Colonel Oran K. Henderson
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Colonel Oran K. Henderson was a U.S. Army officer best known for commanding units in Vietnam and later facing charges related to the cover-up of the My Lai Massacre.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Colonel Oran K. Henderson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6702363 — 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: Colonel Oran K. Henderson Context triple: [11th Infantry Brigade, notableCommander, Colonel Oran K. Henderson]
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A.
Colonel Oscar F. Peatross
Colonel Oscar F. Peatross was a highly decorated United States Marine Corps officer and World War II veteran who later led Marine forces during the Vietnam War.
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B.
Colonel Norval E. Welch
Colonel Norval E. Welch was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War best known for leading the 16th Michigan Infantry in key engagements such as the Battle of Gettysburg.
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C.
Colonel Frank Fitts
Colonel Frank Fitts is a strict, repressed former Marine officer and abusive father whose hidden vulnerabilities and internalized homophobia drive much of the tension in the film American Beauty.
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D.
Colonel Orpheus S. Woodward
Colonel Orpheus S. Woodward was a Union Army officer who led the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry during the American Civil War.
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E.
Colonel Edward J. Steptoe
Colonel Edward J. Steptoe was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer known for his service in the American West, including involvement in conflicts with Native American tribes.
- 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: Colonel Oran K. Henderson Target entity description: Colonel Oran K. Henderson was a U.S. Army officer best known for commanding units in Vietnam and later facing charges related to the cover-up of the My Lai Massacre.
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A.
Colonel Oscar F. Peatross
Colonel Oscar F. Peatross was a highly decorated United States Marine Corps officer and World War II veteran who later led Marine forces during the Vietnam War.
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B.
Colonel Norval E. Welch
Colonel Norval E. Welch was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War best known for leading the 16th Michigan Infantry in key engagements such as the Battle of Gettysburg.
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C.
Colonel Frank Fitts
Colonel Frank Fitts is a strict, repressed former Marine officer and abusive father whose hidden vulnerabilities and internalized homophobia drive much of the tension in the film American Beauty.
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D.
Colonel Orpheus S. Woodward
Colonel Orpheus S. Woodward was a Union Army officer who led the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry during the American Civil War.
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E.
Colonel Edward J. Steptoe
Colonel Edward J. Steptoe was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer known for his service in the American West, including involvement in conflicts with Native American tribes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army officer
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human ⓘ |
| allegedToHaveParticipatedIn | cover-up of the My Lai Massacre ⓘ |
| areaOfActivity |
military command
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military justice proceedings ⓘ |
| charge |
dereliction of duty related to investigation of the My Lai Massacre
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failure to report a felony related to the My Lai Massacre ⓘ false official statements related to the My Lai Massacre ⓘ |
| conflict | Vietnam War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | United States Army ⓘ |
| familyName | Henderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Oran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHonorificPrefix | Colonel ⓘ |
| hasRole | commanding officer overseeing units involved in My Lai area of operations ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalOutcome | acquitted of all charges related to the My Lai cover-up ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | colonel ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
My Lai Massacre cover-up allegations
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court-martial proceedings in connection with the My Lai Massacre ⓘ |
| notableFor | role in the aftermath and investigation of the My Lai Massacre ⓘ |
| occupation | military officer ⓘ |
| partOf | Americal Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
commander of the 11th Infantry Brigade
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commander of the 11th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division ⓘ |
| serviceNumber | United States Army officer service ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
Vietnam 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: Colonel Oran K. Henderson Description of subject: Colonel Oran K. Henderson was a U.S. Army officer best known for commanding units in Vietnam and later facing charges related to the cover-up of the My Lai Massacre.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.