Cobb’s Brigade marker
E837813
Cobb’s Brigade marker is a historical monument commemorating the Confederate brigade led by General Thomas R. R. Cobb that defended the Sunken Road at the Battle of Fredericksburg during the American Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cobb’s Brigade marker canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10051606 — 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: Cobb’s Brigade marker Context triple: [Sunken Road and Marye’s Heights, hasMemorial, Cobb’s Brigade marker]
-
A.
Civil War Unknowns Monument
The Civil War Unknowns Monument is a memorial at Arlington National Cemetery honoring unidentified Union soldiers who died during the American Civil War.
-
B.
Confederate Soldiers Monument
The Confederate Soldiers Monument is a commemorative statue complex honoring Confederate military personnel, located on the grounds of the Texas State Capitol in Austin.
-
C.
Sam Davis Memorial
The Sam Davis Memorial is a monument in Pulaski, Tennessee, honoring Sam Davis, a Confederate scout often referred to as the “Boy Hero of the Confederacy.”
-
D.
Confederate Soldiers’ Section
The Confederate Soldiers’ Section is a dedicated burial area within Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia, where thousands of Confederate soldiers from the American Civil War are interred and commemorated.
-
E.
Confederate Soldiers’ Pyramid
The Confederate Soldiers’ Pyramid is a massive stone monument in Richmond, Virginia’s Hollywood Cemetery commemorating thousands of Confederate enlisted men who died during the American Civil War.
- 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: Cobb’s Brigade marker Target entity description: Cobb’s Brigade marker is a historical monument commemorating the Confederate brigade led by General Thomas R. R. Cobb that defended the Sunken Road at the Battle of Fredericksburg during the American Civil War.
-
A.
Civil War Unknowns Monument
The Civil War Unknowns Monument is a memorial at Arlington National Cemetery honoring unidentified Union soldiers who died during the American Civil War.
-
B.
Confederate Soldiers Monument
The Confederate Soldiers Monument is a commemorative statue complex honoring Confederate military personnel, located on the grounds of the Texas State Capitol in Austin.
-
C.
Sam Davis Memorial
The Sam Davis Memorial is a monument in Pulaski, Tennessee, honoring Sam Davis, a Confederate scout often referred to as the “Boy Hero of the Confederacy.”
-
D.
Confederate Soldiers’ Section
The Confederate Soldiers’ Section is a dedicated burial area within Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia, where thousands of Confederate soldiers from the American Civil War are interred and commemorated.
-
E.
Confederate Soldiers’ Pyramid
The Confederate Soldiers’ Pyramid is a massive stone monument in Richmond, Virginia’s Hollywood Cemetery commemorating thousands of Confederate enlisted men who died during the American Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical monument
ⓘ
war memorial ⓘ |
| associatedConflict | American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedMilitaryForce | Confederate States Army GENERATED ⓘ |
| associatedMilitaryUnit | Cobb’s Brigade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPerson | Thomas R. R. Cobb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| battlefieldSector | Marye’s Heights sector of Fredericksburg battlefield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
American Civil War monuments and memorials in Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Confederate States of America monuments and memorials ⓘ Outdoor sculptures in Virginia ⓘ |
| commemorates |
Brigadier General Thomas R. R. Cobb
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cobb’s Brigade NERFINISHED ⓘ Confederate States Army soldiers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commemoratesEvent |
Battle of Fredericksburg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
defense of the Sunken Road at Fredericksburg ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era | American Civil War commemoration era ⓘ |
| geographicContext | Rappahannock River region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasVisitorAccess | yes ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Civil War battlefield marker ⓘ |
| inscriptionSubject |
Battle of Fredericksburg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cobb’s Brigade NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunken Road defense ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | Civil War battlefield tours at Fredericksburg ⓘ |
| locatedOnBattlefield | Fredericksburg battlefield GENERATED ⓘ |
| location |
Fredericksburg, Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sunken Road, Fredericksburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | U.S. National Park Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| memorialType | unit position marker ⓘ |
| partOf | Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
to educate visitors about the Battle of Fredericksburg
ⓘ
to mark the position of Cobb’s Brigade at Fredericksburg ⓘ |
| state | Virginia ⓘ |
| topic |
American Civil War battlefield interpretation
ⓘ
Battlefield defense of the Sunken Road ⓘ Confederate military history 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: Cobb’s Brigade marker Description of subject: Cobb’s Brigade marker is a historical monument commemorating the Confederate brigade led by General Thomas R. R. Cobb that defended the Sunken Road at the Battle of Fredericksburg during the American Civil War.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.