John Rodgers Meigs
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John Rodgers Meigs was a young Union Army officer and engineer in the American Civil War whose death in 1864 became a notable and controversial incident that deeply affected his father, Quartermaster General Montgomery C. Meigs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Rodgers Meigs canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15509719 — 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: John Rodgers Meigs Context triple: [Montgomery C. Meigs, child, John Rodgers Meigs]
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A.
Alfred H. Terry
Alfred H. Terry was a Union Army general during the American Civil War, best known for leading the successful assault on Fort Fisher in 1865.
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B.
Henry G. Blasdel
Henry G. Blasdel was an American politician who became the first governor of the U.S. state of Nevada after its admission to the Union.
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C.
William S. Benson
William S. Benson was a U.S. Navy admiral who served as the first Chief of Naval Operations during World War I.
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D.
Thomas U. Walter
Thomas U. Walter was a prominent 19th-century American architect best known for designing the cast-iron dome of the United States Capitol and shaping key federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
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E.
Carlton E. Morse
Carlton E. Morse was an American radio writer and producer best known for creating influential adventure and mystery serials during the Golden Age of radio.
- 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: John Rodgers Meigs Target entity description: John Rodgers Meigs was a young Union Army officer and engineer in the American Civil War whose death in 1864 became a notable and controversial incident that deeply affected his father, Quartermaster General Montgomery C. Meigs.
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A.
Alfred H. Terry
Alfred H. Terry was a Union Army general during the American Civil War, best known for leading the successful assault on Fort Fisher in 1865.
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B.
Henry G. Blasdel
Henry G. Blasdel was an American politician who became the first governor of the U.S. state of Nevada after its admission to the Union.
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C.
William S. Benson
William S. Benson was a U.S. Navy admiral who served as the first Chief of Naval Operations during World War I.
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D.
Thomas U. Walter
Thomas U. Walter was a prominent 19th-century American architect best known for designing the cast-iron dome of the United States Capitol and shaping key federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
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E.
Carlton E. Morse
Carlton E. Morse was an American radio writer and producer best known for creating influential adventure and mystery serials during the Golden Age of radio.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.