Union (United States)
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The Union (United States) was the federal government and Northern states that opposed the seceding Confederacy during the American Civil War.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| United States (Union) | 25 |
| United States of America (Union) | 3 |
| The Union | 1 |
| Union (United States) canonical | 1 |
| Union (the United States) | 1 |
| Union States of America | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6356004 — 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: Union (United States) Context triple: [9th U.S. Cavalry Regiment, allegiance, Union (United States)]
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A.
The Union
The Union is the central governing authority of India, encompassing the national government and its constitutional institutions that administer the country at the federal level.
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B.
the Union
The Union is the main social and activity hub for students at the University of St Andrews, housing bars, event spaces, and facilities for clubs and societies.
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C.
უშბა
უშბა არის კავკასიონის ქედზე, საქართველოს სვანეთში მდებარე რთულად ასასვლელი და თვალწარმტაცი ორფიკიანი მწვერვალი, რომელიც ალპინისტებისთვის ერთ-ერთ ყველაზე შთამბეჭდავ და გამოწვევით სავსე მთად ითვლება.
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D.
Usan
Usan is a small coastal village in Angus, Scotland, known for its fishing heritage and scenic North Sea shoreline.
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E.
Us
Us is a 2019 horror film written and directed by Jordan Peele that explores themes of identity and duality through a family's terrifying encounter with their doppelgängers.
- 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: Union (United States) Target entity description: The Union (United States) was the federal government and Northern states that opposed the seceding Confederacy during the American Civil War.
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A.
The Union
The Union is the central governing authority of India, encompassing the national government and its constitutional institutions that administer the country at the federal level.
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B.
the Union
The Union is the main social and activity hub for students at the University of St Andrews, housing bars, event spaces, and facilities for clubs and societies.
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C.
უშბა
უშბა არის კავკასიონის ქედზე, საქართველოს სვანეთში მდებარე რთულად ასასვლელი და თვალწარმტაცი ორფიკიანი მწვერვალი, რომელიც ალპინისტებისთვის ერთ-ერთ ყველაზე შთამბეჭდავ და გამოწვევით სავსე მთად ითვლება.
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D.
Usan
Usan is a small coastal village in Angus, Scotland, known for its fishing heritage and scenic North Sea shoreline.
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E.
Us
Us is a 2019 horror film written and directed by Jordan Peele that explores themes of identity and duality through a family's terrifying encounter with their doppelgängers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
belligerent in war
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political entity ⓘ side in a civil war ⓘ |
| alliance | United States federal government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
United States of America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
the North NERFINISHED ⓘ the Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commanderInChief | Abraham Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| endTime | 1865 ⓘ |
| executiveBody | United States federal government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goal |
defeat of the Confederacy
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preservation of the United States ⓘ restoration of federal authority over seceded states ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Union Army of the Potomac
NERFINISHED
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Union Army of the Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headOfGovernment |
Abraham Lincoln
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Andrew Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headOfState |
Abraham Lincoln
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Andrew Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideology |
anti-secessionism
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unionism ⓘ |
| included |
Union territories
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border states ⓘ free states ⓘ loyal slave states ⓘ |
| judicialBody | Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalBasis | United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | United States Congress ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Union Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Union Marines NERFINISHED ⓘ Union Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Appomattox Campaign
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of Gettysburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Vicksburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableLeader |
George G. Meade
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ulysses S. Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ William Tecumseh Sherman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposed |
Confederacy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Confederate States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| result |
Union victory in the American Civil War
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abolition of slavery in the United States ⓘ preservation of the United States as a single nation ⓘ |
| startTime | 1861 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | American Civil War era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedCurrency | United States dollar 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: Union (United States) Description of subject: The Union (United States) was the federal government and Northern states that opposed the seceding Confederacy during the American Civil War.
Referenced by (32)
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Union (the United States)
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Union States of America