John Newland Maffitt
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John Newland Maffitt was a prominent Confederate naval officer and commerce raider during the American Civil War, best known for his daring command of the cruiser CSS Florida.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Newland Maffitt canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6195426 — 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: John Newland Maffitt Context triple: [Confederate States Navy, notableCommander, John Newland Maffitt]
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A.
Philip M. Landrum
Philip M. Landrum was an American congressman from Georgia best known as a co-author of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (the Landrum–Griffin Act), which regulated labor unions and their internal affairs.
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B.
John Milledge
John Milledge was an American politician and statesman who served as governor of Georgia and a U.S. congressman in the early 19th century.
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C.
James L. Massey
James L. Massey was an American information theorist and cryptographer known for his fundamental contributions to coding theory, stream ciphers, and the development of the Berlekamp–Massey algorithm.
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D.
Charles A. Jewell
Charles A. Jewell was an American naval officer who served as a rear admiral in the United States Navy.
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E.
Charles S. Hamlin
Charles S. Hamlin was an American lawyer and public official who became the first chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, helping to establish the early framework of U.S. central banking policy.
- 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: John Newland Maffitt Target entity description: John Newland Maffitt was a prominent Confederate naval officer and commerce raider during the American Civil War, best known for his daring command of the cruiser CSS Florida.
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A.
Philip M. Landrum
Philip M. Landrum was an American congressman from Georgia best known as a co-author of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (the Landrum–Griffin Act), which regulated labor unions and their internal affairs.
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B.
John Milledge
John Milledge was an American politician and statesman who served as governor of Georgia and a U.S. congressman in the early 19th century.
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C.
James L. Massey
James L. Massey was an American information theorist and cryptographer known for his fundamental contributions to coding theory, stream ciphers, and the development of the Berlekamp–Massey algorithm.
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D.
Charles A. Jewell
Charles A. Jewell was an American naval officer who served as a rear admiral in the United States Navy.
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E.
Charles S. Hamlin
Charles S. Hamlin was an American lawyer and public official who became the first chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, helping to establish the early framework of U.S. central banking policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Confederate naval officer
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commerce raider ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activity |
blockade running
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commerce raiding in the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Confederate States of America
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United States of America ⓘ |
| basedIn | Wilmington, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1819-02-22 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | at sea ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commanded |
CSS Florida
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
CSS Florida (cruiser) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1886-05-15 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Wilmington, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish American ⓘ |
| familyName | Maffitt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | John Newland Maffitt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | American South NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| joined | Confederate States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| joinedYear | 1861 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
daring command of the Confederate commerce raider CSS Florida
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successful attacks on Union merchant shipping ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Confederate States Navy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
commander (Confederate States Navy)
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lieutenant (United States Navy) ⓘ |
| militaryTheater | naval warfare of the American Civil War ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
command of CSS Florida during its 1862–1864 cruise
ⓘ
evading Union blockaders to enter Mobile Bay while ill with yellow fever ⓘ |
| notableWork |
command of CSS Florida
ⓘ
commerce raiding in the Atlantic during the American Civil War ⓘ |
| occupation |
naval officer
ⓘ
privateer ⓘ |
| parent | John Newland Maffitt Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative | John Newland Maffitt Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resignedFrom | United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resignedYear | 1861 ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceEntryYear | 1832 ⓘ |
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: John Newland Maffitt Description of subject: John Newland Maffitt was a prominent Confederate naval officer and commerce raider during the American Civil War, best known for his daring command of the cruiser CSS Florida.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.