James H. Wilson
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James H. Wilson was a Union Army major general and cavalry commander during the American Civil War, noted for leading destructive raids through the Confederacy in its final months.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James H. Wilson canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2815961 — 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: James H. Wilson Context triple: [Battle of Selma (1865), commander, James H. Wilson]
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A.
John A. Wilson
John A. Wilson was a prominent Washington, D.C. politician and public servant, notably serving as chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia.
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B.
Walter Dellinger
Walter Dellinger was a prominent American constitutional law scholar and former acting U.S. Solicitor General known for his influential work in Supreme Court advocacy and legal academia.
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C.
Louis D. Wilson
Louis D. Wilson was a 19th-century North Carolina politician and military officer after whom the city of Wilson, North Carolina, is named.
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D.
James A. Thomas
James A. Thomas was a prominent American tobacco executive associated with the American Tobacco Company and Duke University.
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E.
James E. Cheek
James E. Cheek was an American educator and theologian best known for serving as president of Howard University from 1969 to 1989.
- 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: James H. Wilson Target entity description: James H. Wilson was a Union Army major general and cavalry commander during the American Civil War, noted for leading destructive raids through the Confederacy in its final months.
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A.
John A. Wilson
John A. Wilson was a prominent Washington, D.C. politician and public servant, notably serving as chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia.
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B.
Walter Dellinger
Walter Dellinger was a prominent American constitutional law scholar and former acting U.S. Solicitor General known for his influential work in Supreme Court advocacy and legal academia.
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C.
Louis D. Wilson
Louis D. Wilson was a 19th-century North Carolina politician and military officer after whom the city of Wilson, North Carolina, is named.
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D.
James A. Thomas
James A. Thomas was a prominent American tobacco executive associated with the American Tobacco Company and Duke University.
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E.
James E. Cheek
James E. Cheek was an American educator and theologian best known for serving as president of Howard University from 1969 to 1989.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Union Army general
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cavalry commander ⓘ human ⓘ |
| allegiance |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States (Union)
|
| commanded | Union cavalry forces in the Western Theater ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Wilson ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cavalry operations
ⓘ
military leadership ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Union Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | major general ⓘ |
| movement | Union cavalry operations in the Deep South ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | leading large-scale cavalry raid late in the American Civil War ⓘ |
| notableFor |
destructive raids through the Confederacy
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leading Union cavalry raids in the final months of the American Civil War ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Wilson's Raid
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surface form:
Wilson’s Raid through Alabama and Georgia in 1865
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| notedFor |
highly mobile cavalry tactics
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operations deep behind Confederate lines ⓘ |
| occupation | military officer ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Wilson's Raid
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surface form:
Wilson’s Raid
campaigns in the closing phase of the American Civil War ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sideInConflict | Union ⓘ |
| strategicRole |
destruction of Confederate war-making capacity
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disruption of Confederate infrastructure ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: James H. Wilson Description of subject: James H. Wilson was a Union Army major general and cavalry commander during the American Civil War, noted for leading destructive raids through the Confederacy in its final months.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.