Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant
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Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant was a prominent Union Civil War commander who rose to become general-in-chief of U.S. forces and later served as the 18th president of the United States.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant canonical | 2 |
| Major General Ulysses S. Grant | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21526345 — 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: Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant Context triple: [Fort Henry campaign, ledBy, Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant]
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A.
Samuel Simpson Grant
Samuel Simpson Grant was a member of the Simpson–Grant family connected to U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant through his mother, Hannah Simpson Grant.
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B.
William Sherman
William Sherman is the charming, mischievous teenage boy who serves as the romantic interest of Doris Day’s character in the classic musical film "On Moonlight Bay."
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C.
George B. McClellan Jr.
George B. McClellan Jr. was an American Democratic politician who served as mayor of New York City from 1904 to 1909 and later became a historian and professor at Princeton University.
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D.
Guy Levis Grant
Guy Levis Grant was an American dentist and educator best known as one of the ten founders of the historically Black fraternity Kappa Alpha Psi.
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E.
Frederick Dent Grant
Frederick Dent Grant was an American military officer and diplomat who served as a general in the U.S. Army and the eldest son of President Ulysses S. Grant.
- 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: Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant Target entity description: Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant was a prominent Union Civil War commander who rose to become general-in-chief of U.S. forces and later served as the 18th president of the United States.
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A.
Samuel Simpson Grant
Samuel Simpson Grant was a member of the Simpson–Grant family connected to U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant through his mother, Hannah Simpson Grant.
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B.
William Sherman
William Sherman is the charming, mischievous teenage boy who serves as the romantic interest of Doris Day’s character in the classic musical film "On Moonlight Bay."
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C.
George B. McClellan Jr.
George B. McClellan Jr. was an American Democratic politician who served as mayor of New York City from 1904 to 1909 and later became a historian and professor at Princeton University.
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D.
Guy Levis Grant
Guy Levis Grant was an American dentist and educator best known as one of the ten founders of the historically Black fraternity Kappa Alpha Psi.
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E.
Frederick Dent Grant
Frederick Dent Grant was an American military officer and diplomat who served as a general in the U.S. Army and the eldest son of President Ulysses S. Grant.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant