Major General William H. French
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Major General William H. French was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War who commanded infantry corps and divisions in major Eastern Theater battles.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Major General William H. French canonical | 2 |
| Major General Israel B. Richardson | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6030874 — 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: Major General William H. French Context triple: [Sunken Road, unionCommandersInvolved, Major General William H. French]
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A.
Major General John P. Lucas
Major General John P. Lucas was a U.S. Army officer in World War II best known for leading the VI Corps during the Allied landings at Anzio in the Italian Campaign.
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B.
Major General Charles H. Gerhardt
Major General Charles H. Gerhardt was a U.S. Army officer best known for commanding the 29th Infantry Division during the D-Day landings and subsequent World War II campaigns in Europe.
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C.
Major General Robert N. Young
Major General Robert N. Young was a senior United States Army officer who commanded American forces in key engagements during the Korean War.
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D.
Major General William H. Tunner
Major General William H. Tunner was a U.S. Air Force officer renowned as a pioneering airlift commander, best known for orchestrating large-scale air supply operations such as the Berlin Airlift.
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E.
Major General W. D. A. Lentaigne
Major General W. D. A. Lentaigne was a British Indian Army officer who commanded the Chindits, the long-range penetration special force operating in Burma during the Second World 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: Major General William H. French Target entity description: Major General William H. French was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War who commanded infantry corps and divisions in major Eastern Theater battles.
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A.
Major General John P. Lucas
Major General John P. Lucas was a U.S. Army officer in World War II best known for leading the VI Corps during the Allied landings at Anzio in the Italian Campaign.
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B.
Major General Charles H. Gerhardt
Major General Charles H. Gerhardt was a U.S. Army officer best known for commanding the 29th Infantry Division during the D-Day landings and subsequent World War II campaigns in Europe.
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C.
Major General Robert N. Young
Major General Robert N. Young was a senior United States Army officer who commanded American forces in key engagements during the Korean War.
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D.
Major General William H. Tunner
Major General William H. Tunner was a U.S. Air Force officer renowned as a pioneering airlift commander, best known for orchestrating large-scale air supply operations such as the Berlin Airlift.
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E.
Major General W. D. A. Lentaigne
Major General W. D. A. Lentaigne was a British Indian Army officer who commanded the Chindits, the long-range penetration special force operating in Burma during the Second World War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Union Army general
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Union
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| branchOfService |
Union Army
ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ |
| commanded |
infantry corps
ⓘ
infantry divisions ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | French ⓘ |
| fullName | William Henry French ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Major General William H. French ⓘ |
| middleName | Henry ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | infantry ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Major General ⓘ |
| notableFor | commanding Union infantry formations in major Eastern Theater battles ⓘ |
| occupation | military officer ⓘ |
| participatedIn | major battles of the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ |
| roleDuringWar | field commander ⓘ |
| serviceIn |
Union Army of the Potomac
ⓘ
linked to:
Army of the Potomac
|
| sideInWar | Union side in the American Civil War ⓘ |
| theaterOfWar | Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ |
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: Major General William H. French Description of subject: Major General William H. French was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War who commanded infantry corps and divisions in major Eastern Theater battles.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.