Union (North)
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The Union (North) was the coalition of U.S. states that remained loyal to the federal government during the American Civil War and fought to preserve the United States and ultimately end slavery.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Union (American Civil War) | 4 |
| Union (North) canonical | 2 |
| Union (during the American Civil War) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5254439 — 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: Union (North) Context triple: [44th New York Infantry, side, Union (North)]
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A.
The Union
The Union is the central governing authority of India, encompassing the national government and its constitutional institutions that administer the country at the federal level.
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B.
The Confederacy
The Confederacy is a Restoration-era English comedy play by John Vanbrugh, noted for its farcical plot and sharp social satire.
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C.
Western Confederacy
The Western Confederacy was a late 18th-century alliance of Native American tribes in the Ohio Valley that resisted United States expansion into the Northwest Territory.
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D.
Free Union, Virginia
Free Union, Virginia is a small unincorporated rural community in Albemarle County known for its scenic countryside and proximity to Charlottesville.
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E.
the Union
The Union is the main social and activity hub for students at the University of St Andrews, housing bars, event spaces, and facilities for clubs and societies.
- 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: Union (North) Target entity description: The Union (North) was the coalition of U.S. states that remained loyal to the federal government during the American Civil War and fought to preserve the United States and ultimately end slavery.
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A.
The Union
The Union is the central governing authority of India, encompassing the national government and its constitutional institutions that administer the country at the federal level.
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B.
The Confederacy
The Confederacy is a Restoration-era English comedy play by John Vanbrugh, noted for its farcical plot and sharp social satire.
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C.
Western Confederacy
The Western Confederacy was a late 18th-century alliance of Native American tribes in the Ohio Valley that resisted United States expansion into the Northwest Territory.
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D.
Free Union, Virginia
Free Union, Virginia is a small unincorporated rural community in Albemarle County known for its scenic countryside and proximity to Charlottesville.
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E.
the Union
The Union is the main social and activity hub for students at the University of St Andrews, housing bars, event spaces, and facilities for clubs and societies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
belligerent in war
ⓘ
political coalition ⓘ side in civil conflict ⓘ |
| allianceWith | border slave states loyal to the Union ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
United States (Union) side
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
the North NERFINISHED ⓘ the Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commanderInChief |
Abraham Lincoln
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Andrew Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| demographics | more populous than the Confederacy ⓘ |
| economy | more industrialized than the Confederacy ⓘ |
| endTime | 1865 ⓘ |
| executiveBody | United States federal government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goal |
defeat of the Confederate States of America
ⓘ
end of slavery in the United States ⓘ preservation of the United States ⓘ |
| governmentType | federal republic ⓘ |
| headOfState |
Abraham Lincoln
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Andrew Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideology |
Unionism
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anti-slavery (increasingly over the course of the war) ⓘ |
| includes |
free states loyal to the federal government
ⓘ
loyal border states ⓘ |
| issued | Emancipation Proclamation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leader |
Abraham Lincoln
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
George G. Meade NERFINISHED ⓘ Ulysses S. Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ William Tecumseh Sherman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Constitution of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | United States Congress ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Union Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Union Marines NERFINISHED ⓘ Union Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Appomattox Campaign
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of Gettysburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Vicksburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opponent | Confederate States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| outcome | victory in the American Civil War ⓘ |
| partOf | United States of America ⓘ |
| result |
abolition of slavery in the United States
ⓘ
preservation of the United States as a single nation-state ⓘ |
| startTime | 1861 ⓘ |
| supported | Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedCurrency | United States dollar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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
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: Union (North) Description of subject: The Union (North) was the coalition of U.S. states that remained loyal to the federal government during the American Civil War and fought to preserve the United States and ultimately end slavery.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
John Ross
this entity surface form:
Union (during the American Civil War)
subject surface form:
Kansas Territory
this entity surface form:
Union (American Civil War)
this entity surface form:
Union (American Civil War)
this entity surface form:
Union (American Civil War)