Rooney Lee
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Rooney Lee, formally William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, was a Confederate cavalry general in the American Civil War and the second son of General Robert E. Lee.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rooney Lee canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5077127 — 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: Rooney Lee Context triple: [William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, alsoKnownAs, Rooney Lee]
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A.
Rooney
Rooney is the distinctive given name of American actress Rooney Mara, known for her roles in films such as "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and "Carol."
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Rooney
Rooney is a prominent American family name most famously associated with the longtime owners of the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers.
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Connor Rooney
Connor Rooney is a central antagonist in the crime drama film "Road to Perdition," depicted as the jealous and impulsive son of an Irish mob boss whose actions drive the story’s tragic conflict.
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D.
Charlie Jeffery
Charlie Jeffery is a British political scientist and academic leader who serves as Vice-Chancellor of the University of York.
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E.
Kai Owen
Kai Owen is a Welsh actor best known for his role as Rhys Williams in the BBC science fiction series Torchwood.
- 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: Rooney Lee Target entity description: Rooney Lee, formally William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, was a Confederate cavalry general in the American Civil War and the second son of General Robert E. Lee.
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A.
Rooney
Rooney is the distinctive given name of American actress Rooney Mara, known for her roles in films such as "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and "Carol."
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B.
Rooney
Rooney is a prominent American family name most famously associated with the longtime owners of the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers.
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C.
Connor Rooney
Connor Rooney is a central antagonist in the crime drama film "Road to Perdition," depicted as the jealous and impulsive son of an Irish mob boss whose actions drive the story’s tragic conflict.
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D.
Charlie Jeffery
Charlie Jeffery is a British political scientist and academic leader who serves as Vice-Chancellor of the University of York.
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E.
Kai Owen
Kai Owen is a Welsh actor best known for his role as Rhys Williams in the BBC science fiction series Torchwood.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War military personnel
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Confederate States Army general ⓘ human ⓘ planter ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Confederate States of America
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United States of America ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1837-05-31 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Arlington House
NERFINISHED
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Arlington, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart disease ⓘ |
| commanded | Confederate cavalry division in the Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1891-10-15 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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surface form:
Harvard College
Harvard University ⓘ |
| familyName | Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Robert E. Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | William Henry Fitzhugh Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| middleName | Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Confederate States Army
NERFINISHED
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United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryConflict | American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
brigadier general
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major general ⓘ |
| mother | Mary Anna Randolph Custis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Rooney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFamily | Lee family of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | service in the Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Ravensworth, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
U.S. Representative from Virginia
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member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ member of the Virginia State Senate ⓘ |
| representedDistrict | Virginia's 8th congressional district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Ravensworth plantation
NERFINISHED
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White House plantation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedUnder |
J. E. B. Stuart
NERFINISHED
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Robert E. Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling |
Anne Carter Lee
NERFINISHED
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Eleanor Agnes Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ George Washington Custis Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Custis Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ Mildred Childe Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ William H. Fitzhugh Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Charlotte Wickham
NERFINISHED
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Mary Tabb Bolling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| termEnd | 1891 ⓘ |
| termStart | 1887 ⓘ |
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: Rooney Lee Description of subject: Rooney Lee, formally William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, was a Confederate cavalry general in the American Civil War and the second son of General Robert E. Lee.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.