Colonel James C. Rice
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Colonel James C. Rice was a Union Army officer and regimental commander in the American Civil War, noted for leading the 44th New York Infantry.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Colonel Freeman Conner | 1 |
| Colonel James C. Rice canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5254434 — 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 James C. Rice Context triple: [44th New York Infantry, commander, Colonel James C. Rice]
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A.
Colonel George F. James
Colonel George F. James was a notable figure in California history whose prominence led to the town of Jamestown being named in his honor.
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B.
Colonel Isaac E. Avery
Colonel Isaac E. Avery was a Confederate officer in the American Civil War, best remembered for his fatal wounding while leading a charge at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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C.
Colonel Oscar F. Peatross
Colonel Oscar F. Peatross was a highly decorated United States Marine Corps officer and World War II veteran who later led Marine forces during the Vietnam War.
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D.
Colonel Orpheus S. Woodward
Colonel Orpheus S. Woodward was a Union Army officer who led the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry during the American Civil War.
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E.
Colonel Maxcy Gregg
Colonel Maxcy Gregg was a Confederate officer and brigade commander from South Carolina who fought in several major battles of the American Civil War before being mortally wounded at Fredericksburg.
- 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 James C. Rice Target entity description: Colonel James C. Rice was a Union Army officer and regimental commander in the American Civil War, noted for leading the 44th New York Infantry.
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A.
Colonel George F. James
Colonel George F. James was a notable figure in California history whose prominence led to the town of Jamestown being named in his honor.
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B.
Colonel Isaac E. Avery
Colonel Isaac E. Avery was a Confederate officer in the American Civil War, best remembered for his fatal wounding while leading a charge at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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C.
Colonel Oscar F. Peatross
Colonel Oscar F. Peatross was a highly decorated United States Marine Corps officer and World War II veteran who later led Marine forces during the Vietnam War.
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D.
Colonel Orpheus S. Woodward
Colonel Orpheus S. Woodward was a Union Army officer who led the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry during the American Civil War.
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E.
Colonel Maxcy Gregg
Colonel Maxcy Gregg was a Confederate officer and brigade commander from South Carolina who fought in several major battles of the American Civil War before being mortally wounded at Fredericksburg.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War officer
ⓘ
Union Army officer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Union
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| army | Army of the Potomac ⓘ |
| battle |
Battle of Chancellorsville
ⓘ
Battle of Fredericksburg ⓘ Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Cattaraugus County, New York
ⓘ
New York ⓘ |
| category |
People of New York in the American Civil War
ⓘ
Union Army colonels ⓘ Union military personnel killed in the American Civil War ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| commanded |
44th New York Infantry Regiment
ⓘ
linked to:
44th New York Infantry
|
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Union College
ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ |
| familyName | Rice ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Colonel ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | death in battle ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Union Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Colonel ⓘ |
| militaryUnit |
V Corps
ⓘ
linked to:
V Corps (United States)
|
| notableFor |
leading the 44th New York Infantry
ⓘ
service in the American Civil War ⓘ service in the Army of the Potomac ⓘ |
| notableWork | leadership of the 44th New York Infantry at Gettysburg ⓘ |
| occupation |
military officer
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ |
| partOf | Union forces at Gettysburg ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial |
Brooklyn, New York
ⓘ
linked to:
Brooklyn
Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ |
| positionHeld | regimental commander ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestantism
ⓘ
linked to:
Protestant Christianity
|
| residence |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| serviceEntry | Union Army officer during the American Civil War ⓘ |
| unit |
44th New York Infantry Regiment
ⓘ
linked to:
44th New York Infantry
|
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 James C. Rice Description of subject: Colonel James C. Rice was a Union Army officer and regimental commander in the American Civil War, noted for leading the 44th New York Infantry.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Colonel James C. Rice