Traveller (horse)
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Traveller was the famous gray American Saddlebred horse best known as the loyal mount of Confederate General Robert E. Lee during the American Civil War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lee’s horse Traveller | 1 |
| Traveller (horse) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5149786 — 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: Traveller (horse) Context triple: [Virginia Memorial, depicts, Traveller (horse)]
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A.
Trigger (horse)
Trigger was the famous golden palomino stallion and equine co-star of cowboy actor Roy Rogers in numerous Western films and television episodes.
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B.
Darley Arabian
Darley Arabian was one of the three founding stallions of the modern Thoroughbred horse breed, renowned for his profound influence on racehorse bloodlines.
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C.
Mr. Prospector
Mr. Prospector was a highly influential American Thoroughbred racehorse and sire, renowned as one of the most important stallions in modern racing and breeding history.
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D.
18th-century racehorse Eclipse
Eclipse was an undefeated and highly influential 18th-century British Thoroughbred racehorse whose bloodline dominates modern racehorse pedigrees.
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E.
British racehorse Brigadier Gerard
British racehorse Brigadier Gerard was a legendary, near-unbeaten Thoroughbred of the early 1970s, widely regarded as one of the greatest racehorses in British racing history.
- 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: Traveller (horse) Target entity description: Traveller was the famous gray American Saddlebred horse best known as the loyal mount of Confederate General Robert E. Lee during the American Civil War.
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A.
Trigger (horse)
Trigger was the famous golden palomino stallion and equine co-star of cowboy actor Roy Rogers in numerous Western films and television episodes.
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B.
Darley Arabian
Darley Arabian was one of the three founding stallions of the modern Thoroughbred horse breed, renowned for his profound influence on racehorse bloodlines.
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C.
Mr. Prospector
Mr. Prospector was a highly influential American Thoroughbred racehorse and sire, renowned as one of the most important stallions in modern racing and breeding history.
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D.
18th-century racehorse Eclipse
Eclipse was an undefeated and highly influential 18th-century British Thoroughbred racehorse whose bloodline dominates modern racehorse pedigrees.
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E.
British racehorse Brigadier Gerard
British racehorse Brigadier Gerard was a legendary, near-unbeaten Thoroughbred of the early 1970s, widely regarded as one of the greatest racehorses in British racing history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Saddlebred
ⓘ
horse ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Lee’s horse Traveller
ⓘ
linked to:
Traveller (horse)
|
| associatedWith | Washington College ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Greenbrier County, Virginia
ⓘ
linked to:
Greenbrier County, West Virginia
|
| birthYear | 1857 ⓘ |
| breeder | James W. Johnston ⓘ |
| burialPlace | near Lee Chapel, Lexington, Virginia ⓘ |
| coatPattern | flea-bitten gray ⓘ |
| color | gray ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| culturalDepiction | subject of numerous paintings and statues with Robert E. Lee ⓘ |
| deathCause | tetanus ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Lexington, Virginia
ⓘ
linked to:
Lexington, Virginia, United States
|
| deathYear | 1871 ⓘ |
| hasStatue |
Washington and Lee University campus
ⓘ
linked to:
Washington and Lee University
|
| height | about 16 hands ⓘ |
| legacy | one of the most famous horses of the American Civil War ⓘ |
| memorial | skeleton displayed at Washington and Lee University ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Traveller (character in Walter Scott’s novel "The Talisman") ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
high endurance
ⓘ
sure-footedness ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the mount of Confederate General Robert E. Lee ⓘ |
| originalName |
Greenbrier
ⓘ
linked to:
The Greenbrier
Jeff Davis ⓘ |
| owner | Robert E. Lee ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Appomattox Campaign
ⓘ
Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ Overland Campaign ⓘ |
| postWarOwner | Robert E. Lee ⓘ |
| postWarResidence |
Lexington, Virginia
ⓘ
linked to:
Lexington, Virginia, United States
|
| presentAt |
surrender at Appomattox Court House
ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Appomattox Court House
|
| purchaseYear | 1862 ⓘ |
| role |
Lee’s primary battle mount
ⓘ
war horse ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Confederate States Army ⓘ |
| sex | stallion ⓘ |
| sire | Grey Eagle (horse) ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
Confederate cavalry tradition
ⓘ
Robert E. Lee’s leadership ⓘ |
| temperament | spirited ⓘ |
| usedBy | Robert E. Lee ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Traveller (horse) Description of subject: Traveller was the famous gray American Saddlebred horse best known as the loyal mount of Confederate General Robert E. Lee during the American Civil War.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Traveller (horse)
linked to: Traveller (horse)