Emory S. Land
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Emory S. Land was a U.S. naval officer and engineer best known for overseeing submarine construction and serving as a key maritime administrator during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Emory S. Land canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4219312 — 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.
Target entity: Emory S. Land Context triple: [Assistant Secretary of War, officeHeldBy, Emory S. Land]
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Samuel L. M. Barlow
Samuel L. M. Barlow is a notable individual who shares the surname Barlow and is recognized as a distinguished bearer of that name.
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Henry Ware Lawton
Henry Ware Lawton was a highly decorated U.S. Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient who served in multiple conflicts, including the Civil War, Indian Wars, Spanish–American War, and ultimately the Philippine–American War, where he was killed in action.
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Edward Otho Cresap Ord
Edward Otho Cresap Ord was a 19th-century United States Army officer and engineer best known for his service in the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War.
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William Thomas Sampson
William Thomas Sampson was a United States Navy admiral best known for commanding American naval forces during the Spanish–American War, particularly at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
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E.
William B. Waddell
William B. Waddell was a 19th-century American businessman best known as one of the founders of the Pony Express mail service.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Emory S. Land Target entity description: Emory S. Land was a U.S. naval officer and engineer best known for overseeing submarine construction and serving as a key maritime administrator during World War II.
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A.
Samuel L. M. Barlow
Samuel L. M. Barlow is a notable individual who shares the surname Barlow and is recognized as a distinguished bearer of that name.
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B.
Henry Ware Lawton
Henry Ware Lawton was a highly decorated U.S. Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient who served in multiple conflicts, including the Civil War, Indian Wars, Spanish–American War, and ultimately the Philippine–American War, where he was killed in action.
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C.
Edward Otho Cresap Ord
Edward Otho Cresap Ord was a 19th-century United States Army officer and engineer best known for his service in the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War.
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D.
William Thomas Sampson
William Thomas Sampson was a United States Navy admiral best known for commanding American naval forces during the Spanish–American War, particularly at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
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E.
William B. Waddell
William B. Waddell was a 19th-century American businessman best known as one of the founders of the Pony Express mail service.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy officer
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United States Navy submarine tender ⓘ human ⓘ military administrator ⓘ naval engineer ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
United States merchant marine
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United States Submarine Force ⓘ
surface form:
United States submarine force
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| awardReceived |
Army Distinguished Service Medal
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surface form:
Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)
Navy Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | United States Naval Academy ⓘ |
| employer |
United States Maritime Commission
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United States Navy ⓘ War Shipping Administration ⓘ |
| familyName | Land ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
naval architecture
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shipbuilding ⓘ submarine design ⓘ |
| givenName | Emory ⓘ |
| hasPartNamedAfter | USS Emory S. Land (AS-39) ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Rear admiral ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Emory S. Land self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| notableFor |
coordination of wartime shipping logistics
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maritime administration during World War II ⓘ oversight of United States submarine construction ⓘ |
| notableWork |
administration of U.S. merchant shipping during World War II
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expansion of U.S. submarine fleet before and during World War II ⓘ |
| occupation |
engineer
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government official ⓘ naval officer ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Administrator of the War Shipping Administration
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Chairman of the United States Maritime Commission ⓘ Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair of the U.S. Navy ⓘ |
| residence | United States of America ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Emory S. Land Description of subject: Emory S. Land was a U.S. naval officer and engineer best known for overseeing submarine construction and serving as a key maritime administrator during World War II.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.