Spangler's Spring
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Spangler's Spring is a historic water source on the Gettysburg Battlefield in Pennsylvania, noted for its role as a shared watering spot by both Union and Confederate soldiers during the Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spangler's Spring canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5254331 — 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: Spangler's Spring Context triple: [Culp's Hill, nearbyFeature, Spangler's Spring]
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A.
Hunt’s Spring
Hunt’s Spring was a natural water source in present-day Huntsville, Alabama, around which the original settlement developed and from which the city later took its name.
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B.
Stone Spring
Stone Spring is a science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter that reimagines prehistoric Britain facing a catastrophic sea-level rise and the resulting struggle for survival and adaptation.
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C.
Shingle Springs
Shingle Springs is a small unincorporated community in Northern California known for its Gold Rush-era history and rural, foothill setting.
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D.
Zelenci Springs
Zelenci Springs is a picturesque emerald-green spring and nature reserve in northwestern Slovenia, renowned as the scenic source area of the Sava River and a popular spot for walking and wildlife observation.
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E.
Poodle Springs
Poodle Springs is an unfinished hardboiled detective novel begun by Raymond Chandler and posthumously completed by Robert B. Parker, featuring Chandler’s iconic private investigator Philip Marlowe.
- 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: Spangler's Spring Target entity description: Spangler's Spring is a historic water source on the Gettysburg Battlefield in Pennsylvania, noted for its role as a shared watering spot by both Union and Confederate soldiers during the Civil War.
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A.
Hunt’s Spring
Hunt’s Spring was a natural water source in present-day Huntsville, Alabama, around which the original settlement developed and from which the city later took its name.
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B.
Stone Spring
Stone Spring is a science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter that reimagines prehistoric Britain facing a catastrophic sea-level rise and the resulting struggle for survival and adaptation.
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C.
Shingle Springs
Shingle Springs is a small unincorporated community in Northern California known for its Gold Rush-era history and rural, foothill setting.
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D.
Zelenci Springs
Zelenci Springs is a picturesque emerald-green spring and nature reserve in northwestern Slovenia, renowned as the scenic source area of the Sava River and a popular spot for walking and wildlife observation.
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E.
Poodle Springs
Poodle Springs is an unfinished hardboiled detective novel begun by Raymond Chandler and posthumously completed by Robert B. Parker, featuring Chandler’s iconic private investigator Philip Marlowe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War site
ⓘ
historic spring ⓘ water source ⓘ |
| category |
American Civil War battlefields
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Battle of Gettysburg sites NERFINISHED ⓘ Springs of Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| dateOfEvent | July 1–3, 1863 ⓘ |
| hasCurrentUse |
historic site
ⓘ
interpretive stop on battlefield tours ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
interpretive markers
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nearby walking paths ⓘ stone spring enclosure ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | named after the Spangler family ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | part of Gettysburg National Military Park ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Adams County, Pennsylvania
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cumberland Township, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ Gettysburg Battlefield NERFINISHED ⓘ Gettysburg National Military Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Pennsylvania ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedOn | land formerly owned by the Spangler family ⓘ |
| managedBy | National Park Service ⓘ |
| near |
Baltimore Pike
NERFINISHED
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Culp's Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ Spangler farm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notedFor |
association with the Battle of Gettysburg
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being a shared watering spot for both Union and Confederate soldiers ⓘ role as a natural water source during the Civil War ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| partOf |
Battle of Gettysburg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastern Theater of the American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ Union and Confederate troop movements around Culp's Hill ⓘ |
| significantEvent | Battle of Gettysburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tourism | Civil War heritage tourism site ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Confederate Army soldiers
ⓘ
Union Army soldiers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
drinking water
ⓘ
watering horses ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Spangler's Spring Description of subject: Spangler's Spring is a historic water source on the Gettysburg Battlefield in Pennsylvania, noted for its role as a shared watering spot by both Union and Confederate soldiers during the Civil War.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.