Boteler’s Ford
E672763
Boteler’s Ford is a historic crossing point on the Potomac River near Shepherdstown, West Virginia, notable as the site of significant Civil War military action.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Boteler’s Ford canonical | 1 |
| Mitchell’s Ford | 1 |
| Sudley Ford | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7566757 — 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: Boteler’s Ford Context triple: [Battle of Shepherdstown, location, Boteler’s Ford]
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A.
A-Model Ford
A-Model Ford is the common name for Ford's late-1920s Model A automobile, a popular successor to the Model T known for its improved performance and modern styling.
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B.
Ford Model 48
The Ford Model 48 was a popular mid-1930s full-size car that helped establish Ford’s V8-powered vehicles as affordable mass-market automobiles.
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C.
Studebaker Dictator
The Studebaker Dictator was a late-1920s to 1930s mid-priced automobile produced by the Studebaker Corporation, known for its controversial name and role as one of the company’s mainline models before being renamed due to political sensitivities.
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D.
Ford Model 40
The Ford Model 40 was Ford's 1933–1934 line of cars that updated the 1932 design with more refined styling and improved V8 performance, becoming a popular early classic in American automotive history.
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E.
Ford Model 18
The Ford Model 18 was Ford’s landmark 1932 automobile best known for introducing the company’s first mass-produced flathead V8 engine, making powerful performance widely affordable.
- 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: Boteler’s Ford Target entity description: Boteler’s Ford is a historic crossing point on the Potomac River near Shepherdstown, West Virginia, notable as the site of significant Civil War military action.
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A.
A-Model Ford
A-Model Ford is the common name for Ford's late-1920s Model A automobile, a popular successor to the Model T known for its improved performance and modern styling.
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B.
Ford Model 48
The Ford Model 48 was a popular mid-1930s full-size car that helped establish Ford’s V8-powered vehicles as affordable mass-market automobiles.
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C.
Studebaker Dictator
The Studebaker Dictator was a late-1920s to 1930s mid-priced automobile produced by the Studebaker Corporation, known for its controversial name and role as one of the company’s mainline models before being renamed due to political sensitivities.
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D.
Ford Model 40
The Ford Model 40 was Ford's 1933–1934 line of cars that updated the 1932 design with more refined styling and improved V8 performance, becoming a popular early classic in American automotive history.
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E.
Ford Model 18
The Ford Model 18 was Ford’s landmark 1932 automobile best known for introducing the company’s first mass-produced flathead V8 engine, making powerful performance widely affordable.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Civil War site
ⓘ
historic river crossing ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Blackford’s Ford
NERFINISHED
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Boteler Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ Pack Horse Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCampaign | Maryland Campaign of 1862 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crossedBy |
Army of Northern Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Army of the Potomac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentStatus | historic site ⓘ |
| dateOfMajorAction |
September 19, 1862
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September 20, 1862 ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature |
canal and dam structures on the Potomac River
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high bluffs on the Virginia side of the Potomac ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | contributing resource to Civil War battlefield landscape near Shepherdstown ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Jefferson County, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Shepherdstown, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Potomac River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Battle of Shepherdstown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | American Civil War military action ⓘ |
| partOf | Shepherdstown battlefield area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance |
facilitated Confederate retreat from Maryland in 1862
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site of heavy artillery and infantry fighting in 1862 ⓘ |
| strategicRole | principal Potomac River crossing near Shepherdstown ⓘ |
| terrainFeature | shallow river ford ⓘ |
| usedBy |
civilians
ⓘ
military forces ⓘ |
| usedDuringBattle | Battle of Antietam withdrawal ⓘ |
| usedFor | crossing the Potomac River ⓘ |
| usedSincePeriod | colonial era ⓘ |
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: Boteler’s Ford Description of subject: Boteler’s Ford is a historic crossing point on the Potomac River near Shepherdstown, West Virginia, notable as the site of significant Civil War military action.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sudley Ford
this entity surface form:
Mitchell’s Ford