John C. Pemberton
E120846
John C. Pemberton was a Confederate lieutenant general during the American Civil War, best known for commanding Southern forces at the Siege of Vicksburg.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John C. Pemberton canonical | 10 |
| John Clifford Pemberton | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1051007 — 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: John C. Pemberton Context triple: [Confederate military leadership, hasOfficeHolder, John C. Pemberton]
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A.
Henry Overholt
Henry Overholt was a member of the prominent Overholt family connected to the historic West Overton industrial and distilling complex in Pennsylvania.
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B.
Samuel Smith
Samuel Smith was a London-based bookseller and publisher active in the early 18th century, known for issuing significant scientific works including Isaac Newton’s "Opticks."
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C.
Samuel Smith
Samuel Smith was an American Revolutionary War and War of 1812 officer and politician who led the defense of Baltimore against the British in 1814.
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D.
Asa Griggs Candler
Asa Griggs Candler was an American businessman and philanthropist best known for transforming Coca-Cola into a global brand and serving as the mayor of Atlanta.
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E.
Arthur Judson
Arthur Judson was an influential American music manager and impresario who co-founded the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) and played a major role in shaping early 20th-century broadcasting and classical music management.
- 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: John C. Pemberton Target entity description: John C. Pemberton was a Confederate lieutenant general during the American Civil War, best known for commanding Southern forces at the Siege of Vicksburg.
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A.
Henry Overholt
Henry Overholt was a member of the prominent Overholt family connected to the historic West Overton industrial and distilling complex in Pennsylvania.
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B.
Samuel Smith
Samuel Smith was a London-based bookseller and publisher active in the early 18th century, known for issuing significant scientific works including Isaac Newton’s "Opticks."
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C.
Samuel Smith
Samuel Smith was an American Revolutionary War and War of 1812 officer and politician who led the defense of Baltimore against the British in 1814.
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D.
Asa Griggs Candler
Asa Griggs Candler was an American businessman and philanthropist best known for transforming Coca-Cola into a global brand and serving as the mayor of Atlanta.
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E.
Arthur Judson
Arthur Judson was an influential American music manager and impresario who co-founded the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) and played a major role in shaping early 20th-century broadcasting and classical music management.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Confederate general
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Confederate States of America
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1814-08-10 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Philadelphia
ⓘ
surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
|
| burialPlace |
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia
ⓘ
surface form:
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
|
| causeOfNotoriety | loss of Vicksburg, splitting the Confederacy along the Mississippi River ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| commanded | Confederate forces at Vicksburg ⓘ |
| conflict |
American Civil War
ⓘ
Mexican–American War ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1881-07-13 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Penn Wynne, Pennsylvania
ⓘ
surface form:
Penllyn, Pennsylvania, United States
|
| education | United States Military Academy ⓘ |
| ethnicity | American ⓘ |
| event | surrender of Vicksburg on 1863-07-04 ⓘ |
| familyName | Pemberton ⓘ |
| fullName |
John C. Pemberton
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
John Clifford Pemberton
|
| givenName | John ⓘ |
| graduationYear | 1837 ⓘ |
| historicalEra | 19th century ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterRank | lieutenant colonel of artillery in Confederate service ⓘ |
| middleName | Clifford ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Confederate States Army
ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
lieutenant colonel
ⓘ
lieutenant general ⓘ |
| notableBattle |
Battle of Big Black River Bridge
ⓘ
Battle of Champion Hill ⓘ Siege of Vicksburg ⓘ |
| notableFor | commanding Confederate forces at the Siege of Vicksburg ⓘ |
| parentage | born to a prominent Philadelphia family ⓘ |
| position | commander of the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana ⓘ |
| preWarOccupation | career army officer ⓘ |
| promotion | promoted to Confederate lieutenant general in 1862 ⓘ |
| regionAssociatedWith | Mississippi ⓘ |
| resignation | resigned as Confederate lieutenant general after Vicksburg surrender ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Jefferson Davis ⓘ |
| servedWith | Robert E. Lee ⓘ |
| serviceEnd | 1865 ⓘ |
| serviceStart | 1837 ⓘ |
| side |
Confederate States of America
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surface form:
Confederacy
|
| spouse | Martha Thompson ⓘ |
| surrenderedTo | Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ |
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: John C. Pemberton Description of subject: John C. Pemberton was a Confederate lieutenant general during the American Civil War, best known for commanding Southern forces at the Siege of Vicksburg.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
John Clifford Pemberton