William Weatherford
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William Weatherford was a prominent early 19th-century Creek (Muscogee) leader and warrior, best known for his role in the Creek War and the attack on Fort Mims.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William Weatherford canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4394696 — 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 Weatherford Context triple: [Creek (Muscogee), notableLeader, William Weatherford]
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A.
Randall Woodfin
Randall Woodfin is an American politician and attorney who serves as the progressive, reform-focused mayor of Birmingham, Alabama.
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B.
Broderick Johnson
Broderick Johnson is an American film producer and co-founder of Alcon Entertainment, known for backing major Hollywood films such as "The Blind Side," "The Book of Eli," and "Transcendence."
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C.
Conde McCullough
Conde McCullough was a prominent early 20th-century American civil engineer renowned for designing many of Oregon’s iconic coastal bridges, noted for their elegant combination of function and Art Deco aesthetics.
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D.
Edward Burleson
Edward Burleson was a prominent Texian military and political leader of the Texas Revolution who later served as vice president of the Republic of Texas.
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E.
Charles Stone III
Charles Stone III is an American film and music video director known for works like the feature film "Drumline" and the iconic Budweiser "Whassup?" commercials.
- 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 Weatherford Target entity description: William Weatherford was a prominent early 19th-century Creek (Muscogee) leader and warrior, best known for his role in the Creek War and the attack on Fort Mims.
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A.
Randall Woodfin
Randall Woodfin is an American politician and attorney who serves as the progressive, reform-focused mayor of Birmingham, Alabama.
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B.
Broderick Johnson
Broderick Johnson is an American film producer and co-founder of Alcon Entertainment, known for backing major Hollywood films such as "The Blind Side," "The Book of Eli," and "Transcendence."
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C.
Conde McCullough
Conde McCullough was a prominent early 20th-century American civil engineer renowned for designing many of Oregon’s iconic coastal bridges, noted for their elegant combination of function and Art Deco aesthetics.
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D.
Edward Burleson
Edward Burleson was a prominent Texian military and political leader of the Texas Revolution who later served as vice president of the Republic of Texas.
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E.
Charles Stone III
Charles Stone III is an American film and music video director known for works like the feature film "Drumline" and the iconic Budweiser "Whassup?" commercials.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Creek leader
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Muscogee leader ⓘ Native American ⓘ historical figure ⓘ person ⓘ warrior ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Muscogee (Creek) Nation
NERFINISHED
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Red Stick Creek faction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Red Eagle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Fort Mims massacre
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Red Stick resistance to U.S. expansion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Creek War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalIdentity | Native American of the Southeast ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Creek
NERFINISHED
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Muscogee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Old Southwest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageCommunity | Muscogee speakers ⓘ |
| militaryRankOrRole | war leader ⓘ |
| notableEvent | attack on Fort Mims NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership among the Red Stick faction
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leadership in the attack on Fort Mims ⓘ role in the Creek War ⓘ |
| opponent |
American settlers
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United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Creek War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Alabama
NERFINISHED
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Southeastern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | leader of the attack on Fort Mims ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
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 Weatherford Description of subject: William Weatherford was a prominent early 19th-century Creek (Muscogee) leader and warrior, best known for his role in the Creek War and the attack on Fort Mims.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.