William H. Emory
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William H. Emory was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and topographical engineer best known for his surveys and mapping of the U.S.–Mexico border and the American Southwest.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William H. Emory canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10107412 — 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: William H. Emory Context triple: [United States Army surveyors, notableMember, William H. Emory]
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A.
William T. Chamberlain
William T. Chamberlain is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the Chamberlain surname.
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B.
Benjamin M. Prentiss
Benjamin M. Prentiss was a Union Army general during the American Civil War, best known for his stubborn defense at the Hornet’s Nest during the Battle of Shiloh.
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C.
William H. Chamberlain
William H. Chamberlain was an American journalist and historian known for his analyses of Soviet Russia and his writings on international affairs in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Maj. Gen. Edward O. C. Ord
Maj. Gen. Edward O. C. Ord was a Union Army officer and corps commander in the American Civil War, noted for his leadership in the final campaigns that led to the surrender of Confederate forces.
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E.
Samuel P. Heintzelman
Samuel P. Heintzelman was a United States Army officer and Union major general during the American Civil War, noted for his leadership in the Peninsula Campaign and other early-war operations.
- 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: William H. Emory Target entity description: William H. Emory was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and topographical engineer best known for his surveys and mapping of the U.S.–Mexico border and the American Southwest.
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A.
William T. Chamberlain
William T. Chamberlain is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the Chamberlain surname.
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B.
Benjamin M. Prentiss
Benjamin M. Prentiss was a Union Army general during the American Civil War, best known for his stubborn defense at the Hornet’s Nest during the Battle of Shiloh.
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C.
William H. Chamberlain
William H. Chamberlain was an American journalist and historian known for his analyses of Soviet Russia and his writings on international affairs in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Maj. Gen. Edward O. C. Ord
Maj. Gen. Edward O. C. Ord was a Union Army officer and corps commander in the American Civil War, noted for his leadership in the final campaigns that led to the surrender of Confederate forces.
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E.
Samuel P. Heintzelman
Samuel P. Heintzelman was a United States Army officer and Union major general during the American Civil War, noted for his leadership in the Peninsula Campaign and other early-war operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army officer
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cartographer ⓘ explorer ⓘ person ⓘ topographical engineer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | United States Military Academy ⓘ |
| employer | United States Army ⓘ |
| familyName | Emory ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cartography
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geographical surveying ⓘ topographical engineering ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasActivityPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| hasRole |
boundary commissioner
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topographical survey leader ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | officer ⓘ |
| notableFor |
19th-century surveys of the U.S.–Mexico border
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contributions to U.S. boundary mapping ⓘ mapping large areas of the American Southwest ⓘ |
| notableWork |
United States and Mexican Boundary Survey
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linked to:
Mexican–American War boundary surveys
mapping of the American Southwest ⓘ surveys of the U.S.–Mexico border ⓘ |
| occupation |
engineer
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military officer ⓘ surveyor ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
American Southwest
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linked to:
southwestern United States
U.S.–Mexico border region ⓘ
linked to:
U.S.–Mexico border
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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: William H. Emory Description of subject: William H. Emory was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and topographical engineer best known for his surveys and mapping of the U.S.–Mexico border and the American Southwest.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.