trump ⓘ |
| category |
English-language surnames
ⓘ
German-language surnames ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn |
Gulf War
ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ War in Afghanistan ⓘ
linked to:
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| derivedFromGivenName | Matthew ⓘ |
| familyName | Mattis ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
James Mattis
ⓘ
linked to:
James N. Mattis
James N. Mattis ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin |
English
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| militaryRank | General ⓘ |
| nickname | Mad Dog ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy of reading and military history
ⓘ
service as commander of U.S. Central Command ⓘ service as commander of U.S. Joint Forces Command ⓘ |
| officeEndTime | 2019-01-01 ⓘ |
| officeStartTime | 2017-01-20 ⓘ |
| positionHeld | 26th United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| usedAs | family name ⓘ |
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: Mattis Description of subject: Mattis is a surname most prominently associated with James N. Mattis, a retired U.S. Marine Corps general and former United States Secretary of Defense.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Mattis