Colonel Joseph J. Reynolds
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Colonel Joseph J. Reynolds was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading cavalry forces during the Indian Wars of the 19th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brigadier General Joseph J. Reynolds | 1 |
| Colonel Joseph J. Reynolds canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10570551 — 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: Colonel Joseph J. Reynolds Context triple: [Battle of the Powder River (1876), commander, Colonel Joseph J. Reynolds]
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A.
Colonel George F. James
Colonel George F. James was a notable figure in California history whose prominence led to the town of Jamestown being named in his honor.
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B.
Colonel Alexander B. Montgomery
Colonel Alexander B. Montgomery was a Confederate officer best known for leading Southern forces during the Civil War’s Battle of Marianna in Florida.
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C.
Colonel James C. Rice
Colonel James C. Rice was a Union Army officer and regimental commander in the American Civil War, noted for leading the 44th New York Infantry.
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D.
Colonel Maxcy Gregg
Colonel Maxcy Gregg was a Confederate officer and brigade commander from South Carolina who fought in several major battles of the American Civil War before being mortally wounded at Fredericksburg.
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E.
Colonel Isaac E. Avery
Colonel Isaac E. Avery was a Confederate officer in the American Civil War, best remembered for his fatal wounding while leading a charge at the Battle of Gettysburg.
- 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: Colonel Joseph J. Reynolds Target entity description: Colonel Joseph J. Reynolds was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading cavalry forces during the Indian Wars of the 19th century.
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A.
Colonel George F. James
Colonel George F. James was a notable figure in California history whose prominence led to the town of Jamestown being named in his honor.
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B.
Colonel Alexander B. Montgomery
Colonel Alexander B. Montgomery was a Confederate officer best known for leading Southern forces during the Civil War’s Battle of Marianna in Florida.
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C.
Colonel James C. Rice
Colonel James C. Rice was a Union Army officer and regimental commander in the American Civil War, noted for leading the 44th New York Infantry.
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D.
Colonel Maxcy Gregg
Colonel Maxcy Gregg was a Confederate officer and brigade commander from South Carolina who fought in several major battles of the American Civil War before being mortally wounded at Fredericksburg.
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E.
Colonel Isaac E. Avery
Colonel Isaac E. Avery was a Confederate officer in the American Civil War, best remembered for his fatal wounding while leading a charge at the Battle of Gettysburg.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army officer
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| activity | cavalry command in the 19th-century U.S. Army ⓘ |
| conflict |
American Civil War
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Indian Wars ⓘ
linked to:
United States–Native American wars
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Reynolds ⓘ |
| givenName | Joseph ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | officer ⓘ |
| notableFor | leading cavalry forces during the Indian Wars of the 19th century ⓘ |
| occupation | soldier ⓘ |
| positionHeld | colonel in the United States Army ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Colonel Joseph J. Reynolds Description of subject: Colonel Joseph J. Reynolds was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading cavalry forces during the Indian Wars of the 19th century.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Colonel Joseph J. Reynolds