Napoleon Bonaparte Buford
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Napoleon Bonaparte Buford was a Union Army general and the older half-brother of famed cavalry officer John Buford, noted for his service in the Western Theater during the American Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
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| Napoleon Bonaparte Buford canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8598900 — 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: Napoleon Bonaparte Buford Context triple: [John Buford, hasRelative, Napoleon Bonaparte Buford]
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A.
Napoleon Bonaparte Broward
Napoleon Bonaparte Broward was an early 20th-century governor of Florida best known for his efforts to drain and develop the Everglades.
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B.
Napoleon LeBrun
Napoleon LeBrun was a prominent 19th-century American architect known for designing significant civic and religious buildings, particularly in New York and Philadelphia.
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C.
Frederick Austerlitz
Frederick Austerlitz, better known as Fred Astaire, was an iconic American dancer, singer, and actor renowned for his innovative and elegant musical film performances.
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D.
Dermide Louis Napoleon Leclerc
Dermide Louis Napoleon Leclerc was the only son of Pauline Bonaparte and French general Charles Leclerc, who died in childhood and is chiefly remembered as a minor member of the Bonaparte family.
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E.
Napoleon Ta
Napoleon Ta is a venture capitalist and partner at Founders Fund, a prominent Silicon Valley investment firm.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Napoleon Bonaparte Buford Target entity description: Napoleon Bonaparte Buford was a Union Army general and the older half-brother of famed cavalry officer John Buford, noted for his service in the Western Theater during the American Civil War.
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A.
Napoleon Bonaparte Broward
Napoleon Bonaparte Broward was an early 20th-century governor of Florida best known for his efforts to drain and develop the Everglades.
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B.
Napoleon LeBrun
Napoleon LeBrun was a prominent 19th-century American architect known for designing significant civic and religious buildings, particularly in New York and Philadelphia.
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C.
Frederick Austerlitz
Frederick Austerlitz, better known as Fred Astaire, was an iconic American dancer, singer, and actor renowned for his innovative and elegant musical film performances.
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D.
Dermide Louis Napoleon Leclerc
Dermide Louis Napoleon Leclerc was the only son of Pauline Bonaparte and French general Charles Leclerc, who died in childhood and is chiefly remembered as a minor member of the Bonaparte family.
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E.
Napoleon Ta
Napoleon Ta is a venture capitalist and partner at Founders Fund, a prominent Silicon Valley investment firm.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Union Army general
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person ⓘ |
| allegiance | United States (Union) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appointedAs | brigadier general of volunteers ⓘ |
| appointmentYear | 1862 ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1807-01-13 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Woodford County, Kentucky, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| command |
Cairo, Illinois garrison
ⓘ
District of East Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1883-03-28 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Chicago, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | United States Military Academy ⓘ |
| education | United States Military Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Buford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | John Buford Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Napoleon Bonaparte Buford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Napoleon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| graduationYear | 1827 ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Union Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Brigadier general ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | service in the Western Theater during the American Civil War ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil engineer
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railroad executive ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| positionHeld | president of the Rock Island Railroad ⓘ |
| preWarOccupation |
civil engineer
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iron manufacturer ⓘ railroad executive ⓘ |
| relative | John Buford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceYears |
1827–1835
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1861–1865 ⓘ |
| sibling | John Buford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theaterOfWar | Western Theater of the American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedFor | Rock Island Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Napoleon Bonaparte Buford Description of subject: Napoleon Bonaparte Buford was a Union Army general and the older half-brother of famed cavalry officer John Buford, noted for his service in the Western Theater during the American Civil War.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.