Confederate States Army
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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.
All labels observed (14)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T305025 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Confederate States Army Context triple: [Stonewall Jackson, militaryBranch, Confederate States Army]
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Army of Northern Virginia
The Army of Northern Virginia was the Confederacy’s principal field army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, renowned for its major campaigns and battles under General Robert E. Lee.
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The Confederacy
The Confederacy is a Restoration-era English comedy play by John Vanbrugh, noted for its farcical plot and sharp social satire.
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United States Volunteers
The United States Volunteers were temporary military units raised by the U.S. federal government, primarily during major wars like the Civil War and Spanish–American War, composed of citizen soldiers serving alongside the regular army.
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United States Cavalry
The United States Cavalry was a historic mounted combat branch of the U.S. Army that played a key role in 19th- and early 20th-century American military campaigns, including the Indian Wars, the Civil War, and the Spanish–American War.
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Army Corps
Army Corps is a major operational-level military formation typically composed of multiple divisions and supporting units, responsible for coordinating large-scale ground combat operations.
- 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: Confederate States Army Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Army of Northern Virginia
The Army of Northern Virginia was the Confederacy’s principal field army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, renowned for its major campaigns and battles under General Robert E. Lee.
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B.
The Confederacy
The Confederacy is a Restoration-era English comedy play by John Vanbrugh, noted for its farcical plot and sharp social satire.
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C.
United States Volunteers
The United States Volunteers were temporary military units raised by the U.S. federal government, primarily during major wars like the Civil War and Spanish–American War, composed of citizen soldiers serving alongside the regular army.
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D.
United States Cavalry
The United States Cavalry was a historic mounted combat branch of the U.S. Army that played a key role in 19th- and early 20th-century American military campaigns, including the Indian Wars, the Civil War, and the Spanish–American War.
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E.
Army Corps
Army Corps is a major operational-level military formation typically composed of multiple divisions and supporting units, responsible for coordinating large-scale ground combat operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (72)
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: Confederate States Army Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (275)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Confederate Army
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Confederate Army
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William L. Cabell
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Confederate Army
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Confederate Army
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Battle of Gaines's Mill
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Confederate Army
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Confederate Army
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Confederate Army
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Confederate Army
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Confederate soldiers
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Robert E. Lee Monument (Richmond)
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Confederate Army
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Confederate Army
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Confederate Army
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Confederate Army
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Confederate Army
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Jefferson Davis