Herbert Raymond McMaster
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Herbert Raymond McMaster is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general and military strategist who served as the 26th United States National Security Advisor under President Donald Trump.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Herbert Raymond McMaster canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6731632 — 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: Herbert Raymond McMaster Context triple: [H. R. McMaster, fullName, Herbert Raymond McMaster]
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A.
Wilfred Urquhart
Wilfred Urquhart is a person notable for bearing the surname Urquhart, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not well documented.
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B.
John Church Hamilton
John Church Hamilton was an American lawyer, historian, and son of Alexander Hamilton who is best known for editing and publishing his father's papers and writing an early multi-volume biography of him.
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C.
Lieutenant-General Robert Ford
Lieutenant-General Robert Ford was a senior British Army officer in Northern Ireland, notably serving as the army's overall commander during key operations in the early 1970s, including the controversial period of the Troubles.
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D.
James Ramsay
James Ramsay was an 18th-century Anglican clergyman and prominent British abolitionist who campaigned vigorously against the transatlantic slave trade.
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E.
Douglas Dillon
Douglas Dillon was an American diplomat and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.
- 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: Herbert Raymond McMaster Target entity description: Herbert Raymond McMaster is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general and military strategist who served as the 26th United States National Security Advisor under President Donald Trump.
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A.
Wilfred Urquhart
Wilfred Urquhart is a person notable for bearing the surname Urquhart, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not well documented.
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B.
John Church Hamilton
John Church Hamilton was an American lawyer, historian, and son of Alexander Hamilton who is best known for editing and publishing his father's papers and writing an early multi-volume biography of him.
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C.
Lieutenant-General Robert Ford
Lieutenant-General Robert Ford was a senior British Army officer in Northern Ireland, notably serving as the army's overall commander during key operations in the early 1970s, including the controversial period of the Troubles.
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D.
James Ramsay
James Ramsay was an 18th-century Anglican clergyman and prominent British abolitionist who campaigned vigorously against the transatlantic slave trade.
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E.
Douglas Dillon
Douglas Dillon was an American diplomat and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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military strategist ⓘ retired U.S. Army lieutenant general ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Master of Arts in American history
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PhD in American history ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Donald Trump NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Bronze Star Medal
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Legion of Merit ⓘ Purple Heart ⓘ Silver Star ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1962-07-24 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
Gulf War
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Iraq War ⓘ War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
United States Military Academy
ⓘ
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Hoover Institution
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stanford University ⓘ |
| endTime | 2018-04-09 ⓘ |
| familyName | McMaster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
foreign policy
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military history ⓘ national security ⓘ |
| fullName | Herbert Raymond McMaster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Herbert ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | lieutenant general ⓘ |
| notableCommand |
1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ Army Capabilities Integration Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Battle of 73 Easting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dereliction of Duty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| occupation |
national security advisor
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soldier ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Republican-leaning independent ⓘ |
| positionHeld | 26th United States National Security Advisor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Michael T. Flynn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Stanford, California (region) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceYears | 1984–2018 ⓘ |
| spouse | Kathleen Trotter McMaster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 2017-02-20 ⓘ |
| succeededBy | John R. Bolton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Herbert Raymond McMaster Description of subject: Herbert Raymond McMaster is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general and military strategist who served as the 26th United States National Security Advisor under President Donald Trump.
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