Clarence L. Tinker
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Clarence L. Tinker was a pioneering Native American U.S. Army Air Forces general and World War II commander, notable as the first Native American major general in U.S. military history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Clarence L. Tinker canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13461858 — 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: Clarence L. Tinker Context triple: [Oklahoma Aviation and Space Hall of Fame, inductee, Clarence L. Tinker]
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A.
Enos M. Barton
Enos M. Barton was an American engineer and businessman best known as a co-founder and early leader of Western Electric, a major telecommunications manufacturing company.
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B.
Paul V. McNutt
Paul V. McNutt was an American politician and diplomat who served as governor of Indiana, U.S. high commissioner to the Philippines, and a prominent New Deal-era federal administrator.
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C.
John F. Shafroth
John F. Shafroth was an American politician and governor of Colorado who later served as a U.S. senator, known for his work on legislation concerning U.S. territories and Puerto Rican citizenship.
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D.
Amzie Moore
Amzie Moore was a prominent African American civil rights leader, World War II veteran, and NAACP organizer in Mississippi who played a key role in voter registration and grassroots activism during the mid-20th century.
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E.
James Harlan
James Harlan was a 19th-century American politician from Iowa who served as a U.S. Senator and Secretary of the Interior under President Andrew Johnson.
- 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: Clarence L. Tinker Target entity description: Clarence L. Tinker was a pioneering Native American U.S. Army Air Forces general and World War II commander, notable as the first Native American major general in U.S. military history.
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A.
Enos M. Barton
Enos M. Barton was an American engineer and businessman best known as a co-founder and early leader of Western Electric, a major telecommunications manufacturing company.
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B.
Paul V. McNutt
Paul V. McNutt was an American politician and diplomat who served as governor of Indiana, U.S. high commissioner to the Philippines, and a prominent New Deal-era federal administrator.
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C.
John F. Shafroth
John F. Shafroth was an American politician and governor of Colorado who later served as a U.S. senator, known for his work on legislation concerning U.S. territories and Puerto Rican citizenship.
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D.
Amzie Moore
Amzie Moore was a prominent African American civil rights leader, World War II veteran, and NAACP organizer in Mississippi who played a key role in voter registration and grassroots activism during the mid-20th century.
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E.
James Harlan
James Harlan was a 19th-century American politician from Iowa who served as a U.S. Senator and Secretary of the Interior under President Andrew Johnson.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American military personnel
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United States Army Air Forces general ⓘ human ⓘ military officer ⓘ |
| allegiance |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| birthDate | 1887-11-21 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Osage Nation, Indian Territory, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | aircraft crash ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn | Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War I
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World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1942-06-07 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Army War College
NERFINISHED
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Bacone College NERFINISHED ⓘ Kemper Military School NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Army Command and General Staff School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Osage Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Tinker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Clarence Leonard Tinker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Clarence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHonor |
Air Medal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army) NERFINISHED ⓘ Purple Heart NERFINISHED ⓘ Silver Star NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMilitaryUnit |
Hawaiian Air Force
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Seventh Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Osage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
United States Army
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United States Army Air Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Army Air Forces ⓘ |
| militaryRank | major general ⓘ |
| namesakeOf | Tinker Air Force Base NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the first Native American major general in U.S. military history
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commanding air operations in the Pacific theater during World War II ⓘ |
| occupation |
aviator
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military officer ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | near Midway Atoll, Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Commander of Seventh Air Force ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | Oklahoma, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceEnd | 1942 ⓘ |
| serviceStart | 1912 ⓘ |
| spouse | Madeline Doyle Tinker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Clarence L. Tinker Description of subject: Clarence L. Tinker was a pioneering Native American U.S. Army Air Forces general and World War II commander, notable as the first Native American major general in U.S. military history.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.