Thomas Custer
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Thomas Custer was a two-time Medal of Honor–winning U.S. Army officer and younger brother of George Armstrong Custer who was killed alongside him at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
All labels observed (1)
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| Thomas Custer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21807982 — 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: Thomas Custer Context triple: [Custer’s Last Stand, killedCommander, Thomas Custer]
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A.
George Armstrong Custer
George Armstrong Custer was a U.S. Army officer and cavalry commander best known for his controversial leadership and death at the Battle of the Little Bighorn during the American Indian Wars.
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B.
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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C.
Old Custer
Old Custer is a fictional book written by the character Eli Cash in Wes Anderson’s film "The Royal Tenenbaums."
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D.
Frederick Benteen
Frederick Benteen was a U.S. Army officer best known for his controversial role as a cavalry commander during the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876.
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E.
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick was a Union cavalry general in the American Civil War, known for his aggressive and often reckless leadership in numerous mounted engagements.
- 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: Thomas Custer Target entity description: Thomas Custer was a two-time Medal of Honor–winning U.S. Army officer and younger brother of George Armstrong Custer who was killed alongside him at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
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A.
George Armstrong Custer
George Armstrong Custer was a U.S. Army officer and cavalry commander best known for his controversial leadership and death at the Battle of the Little Bighorn during the American Indian Wars.
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B.
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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C.
Old Custer
Old Custer is a fictional book written by the character Eli Cash in Wes Anderson’s film "The Royal Tenenbaums."
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D.
Frederick Benteen
Frederick Benteen was a U.S. Army officer best known for his controversial role as a cavalry commander during the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876.
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E.
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick was a Union cavalry general in the American Civil War, known for his aggressive and often reckless leadership in numerous mounted engagements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Custer’s Last Stand (as historical event)