Little Crow
E239217
Little Crow was a prominent Dakota (Sioux) leader who played a central role in leading his people during the U.S.–Dakota War of 1862 in Minnesota.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Little Crow canonical | 3 |
| Little Crow IV | 1 |
| Little Crow V | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2170159 — 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: Little Crow Context triple: [Dakota War of 1862, hasCommander, Little Crow]
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A.
Wootonekanuske
Wootonekanuske was a Native American woman known as the wife of Metacomet (King Philip), the Wampanoag leader who led a major resistance against English colonists in 17th-century New England.
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B.
Miantonomo
Miantonomo was a prominent 17th-century Narragansett sachem known for his leadership in regional conflicts and diplomacy in New England.
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C.
Tessie Bear
Tessie Bear is a kind, sensible teddy bear character from Enid Blyton’s Noddy stories, known as one of Noddy’s closest friends in Toyland.
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D.
Tall Chief
Tall Chief is the surname of Maria Tallchief, the pioneering Native American prima ballerina who became one of the most celebrated figures in 20th-century ballet.
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E.
Black Hawk
Black Hawk was a prominent Sauk leader who resisted United States expansion into Native American lands during the early 19th century.
- 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: Little Crow Target entity description: Little Crow was a prominent Dakota (Sioux) leader who played a central role in leading his people during the U.S.–Dakota War of 1862 in Minnesota.
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A.
Wootonekanuske
Wootonekanuske was a Native American woman known as the wife of Metacomet (King Philip), the Wampanoag leader who led a major resistance against English colonists in 17th-century New England.
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B.
Miantonomo
Miantonomo was a prominent 17th-century Narragansett sachem known for his leadership in regional conflicts and diplomacy in New England.
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C.
Tessie Bear
Tessie Bear is a kind, sensible teddy bear character from Enid Blyton’s Noddy stories, known as one of Noddy’s closest friends in Toyland.
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D.
Tall Chief
Tall Chief is the surname of Maria Tallchief, the pioneering Native American prima ballerina who became one of the most celebrated figures in 20th-century ballet.
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E.
Black Hawk
Black Hawk was a prominent Sauk leader who resisted United States expansion into Native American lands during the early 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dakota leader
ⓘ
Native American leader ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Taoyateduta
ⓘ
Taoyateduta (His Red Nation) ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence | Upper Midwest of the United States ⓘ |
| causeOfConflict |
broken treaties and delayed annuity payments
ⓘ
starvation among Dakota people ⓘ |
| conflict |
Dakota War of 1862
ⓘ
surface form:
Dakota–United States conflicts
Dakota War of 1862 ⓘ
surface form:
U.S.–Dakota War of 1862
|
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culture | Dakota culture ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1863 ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Dakota ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| impact | shaped U.S. policy toward the Dakota after 1862 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
attempts to negotiate with U.S. authorities before the 1862 war
ⓘ
leading Dakota warriors in 1862 uprisings ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Dakota language ⓘ |
| legacy |
remembered in Minnesota historical memory and commemoration
ⓘ
symbol of Dakota resistance to U.S. expansion ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed by a settler ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Eastern Dakota
ⓘ
Mdewakanton Dakota ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership in the U.S.–Dakota War of 1862
ⓘ
role in Dakota–United States relations in Minnesota ⓘ |
| opponent |
United States government
ⓘ
settlers in Minnesota ⓘ |
| partOf |
Sioux people
ⓘ
surface form:
Sioux peoples
|
| placeOfActivity |
Minnesota
ⓘ
Minnesota River ⓘ
surface form:
Minnesota River Valley
|
| placeOfDeath | Minnesota ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chief of the Mdewakanton Dakota
ⓘ
leader of a Dakota band at Kaposia ⓘ |
| religion | traditional Dakota beliefs ⓘ |
| residence |
Kaposia
ⓘ
Minnesota Territory ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Minnesota history scholarship
ⓘ
historical studies of the U.S.–Dakota War of 1862 ⓘ |
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: Little Crow Description of subject: Little Crow was a prominent Dakota (Sioux) leader who played a central role in leading his people during the U.S.–Dakota War of 1862 in Minnesota.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Little Crow V
this entity surface form:
Little Crow IV