Edwin F. Harding
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Edwin F. Harding was a U.S. Army major general who commanded the 32nd Infantry Division in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
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| Edwin F. Harding canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7102224 — 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: Edwin F. Harding Context triple: [32nd Infantry Division, notableCommander, Edwin F. Harding]
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A.
John T. Corley
John T. Corley was a highly decorated U.S. Army officer renowned for his valor and leadership during World War II and the Korean War.
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B.
Joseph W. Fordney
Joseph W. Fordney was an American Republican congressman from Michigan who played a leading role in early 20th-century U.S. tariff legislation.
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C.
John F. Campbell
John F. Campbell is a retired U.S. Army four-star general who served as the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan.
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D.
Thomas F. Wilson
Thomas F. Wilson is an American actor and comedian best known for playing bully Biff Tannen and his relatives across the Back to the Future film trilogy.
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E.
Francis H. Kimball
Francis H. Kimball was a prominent late-19th-century American architect known for his innovative skyscraper and commercial building designs, particularly in New York and Philadelphia.
- 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: Edwin F. Harding Target entity description: Edwin F. Harding was a U.S. Army major general who commanded the 32nd Infantry Division in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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A.
John T. Corley
John T. Corley was a highly decorated U.S. Army officer renowned for his valor and leadership during World War II and the Korean War.
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B.
Joseph W. Fordney
Joseph W. Fordney was an American Republican congressman from Michigan who played a leading role in early 20th-century U.S. tariff legislation.
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C.
John F. Campbell
John F. Campbell is a retired U.S. Army four-star general who served as the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan.
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D.
Thomas F. Wilson
Thomas F. Wilson is an American actor and comedian best known for playing bully Biff Tannen and his relatives across the Back to the Future film trilogy.
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E.
Francis H. Kimball
Francis H. Kimball was a prominent late-19th-century American architect known for his innovative skyscraper and commercial building designs, particularly in New York and Philadelphia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army officer
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| allegiance |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| awardReceived |
Army Distinguished Service Medal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bronze Star Medal ⓘ Distinguished Service Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ Purple Heart ⓘ Silver Star ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commanded | 32nd Infantry Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1886-09-18 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1970-10-31 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | United States Military Academy ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| familyName | Harding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | military history writing ⓘ |
| givenName | Edwin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Edwin F. Harding Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | United States Army Infantry Branch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | major general ⓘ |
| militaryUnit |
32nd Infantry Division
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
various infantry units of the United States Army ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | command of the 32nd Infantry Division in the Pacific during World War II ⓘ |
| notableWork | military history essays in U.S. Army publications ⓘ |
| occupation | military officer ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Buna–Gona
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Guinea campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Frankfort, Indiana, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | San Diego, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | commanding general of the 32nd Infantry Division ⓘ |
| replacedAsCommanderDuring | Battle of Buna–Gona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedAsCommanderOf | 32nd Infantry Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceNumber | 0-3680 ⓘ |
| serviceYears | 1909–1946 ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations | Pacific Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wrote | articles on military history ⓘ |
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: Edwin F. Harding Description of subject: Edwin F. Harding was a U.S. Army major general who commanded the 32nd Infantry Division in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.