Alfred Terry
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Alfred Terry was a U.S. Army general best known for his leadership on the Northern Plains during the Indian Wars, including a key role in the Great Sioux War of 1876.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alfred Terry canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2256863 — 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: Alfred Terry Context triple: [Great Sioux War of 1876, commandedBy, Alfred Terry]
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A.
Alfred Baldwin
Alfred Baldwin was a British industrialist and Conservative politician who served as a Member of Parliament and was the father of future Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin.
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B.
John L. Lumley
John L. Lumley was a prominent American fluid dynamicist known for his pioneering contributions to the understanding and modeling of turbulence.
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C.
Lloyd Bryce
Lloyd Bryce was an American editor, politician, and diplomat best known for his influential leadership of the North American Review in the late 19th century.
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D.
Francis Hughes
Francis Hughes was a Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer from Northern Ireland who became widely known for dying on hunger strike in the Maze Prison in 1981.
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E.
Alfred Duckett
Alfred Duckett was an American writer and journalist best known for collaborating with Jackie Robinson on his autobiographical works.
- 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: Alfred Terry Target entity description: Alfred Terry was a U.S. Army general best known for his leadership on the Northern Plains during the Indian Wars, including a key role in the Great Sioux War of 1876.
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A.
Alfred Baldwin
Alfred Baldwin was a British industrialist and Conservative politician who served as a Member of Parliament and was the father of future Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin.
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B.
John L. Lumley
John L. Lumley was a prominent American fluid dynamicist known for his pioneering contributions to the understanding and modeling of turbulence.
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C.
Lloyd Bryce
Lloyd Bryce was an American editor, politician, and diplomat best known for his influential leadership of the North American Review in the late 19th century.
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D.
Francis Hughes
Francis Hughes was a Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer from Northern Ireland who became widely known for dying on hunger strike in the Maze Prison in 1981.
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E.
Alfred Duckett
Alfred Duckett was an American writer and journalist best known for collaborating with Jackie Robinson on his autobiographical works.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War veteran
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Union Army general ⓘ United States Army officer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activity | military leadership on the Northern Plains ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Union
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| conflict |
American Civil War
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Great Sioux War of 1876 ⓘ United States–Native American wars ⓘ
surface form:
Indian Wars
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Terry ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
frontier warfare
ⓘ
military affairs ⓘ |
| fullName |
Alfred H. Terry
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surface form:
Alfred Howe Terry
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| givenName | Alfred ⓘ |
| hasHonor | promotion to general officer rank in the Union Army ⓘ |
| hasRole | field commander in the Great Sioux War of 1876 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| middleName | Howe ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
brigadier general
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major general ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
United States Army 7th Cavalry Regiment
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surface form:
U.S. Army operations around the Battle of the Little Bighorn
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| notableFor |
key role in the Great Sioux War of 1876
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leadership on the Northern Plains during the Indian Wars ⓘ service as a senior officer in post–Civil War frontier campaigns ⓘ |
| occupation |
military officer
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soldier ⓘ |
| partOf | U.S. Army campaigns against the Sioux ⓘ |
| positionHeld | commander in the Department of Dakota ⓘ |
| residence |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Alfred Terry Description of subject: Alfred Terry was a U.S. Army general best known for his leadership on the Northern Plains during the Indian Wars, including a key role in the Great Sioux War of 1876.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.