Cold Harbor, Virginia
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Cold Harbor, Virginia is a historic area in Hanover County best known as the site of a major and bloody Civil War battle in 1864.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cold Harbor | 1 |
| Cold Harbor battlefield | 1 |
| Cold Harbor, Virginia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7069402 — 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: Cold Harbor, Virginia Context triple: [Battle of Cold Harbor, location, Cold Harbor, Virginia]
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A.
Manassas
Manassas is an independent city in Northern Virginia best known as the site of two major American Civil War battles and now a suburban community within the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
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B.
Manassas
Manassas is a small city located in Tattnall County in southeastern Georgia, United States.
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C.
Manassas
Manassas was a 1970s rock band formed by Stephen Stills that blended rock, country, blues, and Latin influences.
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D.
Dahlgren, Virginia
Dahlgren, Virginia is a small community in King George County best known for hosting the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center and related military and research facilities.
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E.
City of Manassas Park, Virginia
The City of Manassas Park, Virginia is an independent, suburban city in Northern Virginia near Washington, D.C., known for its residential communities and proximity to major regional transportation corridors.
- 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: Cold Harbor, Virginia Target entity description: Cold Harbor, Virginia is a historic area in Hanover County best known as the site of a major and bloody Civil War battle in 1864.
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A.
Manassas
Manassas is an independent city in Northern Virginia best known as the site of two major American Civil War battles and now a suburban community within the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
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B.
Manassas
Manassas is a small city located in Tattnall County in southeastern Georgia, United States.
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C.
Manassas
Manassas was a 1970s rock band formed by Stephen Stills that blended rock, country, blues, and Latin influences.
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D.
Dahlgren, Virginia
Dahlgren, Virginia is a small community in King George County best known for hosting the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center and related military and research facilities.
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E.
City of Manassas Park, Virginia
The City of Manassas Park, Virginia is an independent, suburban city in Northern Virginia near Washington, D.C., known for its residential communities and proximity to major regional transportation corridors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic place
ⓘ
unincorporated community ⓘ |
| associatedWithCommander |
Robert E. Lee
NERFINISHED
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Ulysses S. Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithConflict | American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithMilitaryForce |
Confederate States Army
NERFINISHED
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Union Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| battleCasualties | tens of thousands of combined casualties in 1864 fighting ⓘ |
| battleDate | May–June 1864 ⓘ |
| battleOutcome | Confederate tactical victory at Battle of Cold Harbor ⓘ |
| category | Civil War battlefield community in Virginia ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| county | Hanover County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | Hanover County government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricEvent | Battle of Cold Harbor (1864) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricSite |
Cold Harbor Battlefield
NERFINISHED
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Cold Harbor National Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMemorial |
monuments to Confederate soldiers
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monuments to Union soldiers ⓘ |
| hasRoad | Cold Harbor Road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
American Civil War history
ⓘ
Battle of Cold Harbor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | eastern Hanover County, Virginia ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Richmond, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement | Mechanicsville, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyWaterBody | Chickahominy River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Richmond–Petersburg Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfCampaign | Overland Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Virginia ⓘ |
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: Cold Harbor, Virginia Description of subject: Cold Harbor, Virginia is a historic area in Hanover County best known as the site of a major and bloody Civil War battle in 1864.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cold Harbor
this entity surface form:
Cold Harbor battlefield