Wilson’s Creek, Missouri
E310562
Wilson’s Creek, Missouri is a historic Civil War battlefield site in southwestern Missouri, best known as the location of the 1861 Battle of Wilson’s Creek.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wilson’s Creek, Missouri canonical | 2 |
| Wilson’s Creek | 1 |
| Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2926017 — 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: Wilson’s Creek, Missouri Context triple: [Nathaniel Lyon, deathPlace, Wilson’s Creek, Missouri]
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A.
Perryville, Kentucky
Perryville, Kentucky is a small historic town best known as the site of the pivotal Civil War Battle of Perryville.
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B.
Fort Larned
Fort Larned is a historic 19th-century U.S. Army post in Kansas that protected commerce and travel along the Santa Fe Trail.
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C.
Fort Sumner
Fort Sumner is a small village in eastern New Mexico best known for its historic military fort and as the place where outlaw Billy the Kid was killed and buried.
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D.
Gunpowder River Bridge
The Gunpowder River Bridge is a historic railroad bridge in Maryland that carried the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad across the Gunpowder River, playing a key role in early rail travel along the Northeast Corridor.
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E.
Perryville
Perryville is a small, remote village in southwestern Alaska, known for its Alutiiq community and location near the Alaska Peninsula’s rugged coastline and volcanic landscape.
- 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: Wilson’s Creek, Missouri Target entity description: Wilson’s Creek, Missouri is a historic Civil War battlefield site in southwestern Missouri, best known as the location of the 1861 Battle of Wilson’s Creek.
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A.
Perryville, Kentucky
Perryville, Kentucky is a small historic town best known as the site of the pivotal Civil War Battle of Perryville.
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B.
Fort Larned
Fort Larned is a historic 19th-century U.S. Army post in Kansas that protected commerce and travel along the Santa Fe Trail.
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C.
Fort Sumner
Fort Sumner is a small village in eastern New Mexico best known for its historic military fort and as the place where outlaw Billy the Kid was killed and buried.
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D.
Gunpowder River Bridge
The Gunpowder River Bridge is a historic railroad bridge in Maryland that carried the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad across the Gunpowder River, playing a key role in early rail travel along the Northeast Corridor.
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E.
Perryville
Perryville is a small, remote village in southwestern Alaska, known for its Alutiiq community and location near the Alaska Peninsula’s rugged coastline and volcanic landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War battlefield
ⓘ
historic site ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Oak Hills (Battle of Oak Hills) ⓘ |
| battleDate | August 10, 1861 ⓘ |
| battleName | Battle of Wilson’s Creek ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Confederate States Army
ⓘ
surface form:
Confederate forces
Union forces ⓘ |
| category | Civil War battlefield in Missouri ⓘ |
| commandedBy |
Benjamin McCulloch
ⓘ
Nathaniel Lyon ⓘ Sterling Price ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designation | National Battlefield ⓘ |
| era | American Civil War era ⓘ |
| governingBody |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. federal government
|
| hasFeature |
battlefield landscape
ⓘ
historic farm sites ⓘ interpretive trails ⓘ visitor center ⓘ |
| knownFor | Battle of Wilson’s Creek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Greene County, Missouri
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southwestern Missouri ⓘ |
| managedBy | National Park Service ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Wilson’s Creek, Missouri
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Wilson’s Creek
|
| nearCity | Springfield, Missouri ⓘ |
| notableEvent | death of Union Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon ⓘ |
| partOf | Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield ⓘ |
| preservedAs | Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield ⓘ |
| region |
Ozark Plateau
ⓘ
surface form:
Ozarks
|
| significance |
early Confederate victory in the Trans-Mississippi Theater
ⓘ
first major Civil War battle west of the Mississippi River ⓘ |
| state | Missouri ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Civil War historical studies
ⓘ
National Park Service interpretive programs ⓘ |
| tourism | heritage tourism site ⓘ |
| yearOfEvent | 1861 ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Wilson’s Creek, Missouri Description of subject: Wilson’s Creek, Missouri is a historic Civil War battlefield site in southwestern Missouri, best known as the location of the 1861 Battle of Wilson’s Creek.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Nathaniel Lyon
this entity surface form:
Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield
this entity surface form:
Wilson’s Creek