Benjamin O. Davis Sr.
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Benjamin O. Davis Sr. was a pioneering U.S. Army officer who became the first African American general in the United States military and a key leader in the fight against racial segregation in the armed forces.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Benjamin O. Davis Jr. | 1 |
| Benjamin O. Davis Sr. canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4864682 — 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: Benjamin O. Davis Sr. Context triple: [Buffalo Soldiers, decoratedMember, Benjamin O. Davis Sr.]
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A.
Henry O. Flipper
Henry O. Flipper was the first African American graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and a pioneering Black officer in the U.S. Army.
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B.
Wilbert Montgomery
Wilbert Montgomery is a former NFL running back best known for his prolific rushing career with the Philadelphia Eagles in the late 1970s and early 1980s, including key performances that helped lead the team to Super Bowl XV.
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C.
Oliver Otis Howard
Oliver Otis Howard was a Union Civil War general and prominent Reconstruction-era leader who later became a key advocate for African American education and civil rights.
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D.
Frank W. Ferguson
Frank W. Ferguson was an American architect best known as a professional partner of prominent Gothic Revival architect Ralph Adams Cram.
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E.
Henry Arnold
Henry Arnold is the son of Margaret Mansfield, known primarily through his familial connection to her.
- 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: Benjamin O. Davis Sr. Target entity description: Benjamin O. Davis Sr. was a pioneering U.S. Army officer who became the first African American general in the United States military and a key leader in the fight against racial segregation in the armed forces.
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A.
Henry O. Flipper
Henry O. Flipper was the first African American graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and a pioneering Black officer in the U.S. Army.
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B.
Wilbert Montgomery
Wilbert Montgomery is a former NFL running back best known for his prolific rushing career with the Philadelphia Eagles in the late 1970s and early 1980s, including key performances that helped lead the team to Super Bowl XV.
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C.
Oliver Otis Howard
Oliver Otis Howard was a Union Civil War general and prominent Reconstruction-era leader who later became a key advocate for African American education and civil rights.
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D.
Frank W. Ferguson
Frank W. Ferguson was an American architect best known as a professional partner of prominent Gothic Revival architect Ralph Adams Cram.
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E.
Henry Arnold
Henry Arnold is the son of Margaret Mansfield, known primarily through his familial connection to her.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African-American military personnel
ⓘ
United States Army officer ⓘ human ⓘ military general ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Bronze Star Medal
ⓘ
Distinguished Service Medal (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ French Croix de Guerre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | leukemia ⓘ |
| child | Benjamin O. Davis Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
Philippine–American War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spanish–American War ⓘ World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1877-07-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1970-11-26 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | United States Army Infantry School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | United States Army ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African American
|
| familyName | Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificSuffix | Sr. ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | brigadier general ⓘ |
| militaryUnit |
10th Cavalry Regiment
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
2nd Cavalry Division NERFINISHED ⓘ 369th Infantry Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ 9th Cavalry Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the first African American general in the United States military
ⓘ
leadership in efforts against racial segregation in the U.S. armed forces ⓘ pioneering African American officer in the U.S. Army ⓘ |
| occupation |
military officer
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | North Chicago, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
advisor on race relations in the U.S. Army
ⓘ
assistant to the Inspector General of the U.S. Army ⓘ commander of 2nd Cavalry Division ⓘ commander of 369th Infantry Regiment ⓘ |
| promotedToGeneralYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| religion | Methodism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Chicago, Illinois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| serviceEndYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| serviceStartYear | 1898 ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Elnora Dickerson Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Benjamin O. Davis Sr. Description of subject: Benjamin O. Davis Sr. was a pioneering U.S. Army officer who became the first African American general in the United States military and a key leader in the fight against racial segregation in the armed forces.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Benjamin O. Davis Jr.