Puller

E385592

United States Marine Corps officer family name person surname

Puller is a surname most prominently associated with the decorated U.S. Marine Corps officer Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller and his family.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Puller canonical	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3754614 — 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: Puller
Context triple: [Lewis B. Puller, familyName, Puller]

A. Pucikwar
Pucikwar is an extinct Great Andamanese language once spoken by the Pucikwar people of the Andaman Islands in India.
B. Weaver
Weaver is a common English occupational surname historically given to people who worked as weavers of cloth or textiles.
C. Slinker
Slinker is one of the derisive nicknames given to Gollum in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, reflecting his sneaky, creeping nature.
D. Prowler
Prowler is a wooden roller coaster at the Worlds of Fun amusement park in Kansas City, Missouri, known for its fast, terrain-hugging layout through wooded areas.
E. Mr. Clutch
Mr. Clutch is the famous nickname of NBA legend Jerry West, renowned for his late-game heroics and clutch performances.
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: Puller
Target entity description: Puller is a surname most prominently associated with the decorated U.S. Marine Corps officer Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller and his family.

A. Pucikwar
Pucikwar is an extinct Great Andamanese language once spoken by the Pucikwar people of the Andaman Islands in India.
B. Weaver
Weaver is a common English occupational surname historically given to people who worked as weavers of cloth or textiles.
C. Slinker
Slinker is one of the derisive nicknames given to Gollum in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, reflecting his sneaky, creeping nature.
D. Prowler
Prowler is a wooden roller coaster at the Worlds of Fun amusement park in Kansas City, Missouri, known for its fast, terrain-hugging layout through wooded areas.
E. Mr. Clutch
Mr. Clutch is the famous nickname of NBA legend Jerry West, renowned for his late-game heroics and clutch performances.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (33)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Marine Corps officer ⓘ family name ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ surname ⓘ
awardReceived	Bronze Star Medal ⓘ Distinguished Service Cross ⓘ Legion of Merit ⓘ Navy Cross ⓘ Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography ⓘ Purple Heart ⓘ Silver Star ⓘ
conflict	Banana Wars ⓘ Korean War ⓘ Second World War ⓘ linked to: World War II
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
familyName	Puller ⓘ
familyNameDerivedFrom	Puller ⓘ
father	Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller ⓘ linked to: Lewis B. Puller
givenName	Lewis ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	English ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Marine Corps ⓘ
militaryRank	Lieutenant general ⓘ
nickname	Chesty ⓘ
notableBearer	Lewis B. Puller Jr. ⓘ linked to: Lewis B. Puller Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller ⓘ linked to: Lewis B. Puller Martha Puller Ware ⓘ
notableFor	being one of the most decorated Marines in U.S. history ⓘ
notableWork	Fortunate Son ⓘ
occupation	author ⓘ lawyer ⓘ
usedAs	last name ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lewis B. Puller → familyName → Puller ⓘ

Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller → familyName → Puller ⓘ

subject linked to: Puller

Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller → familyNameDerivedFrom → Puller ⓘ