Jesse L. Reno
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Jesse L. Reno was a 19th-century United States Army officer and Civil War general after whom the city of Reno, Nevada, is named.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jesse L. Reno canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6652159 — 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: Jesse L. Reno Context triple: [Reno, Nevada, namedAfter, Jesse L. Reno]
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A.
Jesse E. Moorland
Jesse E. Moorland was an African American minister, educator, and philanthropist whose extensive collection of books and documents on Black history helped form the foundation of Howard University’s Moorland–Spingarn Research Center.
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B.
William Ragsdale
William Ragsdale is an American actor best known for his lead role in the 1985 horror-comedy film "Fright Night" and its sequel.
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C.
Boyd Tinsley
Boyd Tinsley is an American violinist and composer best known as a longtime member of the Dave Matthews Band.
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D.
Frank Irving Cobb
Frank Irving Cobb was an influential American journalist and editor best known for leading the New York World’s editorial page in the early 20th century.
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E.
Geronimo Pratt
Geronimo Pratt was a prominent Black Panther Party leader and Vietnam War veteran who became a symbol of wrongful conviction and political repression in the United States after his controversial murder conviction was overturned.
- 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: Jesse L. Reno Target entity description: Jesse L. Reno was a 19th-century United States Army officer and Civil War general after whom the city of Reno, Nevada, is named.
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A.
Jesse E. Moorland
Jesse E. Moorland was an African American minister, educator, and philanthropist whose extensive collection of books and documents on Black history helped form the foundation of Howard University’s Moorland–Spingarn Research Center.
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B.
William Ragsdale
William Ragsdale is an American actor best known for his lead role in the 1985 horror-comedy film "Fright Night" and its sequel.
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C.
Boyd Tinsley
Boyd Tinsley is an American violinist and composer best known as a longtime member of the Dave Matthews Band.
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D.
Frank Irving Cobb
Frank Irving Cobb was an influential American journalist and editor best known for leading the New York World’s editorial page in the early 20th century.
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E.
Geronimo Pratt
Geronimo Pratt was a prominent Black Panther Party leader and Vietnam War veteran who became a symbol of wrongful conviction and political repression in the United States after his controversial murder conviction was overturned.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army officer
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Union
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| causeOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| conflict |
American Civil War
ⓘ
Mexican–American War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | United States Military Academy ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | American of European descent ⓘ |
| familyName | Reno ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | military science ⓘ |
| givenName | Jesse ⓘ |
| hasPartInMilitaryUnit | IX Corps (Union Army) ⓘ |
| hasRelative | children (including Jesse W. Reno, inventor of the escalator) ⓘ |
| honorificEponym |
Fort Reno (various U.S. Army posts)
ⓘ
linked to:
Fort Reno (Civil War fort remnants)
Reno County, Kansas ⓘ Reno, Nevada ⓘ
linked to:
Reno, Nevada, United States
|
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | death in battle ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
brigadier general
ⓘ
major general ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being namesake of the city of Reno, Nevada
ⓘ
service as a Union general in the American Civil War ⓘ service in the Mexican–American War as a young officer ⓘ |
| notableWork | military leadership in the Maryland Campaign ⓘ |
| occupation | military officer ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Battle of Antietam (campaign, prior to death)
ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Antietam
Battle of South Mountain ⓘ Mexican–American War campaigns ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Wheeling, Virginia, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Wheeling, West Virginia
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States ⓘ
linked to:
Wheeling, West Virginia
|
| placeOfDeath | near Fox’s Gap, South Mountain, Maryland, United States ⓘ |
| positionHeld | commander of IX Corps, Army of the Potomac ⓘ |
| residence | various U.S. Army posts ⓘ |
| serviceNumberOrID | United States Army officer commission from West Point ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jesse L. Reno Description of subject: Jesse L. Reno was a 19th-century United States Army officer and Civil War general after whom the city of Reno, Nevada, is named.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.