Brigadier General Robert B. Taylor
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Brigadier General Robert B. Taylor was an American military officer best known for leading U.S. forces in the successful defense of Norfolk, Virginia, during the War of 1812.
All labels observed (1)
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| Brigadier General Robert B. Taylor canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6644631 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brigadier General Robert B. Taylor Context triple: [Battle of Craney Island, commander, Brigadier General Robert B. Taylor]
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Brigadier General Jerome B. Robertson
Brigadier General Jerome B. Robertson was a Confederate brigade commander in the American Civil War, best known for leading Texas troops in major battles such as Gettysburg.
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Brigadier General Harry T. Hays
Brigadier General Harry T. Hays was a Confederate officer in the American Civil War best known for leading the famed Louisiana Tigers brigade in several major battles, including Gettysburg.
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Brigadier General Wallace DeWitt
Brigadier General Wallace DeWitt was a United States Army medical officer and hospital administrator honored for his service by having the DeWitt Army Community Hospital named after him.
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Brigadier Ernest F. Benjamin
Brigadier Ernest F. Benjamin was a senior British Army officer best known for leading the Jewish Brigade, a World War II unit composed largely of Jewish volunteers from Mandatory Palestine.
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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.
- 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: Brigadier General Robert B. Taylor Target entity description: Brigadier General Robert B. Taylor was an American military officer best known for leading U.S. forces in the successful defense of Norfolk, Virginia, during the War of 1812.
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A.
Brigadier General Jerome B. Robertson
Brigadier General Jerome B. Robertson was a Confederate brigade commander in the American Civil War, best known for leading Texas troops in major battles such as Gettysburg.
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B.
Brigadier General Harry T. Hays
Brigadier General Harry T. Hays was a Confederate officer in the American Civil War best known for leading the famed Louisiana Tigers brigade in several major battles, including Gettysburg.
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C.
Brigadier General Wallace DeWitt
Brigadier General Wallace DeWitt was a United States Army medical officer and hospital administrator honored for his service by having the DeWitt Army Community Hospital named after him.
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D.
Brigadier Ernest F. Benjamin
Brigadier Ernest F. Benjamin was a senior British Army officer best known for leading the Jewish Brigade, a World War II unit composed largely of Jewish volunteers from Mandatory Palestine.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (12)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American soldier
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human ⓘ military officer ⓘ |
| conflict | War of 1812 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Taylor ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States forces ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Brigadier General ⓘ |
| notableEvent | successful defense of Norfolk, Virginia, against British attack during the War of 1812 ⓘ |
| notableFor | defense of Norfolk, Virginia, in the War of 1812 ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ |
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: Brigadier General Robert B. Taylor Description of subject: Brigadier General Robert B. Taylor was an American military officer best known for leading U.S. forces in the successful defense of Norfolk, Virginia, during the War of 1812.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.