Colonel Edward J. Steptoe
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Colonel Edward J. Steptoe was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer known for his service in the American West, including involvement in conflicts with Native American tribes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Colonel Edward J. Steptoe canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6191022 — 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 Edward J. Steptoe Context triple: [Steptoe Valley, namedAfter, Colonel Edward J. Steptoe]
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A.
Colonel Norval E. Welch
Colonel Norval E. Welch was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War best known for leading the 16th Michigan Infantry in key engagements such as the Battle of Gettysburg.
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B.
Colonel Frank Fitts
Colonel Frank Fitts is a strict, repressed former Marine officer and abusive father whose hidden vulnerabilities and internalized homophobia drive much of the tension in the film American Beauty.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Colonel John W. McLane
Colonel John W. McLane was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War best known for leading the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry in key engagements such as the Battle of Gettysburg.
- 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 Edward J. Steptoe Target entity description: Colonel Edward J. Steptoe was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer known for his service in the American West, including involvement in conflicts with Native American tribes.
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A.
Colonel Norval E. Welch
Colonel Norval E. Welch was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War best known for leading the 16th Michigan Infantry in key engagements such as the Battle of Gettysburg.
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B.
Colonel Frank Fitts
Colonel Frank Fitts is a strict, repressed former Marine officer and abusive father whose hidden vulnerabilities and internalized homophobia drive much of the tension in the film American Beauty.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Colonel John W. McLane
Colonel John W. McLane was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War best known for leading the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry in key engagements such as the Battle of Gettysburg.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army officer
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human ⓘ |
| conflict |
American Indian Wars
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linked to:
United States–Native American wars
Mexican–American War ⓘ Utah War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | United States government ⓘ |
| familyName | Steptoe ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | military leadership ⓘ |
| givenName | Edward ⓘ |
| hasPart | Battle of Pine Creek ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | colonel ⓘ |
| notableFor |
campaigns against Native American tribes in the Inland Northwest
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commanding U.S. Army troops in the Pacific Northwest ⓘ involvement in conflicts with Native American tribes ⓘ service in the American West ⓘ |
| notableWork | Steptoe Expedition ⓘ |
| occupation | soldier ⓘ |
| participantIn | Battle of Pine Creek ⓘ |
| positionHeld | officer in the U.S. Army ⓘ |
| residence | American frontier ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
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 Edward J. Steptoe Description of subject: Colonel Edward J. Steptoe was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer known for his service in the American West, including involvement in conflicts with Native American tribes.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.