David Hunter
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David Hunter was a Union general in the American Civil War known for his aggressive campaigns in the Shenandoah Valley and his early advocacy of emancipation and Black enlistment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David Hunter canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4298272 — 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: David Hunter Context triple: [Valley Campaigns of 1864, commander, David Hunter]
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A.
William R. Wilkerson
William R. Wilkerson was an American entrepreneur and publisher best known for founding The Hollywood Reporter and initiating the development of the Flamingo Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
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B.
Noland B. Harmon
Noland B. Harmon was an American Methodist bishop known for co-authoring the 1963 “A Call for Unity” statement that criticized civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama.
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C.
Richard T. Rives
Richard T. Rives was a U.S. federal appellate judge known for his influential civil rights decisions during the mid-20th century, particularly in cases challenging racial segregation in the American South.
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D.
Timothy B. Howard
Timothy B. Howard is an American law enforcement official who served as the long-time Sheriff of Erie County, New York.
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E.
Broderick Johnson
Broderick Johnson is an American film producer and co-founder of Alcon Entertainment, known for backing major Hollywood films such as "The Blind Side," "The Book of Eli," and "Transcendence."
- 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: David Hunter Target entity description: David Hunter was a Union general in the American Civil War known for his aggressive campaigns in the Shenandoah Valley and his early advocacy of emancipation and Black enlistment.
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A.
William R. Wilkerson
William R. Wilkerson was an American entrepreneur and publisher best known for founding The Hollywood Reporter and initiating the development of the Flamingo Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
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B.
Noland B. Harmon
Noland B. Harmon was an American Methodist bishop known for co-authoring the 1963 “A Call for Unity” statement that criticized civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama.
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C.
Richard T. Rives
Richard T. Rives was a U.S. federal appellate judge known for his influential civil rights decisions during the mid-20th century, particularly in cases challenging racial segregation in the American South.
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D.
Timothy B. Howard
Timothy B. Howard is an American law enforcement official who served as the long-time Sheriff of Erie County, New York.
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E.
Broderick Johnson
Broderick Johnson is an American film producer and co-founder of Alcon Entertainment, known for backing major Hollywood films such as "The Blind Side," "The Book of Eli," and "Transcendence."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Union Army general
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abolitionist ⓘ military officer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| action |
advocated arming formerly enslaved people
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burned the Virginia Military Institute in 1864 ⓘ organized some of the first Black Union regiments ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
emancipation of enslaved people in rebelling states
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enlistment of Black soldiers in the Union Army ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Union
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United States of America ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Abraham Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1802-07-21 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
American Civil War
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Black Hawk War NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Seminole War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1886-02-02 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| education | United States Military Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Hunter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | David Hunter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideology | anti-slavery ⓘ |
| issued | General Order No. 11 (1862) emancipating slaves in parts of the South NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Union high command ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Union Army
NERFINISHED
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United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | major general ⓘ |
| nickname | Black Dave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
aggressive campaigns in the Shenandoah Valley
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early advocacy of emancipation ⓘ support for Black enlistment in the Union Army ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Valley Campaigns of 1864 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
commander of the Department of Kansas
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commander of the Department of the Shenandoah ⓘ commander of the Department of the South ⓘ commander of the Department of the West ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | commanded Union forces against Confederate General Jubal Early in the Shenandoah Valley ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Abraham Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceEndYear | 1866 ⓘ |
| serviceEntryYear | 1822 ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
Kansas
NERFINISHED
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Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ Shenandoah Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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.
Input
Subject: David Hunter Description of subject: David Hunter was a Union general in the American Civil War known for his aggressive campaigns in the Shenandoah Valley and his early advocacy of emancipation and Black enlistment.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.