William M. Corry Jr.
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William M. Corry Jr. was a U.S. Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient recognized for his heroism in early naval aviation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William M. Corry Jr. canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2136435 — 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 M. Corry Jr. Context triple: [Corry Station, namedAfter, William M. Corry Jr.]
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A.
William F. Raynolds
William F. Raynolds was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and explorer known for his surveying and exploratory expeditions in North America and beyond.
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B.
William E. Conway Jr.
William E. Conway Jr. is an American billionaire businessman and investor best known as a co-founder and longtime leader of the global private equity firm The Carlyle Group.
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C.
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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D.
William H. Reynolds
William H. Reynolds was an American film editor renowned for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films across several decades.
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E.
Sylvester L. Weaver Jr.
Sylvester L. Weaver Jr. was an influential American television executive and programming innovator who helped shape early network TV in the 1950s.
- 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 M. Corry Jr. Target entity description: William M. Corry Jr. was a U.S. Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient recognized for his heroism in early naval aviation.
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A.
William F. Raynolds
William F. Raynolds was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and explorer known for his surveying and exploratory expeditions in North America and beyond.
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B.
William E. Conway Jr.
William E. Conway Jr. is an American billionaire businessman and investor best known as a co-founder and longtime leader of the global private equity firm The Carlyle Group.
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C.
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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D.
William H. Reynolds
William H. Reynolds was an American film editor renowned for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films across several decades.
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E.
Sylvester L. Weaver Jr.
Sylvester L. Weaver Jr. was an influential American television executive and programming innovator who helped shape early network TV in the 1950s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Medal of Honor recipient
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United States Navy officer ⓘ aviator ⓘ human ⓘ |
| allegiance | United States of America ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Medal of Honor
ⓘ
Navy Cross ⓘ World War I Victory Medal ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1889-10-05 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Eastern Cemetery, Greenville, South Carolina ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | injuries from airplane crash ⓘ |
| conflict | World War I ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1920-10-07 ⓘ |
| deathManner | line of duty ⓘ |
| education | United States Naval Academy ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Corry ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | naval aviation ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasHonor | namesake of multiple U.S. Navy destroyers ⓘ |
| honorificSuffix | Jr. ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| MedalOfHonorActionDate | 1920-10-02 ⓘ |
| MedalOfHonorActionPlace | near Hartford, Connecticut ⓘ |
| MedalOfHonorCitationIncludes |
risking his life to rescue a fellow officer from a burning plane
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sustained severe burns leading to his death ⓘ |
| memorializedIn |
United States Navy ships
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surface form:
U.S. Navy ship names
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| militaryBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Lieutenant Commander ⓘ |
| militaryUnit |
U.S. Navy units
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Navy aviation units
|
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableEvent | fatal injuries following aircraft crash and rescue attempt in 1920 ⓘ |
| notableFor | heroism in early U.S. naval aviation ⓘ |
| occupation |
naval officer
ⓘ
pilot ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Lexington, South Carolina ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Hartsville, South Carolina ⓘ |
| reasonForAward | heroism in attempting to rescue a fellow officer from a burning airplane ⓘ |
| serviceEnd | 1920 ⓘ |
| serviceNumber | United States Navy officer (no public service number listed) ⓘ |
| serviceStart | early 1900s ⓘ |
| shipNamedAfter |
USS Corry (DD-334)
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USS Corry (DD-334) ⓘ
surface form:
USS Corry (DD-463)
USS Corry (DD-334) ⓘ
surface form:
USS Corry (DD-817)
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| stateOfBirth | South Carolina ⓘ |
| stateOfDeath | South Carolina ⓘ |
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 M. Corry Jr. Description of subject: William M. Corry Jr. was a U.S. Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient recognized for his heroism in early naval aviation.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.