Trimble’s Division
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Trimble’s Division was a Confederate infantry division in the American Civil War, best known for its role in the climactic assaults at the Battle of Gettysburg.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Trimble’s Division canonical | 3 |
| Trimble's Division | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5149715 — 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: Trimble’s Division Context triple: [High Water Mark of the Rebellion, associatedWithUnit, Trimble’s Division]
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A.
Trimble
Trimble is a surname of English and Irish origin borne by various notable individuals across politics, science, and the arts.
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B.
Trizec Corporation
Trizec Corporation was a major North American real estate investment and development company that became one of the continent’s largest owners and managers of commercial office properties.
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C.
Trilogy Systems
Trilogy Systems was a pioneering but ultimately unsuccessful 1980s startup founded by computer architect Gene Amdahl to develop advanced mainframe computers using cutting-edge semiconductor technology.
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D.
Rockwell Group
Rockwell Group is a renowned New York–based architecture and design firm known for its innovative, experience-driven projects across hospitality, entertainment, and cultural spaces worldwide.
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E.
Scomi Engineering
Scomi Engineering is a Malaysian engineering company known for designing and supplying monorail systems and related urban transport solutions.
- 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: Trimble’s Division Target entity description: Trimble’s Division was a Confederate infantry division in the American Civil War, best known for its role in the climactic assaults at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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A.
Trimble
Trimble is a surname of English and Irish origin borne by various notable individuals across politics, science, and the arts.
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B.
Trizec Corporation
Trizec Corporation was a major North American real estate investment and development company that became one of the continent’s largest owners and managers of commercial office properties.
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C.
Trilogy Systems
Trilogy Systems was a pioneering but ultimately unsuccessful 1980s startup founded by computer architect Gene Amdahl to develop advanced mainframe computers using cutting-edge semiconductor technology.
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D.
Rockwell Group
Rockwell Group is a renowned New York–based architecture and design firm known for its innovative, experience-driven projects across hospitality, entertainment, and cultural spaces worldwide.
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E.
Scomi Engineering
Scomi Engineering is a Malaysian engineering company known for designing and supplying monorail systems and related urban transport solutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Confederate infantry division
ⓘ
military unit ⓘ |
| allegiance | Confederate States Army ⓘ |
| armyGroup |
Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia
ⓘ
linked to:
Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
|
| belligerent | Confederacy ⓘ |
| branch | Confederate infantry ⓘ |
| casualties | heavy losses at Gettysburg ⓘ |
| commander |
Isaac R. Trimble
ⓘ
Maj. Gen. Isaac Ridgeway Trimble ⓘ
linked to:
Major General Isaac R. Trimble
|
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| corpsCommander |
Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell
ⓘ
linked to:
Richard S. Ewell
|
| country | Confederate States of America ⓘ |
| engagedAgainst | Army of the Potomac ⓘ |
| engagedAt | Union center at Gettysburg ⓘ |
| historicalEra | 19th century ⓘ |
| locationOfActivity |
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
ⓘ
linked to:
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| militaryFormationType | division ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Isaac R. Trimble ⓘ |
| notableEvent | final Confederate assault at Gettysburg ⓘ |
| notableFor |
participation in Pickett’s Charge
ⓘ
role in the Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Gettysburg
ⓘ
Pickett’s Charge ⓘ assault on Cemetery Ridge ⓘ |
| partOf | Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ |
| role | assault division in climactic attack at Gettysburg ⓘ |
| side | Confederate ⓘ |
| theater | Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ |
| tookPartIn | July 3, 1863 assault at Gettysburg ⓘ |
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: Trimble’s Division Description of subject: Trimble’s Division was a Confederate infantry division in the American Civil War, best known for its role in the climactic assaults at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Trimble’s Division