John R. Hodge
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John R. Hodge was a U.S. Army general who led American occupation forces in southern Korea after World War II and later held senior commands in the postwar U.S. military.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John R. Hodge canonical | 2 |
| John Reed Hodge | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T493822 — 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 R. Hodge Context triple: [United States Army Military Government in Korea, notableCommander, John R. Hodge]
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A.
Harry M. Wegeforth
Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
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B.
Samuel J. Kirkwood
Samuel J. Kirkwood was a 19th-century American politician best known for serving as governor of Iowa and as a U.S. senator during the Civil War era.
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C.
Morton D. Hull
Morton D. Hull was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois in the early 20th century.
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D.
Albert D. Wheelon
Albert D. Wheelon was an American physicist and intelligence official known for his pioneering role in developing U.S. satellite reconnaissance programs and later contributions to aerospace and national security policy.
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E.
John R. Hayes
John R. Hayes is a cognitive psychologist and researcher known for his work on problem solving, creativity, and writing processes, often in collaboration with Herbert A. Simon.
- 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 R. Hodge Target entity description: John R. Hodge was a U.S. Army general who led American occupation forces in southern Korea after World War II and later held senior commands in the postwar U.S. military.
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A.
Harry M. Wegeforth
Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
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B.
Samuel J. Kirkwood
Samuel J. Kirkwood was a 19th-century American politician best known for serving as governor of Iowa and as a U.S. senator during the Civil War era.
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C.
Morton D. Hull
Morton D. Hull was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois in the early 20th century.
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D.
Albert D. Wheelon
Albert D. Wheelon was an American physicist and intelligence official known for his pioneering role in developing U.S. satellite reconnaissance programs and later contributions to aerospace and national security policy.
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E.
John R. Hayes
John R. Hayes is a cognitive psychologist and researcher known for his work on problem solving, creativity, and writing processes, often in collaboration with Herbert A. Simon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army general
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| allegiance | United States of America ⓘ |
| conflict |
Korean War
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World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | United States Army ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | military leadership ⓘ |
| givenName | John ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Lieutenant General ⓘ |
| notableCommand |
United States Army Forces in Korea
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Army Forces in Korea
U.S. Fourth Army ⓘ Third United States Army ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Third Army
XXIV Corps ⓘ |
| notableRole | Led American occupation forces in southern Korea after World War II ⓘ |
| notableWork |
United States Army Military Government in Korea
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surface form:
Administration of U.S. occupation zone in southern Korea
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| occupation | military officer ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Allied occupation of Korea
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surface form:
American occupation of Korea
Pacific War ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Theater of World War II
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| positionHeld |
Commander of U.S. Army Forces in Korea
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Commanding General of U.S. Fourth Army ⓘ Commanding General of U.S. Third Army ⓘ Commanding General of XXIV Corps ⓘ Deputy Chief of Staff of the United States Army ⓘ
surface form:
Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Forces, Pacific
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| serviceEnd | post–World War II period ⓘ |
| serviceStart | World War I era ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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: John R. Hodge Description of subject: John R. Hodge was a U.S. Army general who led American occupation forces in southern Korea after World War II and later held senior commands in the postwar U.S. military.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
John Reed Hodge