Daniel Adams Butterfield
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Daniel Adams Butterfield was a Union Army general in the American Civil War, best known for co-authoring the bugle call "Taps" and later serving as a U.S. Treasury official.
All labels observed (1)
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| Daniel Adams Butterfield canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9628810 — 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: Daniel Adams Butterfield Context triple: [Daniel Butterfield, fullName, Daniel Adams Butterfield]
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A.
Daniel Stewart Butterfield
Daniel Stewart Butterfield is a Canadian entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and CEO of Slack and the co-founder of the photo-sharing site Flickr.
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B.
Nathaniel Parker Willis
Nathaniel Parker Willis was a prominent 19th-century American author and editor known for his poetry, travel writing, and influential role in the New York literary scene.
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C.
George W. Frye
George W. Frye is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake or prominent bearer of the surname Frye.
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D.
Thomas Bartlett
Thomas Bartlett is an American pianist, producer, and composer known for his work across indie, folk, and experimental music, collaborating with artists such as Sufjan Stevens, The National, and St. Vincent.
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E.
Charles Green Bingham
Charles Green Bingham was a notable British philhellene known for his support of the Greek cause during the Greek War of Independence.
- 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: Daniel Adams Butterfield Target entity description: Daniel Adams Butterfield was a Union Army general in the American Civil War, best known for co-authoring the bugle call "Taps" and later serving as a U.S. Treasury official.
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A.
Daniel Stewart Butterfield
Daniel Stewart Butterfield is a Canadian entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and CEO of Slack and the co-founder of the photo-sharing site Flickr.
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B.
Nathaniel Parker Willis
Nathaniel Parker Willis was a prominent 19th-century American author and editor known for his poetry, travel writing, and influential role in the New York literary scene.
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C.
George W. Frye
George W. Frye is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake or prominent bearer of the surname Frye.
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D.
Thomas Bartlett
Thomas Bartlett is an American pianist, producer, and composer known for his work across indie, folk, and experimental music, collaborating with artists such as Sufjan Stevens, The National, and St. Vincent.
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E.
Charles Green Bingham
Charles Green Bingham was a notable British philhellene known for his support of the Greek cause during the Greek War of Independence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War veteran
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Union Army general ⓘ United States government official ⓘ composer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| allegiance | United States of America ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Medal of Honor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| battle |
Battle of Antietam
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Chancellorsville NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Fredericksburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Gaines Mill NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Gettysburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Seven Days Battles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1831-10-31 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Utica, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coAuthorOf | Taps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1901-07-17 ⓘ |
| education | Union College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | United States Department of the Treasury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Butterfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | John Warren Butterfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fatherOccupation | transportation executive ⓘ |
| fullName | Daniel Adams Butterfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Daniel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-authoring the bugle call Taps
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service as a U.S. Treasury official ⓘ service as a Union Army general in the American Civil War ⓘ |
| medalOfHonorFor | actions at the Battle of Gaines Mill ⓘ |
| memberOf | Union College fraternity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Union Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
brigadier general
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major general ⓘ |
| notableWork | Taps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
Treasury official
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composer ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | West Point Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalParty | Republican Party ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Assistant Treasurer of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Episcopalian ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| servedIn | Army of the Potomac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedUnder |
George B. McClellan
NERFINISHED
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George G. Meade NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Hooker 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: Daniel Adams Butterfield Description of subject: Daniel Adams Butterfield was a Union Army general in the American Civil War, best known for co-authoring the bugle call "Taps" and later serving as a U.S. Treasury official.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.