James Johnston Pettigrew
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James Johnston Pettigrew was a Confederate brigadier general and scholar from North Carolina, best known for his role in the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James Johnston Pettigrew canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5760201 — 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 Johnston Pettigrew Context triple: [Pickett’s Charge, commander, James Johnston Pettigrew]
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A.
Hinton Battle
Hinton Battle is an American actor, singer, and three-time Tony Award–winning Broadway dancer known for his dynamic performances in musical theatre.
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B.
Izear Luster Turner Jr.
Izear Luster Turner Jr., better known as Ike Turner, was an American musician, bandleader, songwriter, and producer widely recognized as a rock and roll pioneer and for his turbulent musical and personal partnership with Tina Turner.
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C.
Douglass Montgomery
Douglass Montgomery was an American film and stage actor active in the 1930s and 1940s, known for his romantic and dramatic leading roles in Hollywood productions.
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D.
J. Parnell Thomas
J. Parnell Thomas was a conservative Republican congressman from New Jersey best known for chairing the House Un-American Activities Committee during the early Cold War era.
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E.
William Terrell
William Terrell was an American politician and public figure from Georgia, honored as the namesake of Terrell County.
- 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 Johnston Pettigrew Target entity description: James Johnston Pettigrew was a Confederate brigadier general and scholar from North Carolina, best known for his role in the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.
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A.
Hinton Battle
Hinton Battle is an American actor, singer, and three-time Tony Award–winning Broadway dancer known for his dynamic performances in musical theatre.
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B.
Izear Luster Turner Jr.
Izear Luster Turner Jr., better known as Ike Turner, was an American musician, bandleader, songwriter, and producer widely recognized as a rock and roll pioneer and for his turbulent musical and personal partnership with Tina Turner.
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C.
Douglass Montgomery
Douglass Montgomery was an American film and stage actor active in the 1930s and 1940s, known for his romantic and dramatic leading roles in Hollywood productions.
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D.
J. Parnell Thomas
J. Parnell Thomas was a conservative Republican congressman from New Jersey best known for chairing the House Un-American Activities Committee during the early Cold War era.
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E.
William Terrell
William Terrell was an American politician and public figure from Georgia, honored as the namesake of Terrell County.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Confederate general
ⓘ
person ⓘ scholar ⓘ |
| allegiance | Confederate States of America ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1828-07-04 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Tyrrell County, North Carolina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| burialPlace | Raleigh, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | wounds received in battle ⓘ |
| commanded |
Heth’s Division at Gettysburg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Carolina brigade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Confederate States of America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| deathDate | 1863-07-17 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Confederate States of America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Near Bunker Hill, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | American of Scottish descent ⓘ |
| familyName | Pettigrew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
languages
ⓘ
law ⓘ |
| fullName | James Johnston Pettigrew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| knownFor |
linguistic scholarship
ⓘ
service as a Confederate brigadier general ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Arabic
ⓘ
English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Confederate States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | brigadier general ⓘ |
| notableFor | role in the Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
military officer ⓘ scholar ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Gettysburg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pickett’s Charge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Charleston, South Carolina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Raleigh, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedIn | Army of Northern Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateOfOrigin | North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| woundedIn | retreat after the Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ |
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 Johnston Pettigrew Description of subject: James Johnston Pettigrew was a Confederate brigadier general and scholar from North Carolina, best known for his role in the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.