Raymond T. Odierno
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Raymond T. Odierno was a four-star U.S. Army general who played a leading role in the Iraq War, including overseeing coalition forces during the troop surge.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Raymond T. Odierno canonical | 2 |
| Lieutenant General Raymond T. Odierno | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12922808 — 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)
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Target entity: Raymond T. Odierno Context triple: [MNF–I, notableCommander, Raymond T. Odierno]
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A.
George W. Casey Jr.
George W. Casey Jr. is a retired United States Army general who served as the top U.S. commander in Iraq during the mid-2000s and later as the Army Chief of Staff.
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B.
Lt. Gen. Philip A. Garrant
Lt. Gen. Philip A. Garrant is a senior United States Space Force officer who leads major space acquisition, development, and operational efforts for the service.
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C.
General Joseph F. Dunford Jr.
General Joseph F. Dunford Jr. is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and held several key command roles in major U.S. and NATO operations.
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D.
General Stanley A. McChrystal
General Stanley A. McChrystal is a retired four-star U.S. Army general best known for commanding American and NATO forces in Afghanistan and leading elite special operations units.
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E.
Lieutenant General Paul X. Kelley
Lieutenant General Paul X. Kelley was a senior U.S. Marine Corps officer who later became the 28th Commandant of the Marine Corps and played a key role in shaping American rapid deployment and expeditionary capabilities.
- 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: Raymond T. Odierno Target entity description: Raymond T. Odierno was a four-star U.S. Army general who played a leading role in the Iraq War, including overseeing coalition forces during the troop surge.
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A.
George W. Casey Jr.
George W. Casey Jr. is a retired United States Army general who served as the top U.S. commander in Iraq during the mid-2000s and later as the Army Chief of Staff.
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B.
Lt. Gen. Philip A. Garrant
Lt. Gen. Philip A. Garrant is a senior United States Space Force officer who leads major space acquisition, development, and operational efforts for the service.
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C.
General Joseph F. Dunford Jr.
General Joseph F. Dunford Jr. is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and held several key command roles in major U.S. and NATO operations.
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D.
General Stanley A. McChrystal
General Stanley A. McChrystal is a retired four-star U.S. Army general best known for commanding American and NATO forces in Afghanistan and leading elite special operations units.
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E.
Lieutenant General Paul X. Kelley
Lieutenant General Paul X. Kelley was a senior U.S. Marine Corps officer who later became the 28th Commandant of the Marine Corps and played a key role in shaping American rapid deployment and expeditionary capabilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army general
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| allegiance |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| awardReceived |
Army Distinguished Service Medal
ⓘ
Army Staff Identification Badge NERFINISHED ⓘ Bronze Star Medal ⓘ Defense Distinguished Service Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Defense Superior Service Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Legion of Merit ⓘ Parachutist Badge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| conflict |
Iraq War
ⓘ
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form:
War in Afghanistan
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1954-09-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2021-10-08 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Naval War College
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Carolina State University NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Military Academy ⓘ |
| familyName | Odierno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Raymond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild | Tony Odierno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificSuffix | USA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | United States Army general officers ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | General NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryUnit |
4th Infantry Division
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
III Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Capture of Saddam Hussein support operations ⓘ |
| notableRole | Senior commander during the Iraq War troop surge ⓘ |
| notableWork | Oversaw coalition forces during the Iraq War troop surge ⓘ |
| numberOfStars | 4-star general ⓘ |
| occupation | military officer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Rockaway, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Pinehurst, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief of Staff of the United States Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Commanding General, 4th Infantry Division NERFINISHED ⓘ Commanding General, III Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ Commanding General, Multi-National Corps – Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ Commanding General, United States Forces – Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
North Carolina
ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ |
| serviceEnd | 2015 ⓘ |
| serviceStart | 1976 ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Linda Odierno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateOfBirth | New Jersey 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: Raymond T. Odierno Description of subject: Raymond T. Odierno was a four-star U.S. Army general who played a leading role in the Iraq War, including overseeing coalition forces during the troop surge.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lieutenant General Raymond T. Odierno