William B. Taliaferro
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William B. Taliaferro was a Confederate general during the American Civil War who held several important field commands in the Eastern Theater.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William B. Taliaferro canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12503833 — 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 B. Taliaferro Context triple: [Assault on Fort Wagner, commander, William B. Taliaferro]
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A.
Samuel M. Ralston
Samuel M. Ralston was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of Indiana and later as a U.S. senator in the early 20th century.
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B.
Abraham B. Venable
Abraham B. Venable was an American politician and former U.S. congressman from Virginia who died in the 1811 Richmond Theatre fire.
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C.
Edmund J. Davis
Edmund J. Davis was a controversial Reconstruction-era Republican who served as governor of Texas from 1870 to 1874 and played a key role in reshaping the state's post–Civil War government.
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D.
William R. Burnham
William R. Burnham was an American architect known for his partnership in the Denver-based firm Edbrooke and Burnham, which designed prominent late 19th-century buildings.
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E.
Augustus W. Robins
Augustus W. Robins was a U.S. Army Air Corps officer whose legacy is commemorated in the naming of the city of Warner Robins, Georgia.
- 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 B. Taliaferro Target entity description: William B. Taliaferro was a Confederate general during the American Civil War who held several important field commands in the Eastern Theater.
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A.
Samuel M. Ralston
Samuel M. Ralston was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of Indiana and later as a U.S. senator in the early 20th century.
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B.
Abraham B. Venable
Abraham B. Venable was an American politician and former U.S. congressman from Virginia who died in the 1811 Richmond Theatre fire.
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C.
Edmund J. Davis
Edmund J. Davis was a controversial Reconstruction-era Republican who served as governor of Texas from 1870 to 1874 and played a key role in reshaping the state's post–Civil War government.
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D.
William R. Burnham
William R. Burnham was an American architect known for his partnership in the Denver-based firm Edbrooke and Burnham, which designed prominent late 19th-century buildings.
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E.
Augustus W. Robins
Augustus W. Robins was a U.S. Army Air Corps officer whose legacy is commemorated in the naming of the city of Warner Robins, Georgia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Confederate general
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human ⓘ military officer ⓘ |
| allegiance | Confederate States of America ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1822-12-28 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Gloucester County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Ware Episcopal Church Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1898-02-27 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Gloucester County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| education | College of William & Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | American of English descent ⓘ |
| familyName | Taliaferro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | William Booth Taliaferro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasTitle | General ⓘ |
| heldCommand | field command in the Eastern Theater ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Virginia House of Delegates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| middleName | Booth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Confederate States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | brigadier general ⓘ |
| militaryStatus | veteran of the American Civil War ⓘ |
| notableBattle |
Battle of Antietam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of Cedar Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Fort Wagner NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Fredericksburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Second Bull Run NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
commanding Confederate defenses at Fort Wagner
ⓘ
commanding Confederate forces in several Eastern Theater battles ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
ⓘ
politician ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
judge in Virginia
ⓘ
member of the Virginia House of Delegates ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
American South
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Gloucester County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedIn |
Confederate States Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Virginia militia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Stonewall Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| stateOfOrigin | Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theaterOfWar | Eastern Theater of the American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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 B. Taliaferro Description of subject: William B. Taliaferro was a Confederate general during the American Civil War who held several important field commands in the Eastern Theater.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.