Meigs
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Meigs is a surname most notably associated with Montgomery C. Meigs, a prominent 19th-century U.S. Army officer and engineer who served as Quartermaster General during the American Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Meigs canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15509689 — 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: Meigs Context triple: [Montgomery C. Meigs, familyName, Meigs]
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A.
Hoyt
Hoyt is a family surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals, including Mary Hoyt Sherman before her marriage.
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B.
Shawnee
The Shawnee are an Algonquian-speaking Native American people historically based in the Ohio Valley, known for their resistance to U.S. expansion in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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C.
Zebulon
Zebulon is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, traditionally associated with the biblical tribe of Zebulun.
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D.
Guiteau
Guiteau is the surname of Charles J. Guiteau, the American lawyer and assassin who killed U.S. President James A. Garfield in 1881.
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E.
McClain
McClain is the surname of American rapper Isaiah Rashad, known for his introspective Southern hip-hop style and work with Top Dawg Entertainment.
- 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: Meigs Target entity description: Meigs is a surname most notably associated with Montgomery C. Meigs, a prominent 19th-century U.S. Army officer and engineer who served as Quartermaster General during the American Civil War.
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A.
Hoyt
Hoyt is a family surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals, including Mary Hoyt Sherman before her marriage.
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B.
Shawnee
The Shawnee are an Algonquian-speaking Native American people historically based in the Ohio Valley, known for their resistance to U.S. expansion in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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C.
Zebulon
Zebulon is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, traditionally associated with the biblical tribe of Zebulun.
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D.
Guiteau
Guiteau is the surname of Charles J. Guiteau, the American lawyer and assassin who killed U.S. President James A. Garfield in 1881.
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E.
McClain
McClain is the surname of American rapper Isaiah Rashad, known for his introspective Southern hip-hop style and work with Top Dawg Entertainment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.