Devil's Den
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Devil's Den is a rocky hill and famous Civil War battlefield site at Gettysburg known for its intense fighting and iconic wartime photographs.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Devil's Den canonical | 5 |
| Devil’s Den | 2 |
| Devil's Den area | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T982366 — 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: Devil's Den Context triple: [Gettysburg National Military Park, hasPart, Devil's Den]
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A.
Bloody Ridge
Bloody Ridge is a historically significant World War II battlefield on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, known for a pivotal 1942 clash between U.S. and Japanese forces.
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B.
Cemetery Hill
Cemetery Hill is a prominent, strategically important rise of ground that formed a key Union defensive position during the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War.
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C.
Bosses Ridge
Bosses Ridge is a prominent high-altitude snow and ice ridge on Mont Blanc, forming the final exposed section of one of the mountain’s classic summit routes.
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D.
Hürtgen Forest
Hürtgen Forest is a heavily wooded area in western Germany best known as the site of a prolonged and costly World War II battle between American and German forces.
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E.
Val-Kill
Val-Kill is the Hyde Park, New York retreat that served as Eleanor Roosevelt’s personal home and later became a national historic site honoring her life and work.
- 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: Devil's Den Target entity description: Devil's Den is a rocky hill and famous Civil War battlefield site at Gettysburg known for its intense fighting and iconic wartime photographs.
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A.
Bloody Ridge
Bloody Ridge is a historically significant World War II battlefield on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, known for a pivotal 1942 clash between U.S. and Japanese forces.
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B.
Cemetery Hill
Cemetery Hill is a prominent, strategically important rise of ground that formed a key Union defensive position during the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War.
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C.
Bosses Ridge
Bosses Ridge is a prominent high-altitude snow and ice ridge on Mont Blanc, forming the final exposed section of one of the mountain’s classic summit routes.
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D.
Hürtgen Forest
Hürtgen Forest is a heavily wooded area in western Germany best known as the site of a prolonged and costly World War II battle between American and German forces.
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E.
Val-Kill
Val-Kill is the Hyde Park, New York retreat that served as Eleanor Roosevelt’s personal home and later became a national historic site honoring her life and work.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War battlefield location
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historic site ⓘ rocky hill ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ |
| associatedWithMilitaryUnit |
Birney's Division
ⓘ
Hood's Division ⓘ |
| attackedBy |
Army of Northern Virginia
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surface form:
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia units
|
| battlefieldSector | southern part of Gettysburg line ⓘ |
| category |
American Civil War sites in Pennsylvania
ⓘ
Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ Landforms of Adams County, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| controlledBy | Confederate forces on July 2, 1863 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| dateOfEvent | July 2, 1863 ⓘ |
| defendedBy |
Army of the Potomac
ⓘ
surface form:
Union Army of the Potomac units
|
| elevationRelative | lower than Little Round Top ⓘ |
| geologicalType | diabase boulder field ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeClassification | boulder-strewn hill ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
interpretive markers
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parking area nearby ⓘ walking trails ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | name predates the Civil War and is associated with local folklore ⓘ |
| hasStrategicSignificance | overlooked Plum Run Valley ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Valley of Death
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surface form:
Valley of Death (Plum Run Valley)
|
| heritageDesignation | part of Gettysburg National Military Park ⓘ |
| knownFor |
iconic Civil War battlefield photographs
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intense fighting during the Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Adams County, Pennsylvania
ⓘ
Gettysburg National Military Park ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| managedBy | National Park Service ⓘ |
| memorializedBy | various regimental monuments nearby ⓘ |
| nearbyFeature |
Houck's Ridge
ⓘ
Little Round Top ⓘ Plum Run ⓘ |
| notablePhotograph | "Dead Confederate Sharpshooter in Devil's Den" ⓘ |
| ownership |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
federal government of the United States
|
| partOf |
Gettysburg National Military Park
ⓘ
surface form:
Gettysburg Battlefield
|
| photographedBy |
Alexander Gardner
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Timothy H. O'Sullivan ⓘ |
| state | Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| terrainFeature |
large boulders
ⓘ
rocky outcroppings ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSignificance | July 1–3, 1863 ⓘ |
| tourism | popular visitor site at Gettysburg ⓘ |
| usedAs | Confederate artillery position during the battle ⓘ |
| visitorAccess | open to the public ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Devil's Den Description of subject: Devil's Den is a rocky hill and famous Civil War battlefield site at Gettysburg known for its intense fighting and iconic wartime photographs.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Little Round Top
this entity surface form:
Devil's Den area
this entity surface form:
Devil’s Den
subject surface form:
Fighting at Devil’s Den
this entity surface form:
Devil’s Den