Thomas J. Sheehan
E921045
Thomas J. Sheehan was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading the defense of Fort Ridgely during the U.S.–Dakota War of 1862.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thomas J. Sheehan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10304500 — 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: Thomas J. Sheehan Context triple: [Battle of Fort Ridgely, commander, Thomas J. Sheehan]
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A.
James T. O'Donohoe
James T. O'Donohoe was an American screenwriter active during the silent and early sound film era.
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B.
Joseph A. McDonough
Joseph A. McDonough was a Hollywood film assistant director recognized in the 1930s for his award-winning work in the early years of the Academy Awards.
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C.
Joseph J. O’Donnell
Joseph J. O’Donnell is a Harvard alumnus and philanthropist known for his significant contributions to the university, particularly to its athletic facilities.
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D.
Joseph B. Keenan
Joseph B. Keenan was an American lawyer and U.S. Assistant Attorney General who served as the chief prosecutor in the post–World War II Tokyo war crimes trials.
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E.
Richard M. Linnehan
Richard M. Linnehan is a NASA astronaut and veterinarian best known for his spacewalks and work on multiple Space Shuttle missions, including servicing the Hubble Space Telescope.
- 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: Thomas J. Sheehan Target entity description: Thomas J. Sheehan was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading the defense of Fort Ridgely during the U.S.–Dakota War of 1862.
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A.
James T. O'Donohoe
James T. O'Donohoe was an American screenwriter active during the silent and early sound film era.
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B.
Joseph A. McDonough
Joseph A. McDonough was a Hollywood film assistant director recognized in the 1930s for his award-winning work in the early years of the Academy Awards.
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C.
Joseph J. O’Donnell
Joseph J. O’Donnell is a Harvard alumnus and philanthropist known for his significant contributions to the university, particularly to its athletic facilities.
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D.
Joseph B. Keenan
Joseph B. Keenan was an American lawyer and U.S. Assistant Attorney General who served as the chief prosecutor in the post–World War II Tokyo war crimes trials.
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E.
Richard M. Linnehan
Richard M. Linnehan is a NASA astronaut and veterinarian best known for his spacewalks and work on multiple Space Shuttle missions, including servicing the Hubble Space Telescope.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (13)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. Army officer
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human ⓘ |
| conflict |
U.S.–Dakota War of 1862
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linked to:
Dakota War of 1862
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| countryOfService | United States of America ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| locationOfActivity |
Fort Ridgely
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Minnesota ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryCommand | Fort Ridgely ⓘ |
| notableFor | leading the defense of Fort Ridgely during the U.S.–Dakota War of 1862 ⓘ |
| occupation | military officer ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
U.S.–Dakota War of 1862
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linked to:
Dakota War of 1862
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| role | defender of Fort Ridgely ⓘ |
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: Thomas J. Sheehan Description of subject: Thomas J. Sheehan was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading the defense of Fort Ridgely during the U.S.–Dakota War of 1862.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.