Andrew H. Foote
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Andrew H. Foote was a United States Navy officer and Civil War rear admiral known for his leadership of Union naval forces in early Western Theater campaigns.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Andrew H. Foote canonical | 1 |
| Andrew Hull Foote | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5618150 — 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: Andrew H. Foote Context triple: [Fort Donelson campaign, commander, Andrew H. Foote]
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A.
Samuel N. Friedel
Samuel N. Friedel was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Maryland in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Samuel L. M. Barlow
Samuel L. M. Barlow is a notable individual who shares the surname Barlow and is recognized as a distinguished bearer of that name.
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C.
Leffert L. Buck
Leffert L. Buck was an American civil engineer known for his pioneering work in long-span bridge design at the turn of the 20th century.
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D.
Isaac G. Perry
Isaac G. Perry was a prominent 19th-century American architect best known for his extensive work on public buildings and armories throughout New York State.
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E.
Alfred B. Mullett
Alfred B. Mullett was a prominent 19th-century American architect who served as Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury and designed numerous notable federal buildings in the Second Empire style.
- 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: Andrew H. Foote Target entity description: Andrew H. Foote was a United States Navy officer and Civil War rear admiral known for his leadership of Union naval forces in early Western Theater campaigns.
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A.
Samuel N. Friedel
Samuel N. Friedel was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Maryland in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Samuel L. M. Barlow
Samuel L. M. Barlow is a notable individual who shares the surname Barlow and is recognized as a distinguished bearer of that name.
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C.
Leffert L. Buck
Leffert L. Buck was an American civil engineer known for his pioneering work in long-span bridge design at the turn of the 20th century.
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D.
Isaac G. Perry
Isaac G. Perry was a prominent 19th-century American architect best known for his extensive work on public buildings and armories throughout New York State.
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E.
Alfred B. Mullett
Alfred B. Mullett was a prominent 19th-century American architect who served as Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury and designed numerous notable federal buildings in the Second Empire style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Union Navy officer
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United States Navy officer ⓘ person ⓘ rear admiral ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Union
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United States of America ⓘ |
| burialPlace | New Haven, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | illness ⓘ |
| conflict |
American Civil War
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Mexican–American War NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Opium War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| education | United States Navy midshipman training ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Foote NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Andrew Hull Foote NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Andrew ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Commanding Union riverine operations in the Western Theater
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Naval leadership at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
flag officer
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rear admiral ⓘ |
| militaryUnit | Western Gunboat Flotilla NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | temperance movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
Early use of ironclad gunboats in river warfare
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Helped secure Union control of key Western rivers ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Battle of Fort Donelson
NERFINISHED
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Capture of Fort Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ Operations on the Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRole | Civil War rear admiral ⓘ |
| notableWork | Leadership of Union naval forces in early Western Theater campaigns ⓘ |
| occupation | naval officer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New Haven, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New York City ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Commander of the Western Gunboat Flotilla ⓘ |
| religion | Evangelical Christian ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | appointed midshipman in the U.S. Navy ⓘ |
| serviceNumberOrID | United States Navy officer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sideInConflict | Union Navy in the American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Andrew H. Foote Description of subject: Andrew H. Foote was a United States Navy officer and Civil War rear admiral known for his leadership of Union naval forces in early Western Theater campaigns.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Andrew Hull Foote