Styer
E294598
Styer is a party to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Yamashita v. Styer, which addressed the legal responsibility of military commanders for war crimes committed by their subordinates.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Styer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2744667 — 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: Styer Context triple: [Yamashita v. Styer, hasParty, Styer]
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A.
Stowell
Stowell is an English surname notably borne by Baroness Stowell of Beeston, a British Conservative politician and life peer.
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B.
Sharston
Sharston is a suburban area of Manchester, England, known for its residential neighborhoods and proximity to other districts like Baguley and Wythenshawe.
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C.
Redfield
Redfield is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, science, and the arts.
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D.
Finklea
Finklea is the birth surname of American actress and dancer Cyd Charisse, known for her roles in classic Hollywood musicals.
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E.
Pontsteiger
Pontsteiger is a prominent waterfront residential and mixed-use complex in Amsterdam’s Houthaven district, known for its striking arch-shaped architecture and views over the IJ river.
- 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: Styer Target entity description: Styer is a party to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Yamashita v. Styer, which addressed the legal responsibility of military commanders for war crimes committed by their subordinates.
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A.
Stowell
Stowell is an English surname notably borne by Baroness Stowell of Beeston, a British Conservative politician and life peer.
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B.
Sharston
Sharston is a suburban area of Manchester, England, known for its residential neighborhoods and proximity to other districts like Baguley and Wythenshawe.
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C.
Redfield
Redfield is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, science, and the arts.
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D.
Finklea
Finklea is the birth surname of American actress and dancer Cyd Charisse, known for her roles in classic Hollywood musicals.
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E.
Pontsteiger
Pontsteiger is a prominent waterfront residential and mixed-use complex in Amsterdam’s Houthaven district, known for its striking arch-shaped architecture and views over the IJ river.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (12)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | person ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
World War II war crimes jurisprudence
ⓘ
command responsibility doctrine ⓘ |
| caseInvolves |
acts of subordinates
ⓘ
legal responsibility of military commanders ⓘ war crimes ⓘ |
| caseName | Yamashita v. Styer ⓘ |
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| partyTo |
U.S. Supreme Court case
ⓘ
Yamashita v. Styer ⓘ |
| roleInCase | respondent ⓘ |
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: Styer Description of subject: Styer is a party to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Yamashita v. Styer, which addressed the legal responsibility of military commanders for war crimes committed by their subordinates.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.