Spier Spencer was a military officer killed at the Battle of Tippecanoe
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Spier Spencer was an American militia officer from Kentucky who was killed in action while fighting under William Henry Harrison at the 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe.
All labels observed (1)
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| Spier Spencer was a military officer killed at the Battle of Tippecanoe canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17530995 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spier Spencer was a military officer killed at the Battle of Tippecanoe Context triple: [Spencer County, Kentucky, isNamedForRoleOfNamesake, Spier Spencer was a military officer killed at the Battle of Tippecanoe]
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A.
Major Alexander Spence
Major Alexander Spence was an Australian Army officer who led commando operations during World War II, particularly noted for his leadership in the Timor campaign against Japanese forces.
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B.
Major Henry Terrill
Major Henry Terrill is a central character in the 1958 Western film "The Big Country," portrayed as a powerful and proud rancher embroiled in a bitter land feud.
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C.
Captain William J. Fetterman
Captain William J. Fetterman was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading the ill-fated 1866 engagement near Fort Phil Kearny during Red Cloud’s War, which resulted in one of the worst defeats of the U.S. military in the Indian Wars.
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D.
Major John Buttrick
Major John Buttrick was a colonial militia officer best known for leading the American forces that fired the first organized volley against British troops at the North Bridge during the Battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775.
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E.
John J. Parker
John J. Parker was a prominent American judge who served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and was once a nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court.
- 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: Spier Spencer was a military officer killed at the Battle of Tippecanoe Target entity description: Spier Spencer was an American militia officer from Kentucky who was killed in action while fighting under William Henry Harrison at the 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe.
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A.
Major Alexander Spence
Major Alexander Spence was an Australian Army officer who led commando operations during World War II, particularly noted for his leadership in the Timor campaign against Japanese forces.
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B.
Major Henry Terrill
Major Henry Terrill is a central character in the 1958 Western film "The Big Country," portrayed as a powerful and proud rancher embroiled in a bitter land feud.
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C.
Captain William J. Fetterman
Captain William J. Fetterman was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading the ill-fated 1866 engagement near Fort Phil Kearny during Red Cloud’s War, which resulted in one of the worst defeats of the U.S. military in the Indian Wars.
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D.
Major John Buttrick
Major John Buttrick was a colonial militia officer best known for leading the American forces that fired the first organized volley against British troops at the North Bridge during the Battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775.
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E.
John J. Parker
John J. Parker was a prominent American judge who served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and was once a nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Spencer County, Kentucky
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isNamedForRoleOfNamesake
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Spier Spencer was a military officer killed at the Battle of Tippecanoe
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