Cocke
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Cocke is an English-language surname borne by various notable figures in American political and military history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cocke canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11007030 — 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: Cocke Context triple: [William Cocke, familyName, Cocke]
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A.
Cockrel
Cockrel is a surname most notably associated with Detroit politician and former mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr.
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B.
Coker
Coker is a residential and commercial neighborhood located within the Surulere area of Lagos, Nigeria.
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C.
Oakey
Oakey is a rural town in Queensland, Australia, situated on the Darling Downs west of Toowoomba.
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D.
Scoggins
Scoggins is a minor supporting character in the 1999 science fiction horror film "Deep Blue Sea," which centers on genetically enhanced sharks in an underwater research facility.
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E.
Cobbs
Cobbs is the surname of American character actor Bill Cobbs, known for his extensive work in film and television.
- 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: Cocke Target entity description: Cocke is an English-language surname borne by various notable figures in American political and military history.
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A.
Cockrel
Cockrel is a surname most notably associated with Detroit politician and former mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr.
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B.
Coker
Coker is a residential and commercial neighborhood located within the Surulere area of Lagos, Nigeria.
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C.
Oakey
Oakey is a rural town in Queensland, Australia, situated on the Darling Downs west of Toowoomba.
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D.
Scoggins
Scoggins is a minor supporting character in the 1999 science fiction horror film "Deep Blue Sea," which centers on genetically enhanced sharks in an underwater research facility.
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E.
Cobbs
Cobbs is the surname of American character actor Bill Cobbs, known for his extensive work in film and television.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English-language surname
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human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName |
Cocke
NERFINISHED
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Cocke NERFINISHED ⓘ Cocke NERFINISHED ⓘ Cocke NERFINISHED ⓘ Cocke NERFINISHED ⓘ Cocke NERFINISHED ⓘ Cocke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName |
Charles Lewis
NERFINISHED
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James ⓘ John Alexander NERFINISHED ⓘ John Hartwell NERFINISHED ⓘ Martha Louisa NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip St. George NERFINISHED ⓘ William ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Charles Lewis Cocke
NERFINISHED
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James Cocke NERFINISHED ⓘ John Alexander Cocke NERFINISHED ⓘ John Hartwell Cocke NERFINISHED ⓘ Martha Louisa Cocke NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip St. George Cocke NERFINISHED ⓘ William Cocke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Confederate States Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Virginia militia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | brigadier general ⓘ |
| occupation |
college president
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educator ⓘ educator ⓘ military officer ⓘ military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ politician ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
American Civil War
NERFINISHED
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War of 1812 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Senator from Tennessee
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United States Senator NERFINISHED ⓘ mayor of Louisville ⓘ member of the Tennessee House of Representatives ⓘ |
| stateRepresented | Tennessee 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: Cocke Description of subject: Cocke is an English-language surname borne by various notable figures in American political and military history.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.