Colonel Stephen W. Stryker
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Colonel Stephen W. Stryker was a Union Army officer who led the famed 44th New York Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Colonel Stephen W. Stryker canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5254433 — 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: Colonel Stephen W. Stryker Context triple: [44th New York Infantry, commander, Colonel Stephen W. Stryker]
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A.
Brigadier General Chuck Edwards
Brigadier General Chuck Edwards was a United States Air Force officer honored for his significant contributions to military aviation and aerospace development.
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B.
Lt. Gen. Philip A. Garrant
Lt. Gen. Philip A. Garrant is a senior United States Space Force officer who leads major space acquisition, development, and operational efforts for the service.
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C.
Major-General Rod Keller
Major-General Rod Keller was a Canadian Army officer who led the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division during the Normandy landings and subsequent Northwest Europe campaign in World War II.
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D.
Lieutenant General Paul X. Kelley
Lieutenant General Paul X. Kelley was a senior U.S. Marine Corps officer who later became the 28th Commandant of the Marine Corps and played a key role in shaping American rapid deployment and expeditionary capabilities.
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E.
Colonel Orpheus S. Woodward
Colonel Orpheus S. Woodward was a Union Army officer who led the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry during the American Civil War.
- 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: Colonel Stephen W. Stryker Target entity description: Colonel Stephen W. Stryker was a Union Army officer who led the famed 44th New York Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War.
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A.
Brigadier General Chuck Edwards
Brigadier General Chuck Edwards was a United States Air Force officer honored for his significant contributions to military aviation and aerospace development.
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B.
Lt. Gen. Philip A. Garrant
Lt. Gen. Philip A. Garrant is a senior United States Space Force officer who leads major space acquisition, development, and operational efforts for the service.
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C.
Major-General Rod Keller
Major-General Rod Keller was a Canadian Army officer who led the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division during the Normandy landings and subsequent Northwest Europe campaign in World War II.
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D.
Lieutenant General Paul X. Kelley
Lieutenant General Paul X. Kelley was a senior U.S. Marine Corps officer who later became the 28th Commandant of the Marine Corps and played a key role in shaping American rapid deployment and expeditionary capabilities.
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E.
Colonel Orpheus S. Woodward
Colonel Orpheus S. Woodward was a Union Army officer who led the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry during the American Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Union Army officer
ⓘ
human ⓘ infantry regiment ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Union
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| associatedWith | 44th New York Infantry Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Stryker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
infantry tactics
ⓘ
military leadership ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | military history ⓘ |
| givenName | Stephen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
military officer
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Union Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Colonel ⓘ |
| notableAssociation | Army of the Potomac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCommander | Stephen W. Stryker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | leading the 44th New York Infantry Regiment in the American Civil War ⓘ |
| notableWork | command of the 44th New York Infantry Regiment ⓘ |
| participatedIn | American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | commander of the 44th New York Infantry Regiment ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | Union Army during the American Civil War 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: Colonel Stephen W. Stryker Description of subject: Colonel Stephen W. Stryker was a Union Army officer who led the famed 44th New York Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.