Thomas Ewing Sherman
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Thomas Ewing Sherman was an American lawyer who became a Jesuit priest and educator, known as the son of Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman and Ellen Ewing Sherman.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thomas Ewing Sherman canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7572689 — 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: Thomas Ewing Sherman Context triple: [Ellen Ewing Sherman, child, Thomas Ewing Sherman]
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A.
Thomas W. Sherman
Thomas W. Sherman was a Union Army general during the American Civil War, noted for leading significant operations in the Western Theater.
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B.
William Tecumseh Sherman
William Tecumseh Sherman was a prominent Union general in the American Civil War, best known for his "March to the Sea" and his strategy of total war against the Confederacy.
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C.
George J. Sherman
George J. Sherman is a benefactor and namesake associated with collegiate athletics facilities, notably lending his name to the George J. Sherman Family–Sports Complex.
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D.
Chaffee Grant
Chaffee Grant was a member of the prominent Grant family, descended from U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant through his son Ulysses S. Grant Jr.
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E.
Kirby Smith
Kirby Smith was a senior Confederate general during the American Civil War, best known for commanding the vast Trans-Mississippi Department.
- 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: Thomas Ewing Sherman Target entity description: Thomas Ewing Sherman was an American lawyer who became a Jesuit priest and educator, known as the son of Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman and Ellen Ewing Sherman.
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A.
Thomas W. Sherman
Thomas W. Sherman was a Union Army general during the American Civil War, noted for leading significant operations in the Western Theater.
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B.
William Tecumseh Sherman
William Tecumseh Sherman was a prominent Union general in the American Civil War, best known for his "March to the Sea" and his strategy of total war against the Confederacy.
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C.
George J. Sherman
George J. Sherman is a benefactor and namesake associated with collegiate athletics facilities, notably lending his name to the George J. Sherman Family–Sports Complex.
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D.
Chaffee Grant
Chaffee Grant was a member of the prominent Grant family, descended from U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant through his son Ulysses S. Grant Jr.
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E.
Kirby Smith
Kirby Smith was a senior Confederate general during the American Civil War, best known for commanding the vast Trans-Mississippi Department.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jesuit priest
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| birthName | Thomas Ewing Sherman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | St. Charles College, Grand Coteau, Louisiana, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1856-10-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1933-04-29 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Georgetown University
ⓘ
Jesuit College at Woodstock, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Louis University NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington University in St. Louis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish American ⓘ |
| familyName | Sherman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | William Tecumseh Sherman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
education
ⓘ
law ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandfather | Thomas Ewing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Thomas Ewing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Society of Jesus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Ellen Ewing Sherman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a son of General William Tecumseh Sherman
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conversion from legal career to Jesuit priesthood ⓘ |
| notableWork |
public lectures on Catholicism
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sermons and religious instruction ⓘ |
| occupation |
Catholic priest
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educator ⓘ lawyer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | San Francisco, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
|
| religiousOrder | Society of Jesus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
NERFINISHED
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St. Louis, Missouri, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling |
Charles Celestine Sherman
NERFINISHED
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Eleanor Sherman NERFINISHED ⓘ Maria E. Sherman NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Elizabeth Sherman NERFINISHED ⓘ Philemon Tecumseh Sherman NERFINISHED ⓘ Rachel Ewing Sherman NERFINISHED ⓘ William Tecumseh Sherman Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Thomas Ewing Sherman Description of subject: Thomas Ewing Sherman was an American lawyer who became a Jesuit priest and educator, known as the son of Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman and Ellen Ewing Sherman.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.