Army of the Mississippi
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The Army of the Mississippi was a Union field army during the American Civil War that operated primarily in the Western Theater, participating in key campaigns along the Mississippi River and in the Western states.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Army of the Mississippi canonical | 3 |
| Army of the Mississippi (Union) | 1 |
| Army of the West (Union) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2845639 — 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: Army of the Mississippi Context triple: [Union Army, subdivision, Army of the Mississippi]
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A.
Army of the Trans-Mississippi
The Army of the Trans-Mississippi was a major Confederate field army that operated west of the Mississippi River during the American Civil War, overseeing military campaigns in states such as Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana.
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B.
Confederate Army of Mississippi
The Confederate Army of Mississippi was a major Confederate field army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, notably commanded by generals such as Albert Sidney Johnston and P.G.T. Beauregard.
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Army of the Tennessee
The Army of the Tennessee was a major Union field army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, commanded at various times by generals such as Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman.
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D.
Army of Tennessee
The Army of Tennessee was a principal Confederate field army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, active in major campaigns such as Chickamauga, Chattanooga, and Atlanta.
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E.
Confederate States Army
The Confederate States Army was the land warfare force of the secessionist Southern states during the American Civil War, known for figures like Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.
- 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: Army of the Mississippi Target entity description: The Army of the Mississippi was a Union field army during the American Civil War that operated primarily in the Western Theater, participating in key campaigns along the Mississippi River and in the Western states.
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A.
Army of the Trans-Mississippi
The Army of the Trans-Mississippi was a major Confederate field army that operated west of the Mississippi River during the American Civil War, overseeing military campaigns in states such as Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana.
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B.
Confederate Army of Mississippi
The Confederate Army of Mississippi was a major Confederate field army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, notably commanded by generals such as Albert Sidney Johnston and P.G.T. Beauregard.
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C.
Army of the Tennessee
The Army of the Tennessee was a major Union field army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, commanded at various times by generals such as Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman.
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D.
Army of Tennessee
The Army of Tennessee was a principal Confederate field army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, active in major campaigns such as Chickamauga, Chattanooga, and Atlanta.
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E.
Confederate States Army
The Confederate States Army was the land warfare force of the secessionist Southern states during the American Civil War, known for figures like Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
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: Army of the Mississippi Description of subject: The Army of the Mississippi was a Union field army during the American Civil War that operated primarily in the Western Theater, participating in key campaigns along the Mississippi River and in the Western states.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Nathaniel Lyon
this entity surface form:
Army of the West (Union)
this entity surface form:
Army of the Mississippi (Union)