William H. Winder
E32010
William H. Winder was a U.S. Army brigadier general during the War of 1812, best known for his controversial leadership in the failed defense of Washington, D.C. against British forces.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William H. Winder canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T31447 — 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: William H. Winder Context triple: [Burning of Washington, commander, William H. Winder]
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A.
Robert W. Hunt
Robert W. Hunt was an American engineer and industrialist known for his influential role in the development of the U.S. mining and metallurgical industries and leadership in professional engineering organizations.
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B.
George W. Thorn
George W. Thorn was a prominent American physician and medical researcher known for major contributions to endocrinology and internal medicine.
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C.
William C. Redfield
William C. Redfield was an American politician and businessman who became the inaugural U.S. Secretary of Commerce in the early 20th century.
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D.
James G. Blight
James G. Blight is an American historian and scholar of international relations known for his work on U.S. foreign policy, the Cold War, and the prevention of catastrophic conflict.
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E.
Joseph E. Sheffield
Joseph E. Sheffield was a 19th-century American railroad executive and philanthropist whose major donations to Yale University led to the establishment of the Sheffield Scientific School.
- 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: William H. Winder Target entity description: William H. Winder was a U.S. Army brigadier general during the War of 1812, best known for his controversial leadership in the failed defense of Washington, D.C. against British forces.
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A.
Robert W. Hunt
Robert W. Hunt was an American engineer and industrialist known for his influential role in the development of the U.S. mining and metallurgical industries and leadership in professional engineering organizations.
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B.
George W. Thorn
George W. Thorn was a prominent American physician and medical researcher known for major contributions to endocrinology and internal medicine.
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C.
William C. Redfield
William C. Redfield was an American politician and businessman who became the inaugural U.S. Secretary of Commerce in the early 20th century.
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D.
James G. Blight
James G. Blight is an American historian and scholar of international relations known for his work on U.S. foreign policy, the Cold War, and the prevention of catastrophic conflict.
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E.
Joseph E. Sheffield
Joseph E. Sheffield was a 19th-century American railroad executive and philanthropist whose major donations to Yale University led to the establishment of the Sheffield Scientific School.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army officer
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War of 1812 military personnel ⓘ brigadier general ⓘ person ⓘ |
| afterWarActivity | returned to legal practice ⓘ |
| commanded | American forces at the Battle of Bladensburg ⓘ |
| conflict | War of 1812 ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| criticizedFor | poor preparation and coordination at the Battle of Bladensburg ⓘ |
| familyName | Winder ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| knownFor | failed defense of Washington, D.C. against British forces in 1814 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | brigadier general ⓘ |
| movement | American forces in the Chesapeake campaign ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial command during the Battle of Bladensburg
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leadership in the defense of Washington, D.C. in 1814 ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
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military officer ⓘ |
| partOf |
Eastern Theater of the War of 1812
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surface form:
U.S. forces defending Washington, D.C. in the War of 1812
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| placeOfBirth | Maryland ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Maryland ⓘ |
| positionHeld | brigadier general in the U.S. Army ⓘ |
| relative |
John H. Winder
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Levin Winder ⓘ |
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: William H. Winder Description of subject: William H. Winder was a U.S. Army brigadier general during the War of 1812, best known for his controversial leadership in the failed defense of Washington, D.C. against British forces.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.