Brigadier General Richard Taylor
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Brigadier General Richard Taylor was a Confederate Civil War commander and son of U.S. President Zachary Taylor, noted for leading Louisiana troops in several key campaigns in the Western and Trans-Mississippi theaters.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Brigadier General Richard Taylor canonical | 1 |
| Major General Richard Taylor | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22174381 — 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 Richard Taylor Context triple: [Louisiana Tigers, associatedWith, Brigadier General Richard Taylor]
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A.
Lieutenant General Robert B. Johnston
Lieutenant General Robert B. Johnston was a senior U.S. Marine Corps officer best known for leading American forces during major operations such as the humanitarian intervention in Somalia in the early 1990s.
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B.
Brigadier General James Lawson Kemper
Brigadier General James Lawson Kemper was a Confederate officer in the American Civil War who later became the governor of Virginia.
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C.
Major General Isaac R. Trimble
Major General Isaac R. Trimble was a Confederate Civil War officer best known for his leadership in the Army of Northern Virginia and his wounding during Pickett’s Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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D.
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. was a U.S. Army lieutenant general in World War II who led the Tenth Army in the Pacific and was the highest-ranking American officer killed by enemy fire during the war.
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E.
Colonel Charles Evans
Colonel Charles Evans was a British military officer and public figure who served as Lord Lieutenant of Caernarfonshire, representing the Crown in that Welsh county.
- 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 Richard Taylor Target entity description: Brigadier General Richard Taylor was a Confederate Civil War commander and son of U.S. President Zachary Taylor, noted for leading Louisiana troops in several key campaigns in the Western and Trans-Mississippi theaters.
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A.
Lieutenant General Robert B. Johnston
Lieutenant General Robert B. Johnston was a senior U.S. Marine Corps officer best known for leading American forces during major operations such as the humanitarian intervention in Somalia in the early 1990s.
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B.
Brigadier General James Lawson Kemper
Brigadier General James Lawson Kemper was a Confederate officer in the American Civil War who later became the governor of Virginia.
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C.
Major General Isaac R. Trimble
Major General Isaac R. Trimble was a Confederate Civil War officer best known for his leadership in the Army of Northern Virginia and his wounding during Pickett’s Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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D.
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. was a U.S. Army lieutenant general in World War II who led the Tenth Army in the Pacific and was the highest-ranking American officer killed by enemy fire during the war.
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E.
Colonel Charles Evans
Colonel Charles Evans was a British military officer and public figure who served as Lord Lieutenant of Caernarfonshire, representing the Crown in that Welsh county.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Brigadier General Richard Taylor