Charles P. Summerall
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Charles P. Summerall was a distinguished U.S. Army general who played a prominent leadership role in World War I and later served as Army Chief of Staff.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Charles P. Summerall canonical | 3 |
| Charles Pelot Summerall | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6058718 — 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: Charles P. Summerall Context triple: [American Expeditionary Forces, notableCommander, Charles P. Summerall]
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A.
John A. Lejeune
John A. Lejeune was a highly distinguished United States Marine Corps general who served as the 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps and is often regarded as one of its most important early leaders.
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B.
Charles H. Corlett
Charles H. Corlett was a U.S. Army major general in World War II known for leading American forces in several key Pacific and European operations.
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C.
George Allen Summerall
George Allen "Pat" Summerall was a renowned American football player turned legendary sportscaster, best known for his long-running NFL commentary alongside John Madden.
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D.
William H. Fuller
William H. Fuller is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the Fuller surname, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
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E.
J. Lawton Collins
J. Lawton Collins was a prominent U.S. Army general of World War II and later Army Chief of Staff, noted for his aggressive leadership in the European theater.
- 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: Charles P. Summerall Target entity description: Charles P. Summerall was a distinguished U.S. Army general who played a prominent leadership role in World War I and later served as Army Chief of Staff.
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A.
John A. Lejeune
John A. Lejeune was a highly distinguished United States Marine Corps general who served as the 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps and is often regarded as one of its most important early leaders.
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B.
Charles H. Corlett
Charles H. Corlett was a U.S. Army major general in World War II known for leading American forces in several key Pacific and European operations.
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C.
George Allen Summerall
George Allen "Pat" Summerall was a renowned American football player turned legendary sportscaster, best known for his long-running NFL commentary alongside John Madden.
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D.
William H. Fuller
William H. Fuller is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the Fuller surname, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
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E.
J. Lawton Collins
J. Lawton Collins was a prominent U.S. Army general of World War II and later Army Chief of Staff, noted for his aggressive leadership in the European theater.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army general
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human ⓘ |
| allegiance | United States of America ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)
NERFINISHED
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Légion d'honneur ⓘ
surface form:
Legion of Honour
Order of the Bath ⓘ Purple Heart ⓘ Silver Star ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ |
| commanded |
1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces
NERFINISHED
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Second Corps Area, U.S. Army NERFINISHED ⓘ V Corps, American Expeditionary Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
Boxer Rebellion
NERFINISHED
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Philippine–American War NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish–American War ⓘ World War I ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1867-03-04 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1955-05-14 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | United States Military Academy ⓘ |
| endTime |
as Chief of Staff of the United States Army: 1930
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as President of The Citadel: 1953 ⓘ |
| familyName | Summerall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Charles ⓘ |
| hasChild | Charles Pelot Summerall Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHonorificPrefix | General ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Expeditionary Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| middleName | Pelot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | General ⓘ |
| notableFor |
modernization of the U.S. Army in the interwar period
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senior U.S. Army leadership in World War I ⓘ |
| notableWork |
command of U.S. forces in the Meuse–Argonne Offensive
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command of V Corps, American Expeditionary Forces ⓘ |
| occupation |
educator
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military officer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Bluffton, South Carolina, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Washington, D.C.
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surface form:
Washington, D.C., United States
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| positionHeld |
Chief of Staff of the United States Army
NERFINISHED
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President of The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina ⓘ |
| religion | Methodism ⓘ |
| residence | Charleston, South Carolina, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceNumber | 0-107 ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Mary Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime |
as Chief of Staff of the United States Army: 1926
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as President of The Citadel: 1931 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Charles P. Summerall Description of subject: Charles P. Summerall was a distinguished U.S. Army general who played a prominent leadership role in World War I and later served as Army Chief of Staff.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Charles Pelot Summerall
this entity surface form:
Charles Pelot Summerall