General George Harris
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General George Harris was a British Army officer best known for commanding the forces that captured Seringapatam and defeated Tipu Sultan in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| General George Harris canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2801867 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: General George Harris Context triple: [Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, belligerentLeader, General George Harris]
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General William L. Shelton
General William L. Shelton is a retired United States Air Force four-star general who led major space operations and modernization efforts, including serving as commander of Air Force Space Command.
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B.
General John W. Raymond
General John W. Raymond is a United States Space Force four-star general who served as the first Chief of Space Operations and a key architect of America’s modern military space enterprise.
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C.
General Timothy D. Haugh
General Timothy D. Haugh is a senior United States Air Force officer who serves as a leading figure in U.S. military cyber operations and intelligence.
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D.
Brigadier General Harry T. Hays
Brigadier General Harry T. Hays was a Confederate officer in the American Civil War best known for leading the famed Louisiana Tigers brigade in several major battles, including Gettysburg.
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E.
Major General George W. Griner Jr.
Major General George W. Griner Jr. was a senior U.S. Army officer best known for commanding the 27th Infantry Division during World War II.
- 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: General George Harris Target entity description: General George Harris was a British Army officer best known for commanding the forces that captured Seringapatam and defeated Tipu Sultan in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War.
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A.
General William L. Shelton
General William L. Shelton is a retired United States Air Force four-star general who led major space operations and modernization efforts, including serving as commander of Air Force Space Command.
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B.
General John W. Raymond
General John W. Raymond is a United States Space Force four-star general who served as the first Chief of Space Operations and a key architect of America’s modern military space enterprise.
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C.
General Timothy D. Haugh
General Timothy D. Haugh is a senior United States Air Force officer who serves as a leading figure in U.S. military cyber operations and intelligence.
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D.
Brigadier General Harry T. Hays
Brigadier General Harry T. Hays was a Confederate officer in the American Civil War best known for leading the famed Louisiana Tigers brigade in several major battles, including Gettysburg.
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E.
Major General George W. Griner Jr.
Major General George W. Griner Jr. was a senior U.S. Army officer best known for commanding the 27th Infantry Division during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (19)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Army officer
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human ⓘ |
| allegiance | British Empire ⓘ |
| battle |
Siege of Seringapatam (1799)
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surface form:
Siege of Seringapatam
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| commanded | British forces at the Siege of Seringapatam ⓘ |
| conflict | Fourth Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | General ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | General ⓘ |
| name | George Harris ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
Siege of Seringapatam (1799)
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surface form:
Defeat of Tipu Sultan at Seringapatam
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| notableFor |
commanding the British-led army that captured Seringapatam in 1799
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leading the final campaign against Tipu Sultan in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Siege of Seringapatam (1799)
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surface form:
Capture of Seringapatam
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| occupation |
military commander
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soldier ⓘ |
| opponent |
Kingdom of Mysore
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Tipu Sultan ⓘ |
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: General George Harris Description of subject: General George Harris was a British Army officer best known for commanding the forces that captured Seringapatam and defeated Tipu Sultan in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.