Edward Otho Cresap Ord
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Edward Otho Cresap Ord was a 19th-century United States Army officer and engineer best known for his service in the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Edward Otho Cresap Ord canonical | 2 |
| Quincy Adams Gillmore | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2904528 — 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: Edward Otho Cresap Ord Context triple: [Fort Ord, namedAfter, Edward Otho Cresap Ord]
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A.
Alvan C. Gillem
Alvan C. Gillem was a United States Army officer and Civil War veteran who later led federal troops in campaigns against Native American groups in the West.
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B.
Thomas C. Kinkaid
Thomas C. Kinkaid was a U.S. Navy admiral in World War II who led major Allied naval operations in the Pacific Theater.
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C.
Josiah Parsons Cooke
Josiah Parsons Cooke was a 19th-century American chemist and Harvard professor known for his influential work in chemical education and atomic theory.
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D.
William B. Waddell
William B. Waddell was a 19th-century American businessman best known as one of the founders of the Pony Express mail service.
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E.
Edward R. S. Canby
Edward R. S. Canby was a U.S. Army general best known for his service in the American Civil War and for being the only general officer killed during the Indian Wars, during peace negotiations in the Modoc War.
- 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: Edward Otho Cresap Ord Target entity description: Edward Otho Cresap Ord was a 19th-century United States Army officer and engineer best known for his service in the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War.
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A.
Alvan C. Gillem
Alvan C. Gillem was a United States Army officer and Civil War veteran who later led federal troops in campaigns against Native American groups in the West.
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B.
Thomas C. Kinkaid
Thomas C. Kinkaid was a U.S. Navy admiral in World War II who led major Allied naval operations in the Pacific Theater.
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C.
Josiah Parsons Cooke
Josiah Parsons Cooke was a 19th-century American chemist and Harvard professor known for his influential work in chemical education and atomic theory.
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D.
William B. Waddell
William B. Waddell was a 19th-century American businessman best known as one of the founders of the Pony Express mail service.
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E.
Edward R. S. Canby
Edward R. S. Canby was a U.S. Army general best known for his service in the American Civil War and for being the only general officer killed during the Indian Wars, during peace negotiations in the Modoc War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Union Army general
ⓘ
United States Army officer ⓘ human ⓘ military engineer ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Union
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| awardReceived | brevet promotions for gallant and meritorious service ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1818-10-18 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Cumberland, Maryland
ⓘ
surface form:
Cumberland, Maryland, United States
|
| burialPlace | Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | yellow fever ⓘ |
| conflict |
American Civil War
ⓘ
United States–Native American wars ⓘ
surface form:
Indian Wars
Mexican–American War ⓘ Third Seminole War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1883-07-22 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Havana, Cuba ⓘ |
| education | United States Military Academy ⓘ |
| familyName | Ord ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
fortification design
ⓘ
military engineering ⓘ |
| fullName | Edward Otho Cresap Ord self-link ⓘ |
| givenName | Edward ⓘ |
| hasPartNamedAfter |
Fort Ord, California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Fort Ord
Ord Military Community ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | major general ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
commanded Union forces at the Battle of Fort Harrison
ⓘ
participated in the Appomattox Campaign ⓘ present at the surrender of Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House ⓘ surveyed parts of the Pacific Coast in the 1850s ⓘ wounded at the Battle of Dr. John’s Hill near Petersburg ⓘ wounded at the Battle of Hatchie’s Bridge ⓘ |
| notableWork | designed fortifications around Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 7 ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil engineer
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ |
| parent | James Ord ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
commander of the Army of the James
ⓘ
commander of the Department of Virginia ⓘ commander of the XIII Corps ⓘ commander of the XVIII Corps ⓘ |
| postMilitaryCareer |
civil engineer in California
ⓘ
railroad engineer ⓘ |
| residence |
California, United States
ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
surface form:
Virginia, United States
|
| servedIn |
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ |
| sibling | Eustace Ord ⓘ |
| spouse | Mary Mercer Thompson ⓘ |
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: Edward Otho Cresap Ord Description of subject: Edward Otho Cresap Ord was a 19th-century United States Army officer and engineer best known for his service in the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Fort Ord
this entity surface form:
Quincy Adams Gillmore