Fitz John Porter
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Fitz John Porter was a Union Army major general during the American Civil War, best known for his leadership in the Army of the Potomac and his controversial court-martial following the Second Battle of Bull Run.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fitz John Porter canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7566765 — 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: Fitz John Porter Context triple: [Battle of Shepherdstown, commander, Fitz John Porter]
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A.
Winfield Scott Hancock
Winfield Scott Hancock was a prominent Union Army general during the American Civil War and later a Democratic presidential nominee in the 1880 United States election.
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B.
Ambrose Burnside
Ambrose Burnside was a Union Army general in the American Civil War, later serving as governor of Rhode Island and a U.S. senator, and is also remembered for his distinctive facial hair that inspired the term "sideburns."
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C.
Don Carlos Buell
Don Carlos Buell was a Union major general in the American Civil War, noted for his cautious leadership in the Western Theater and his controversial role in several key campaigns.
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D.
Henry W. Halleck
Henry W. Halleck was a prominent Union Army general and military administrator during the American Civil War, known for his role as general-in-chief and later chief of staff to Ulysses S. Grant.
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E.
Henry W. Slocum
Henry W. Slocum was a prominent Union major general in the American Civil War, known for his leadership in key campaigns including Sherman’s March to the Sea.
- 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: Fitz John Porter Target entity description: Fitz John Porter was a Union Army major general during the American Civil War, best known for his leadership in the Army of the Potomac and his controversial court-martial following the Second Battle of Bull Run.
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A.
Winfield Scott Hancock
Winfield Scott Hancock was a prominent Union Army general during the American Civil War and later a Democratic presidential nominee in the 1880 United States election.
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B.
Ambrose Burnside
Ambrose Burnside was a Union Army general in the American Civil War, later serving as governor of Rhode Island and a U.S. senator, and is also remembered for his distinctive facial hair that inspired the term "sideburns."
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C.
Don Carlos Buell
Don Carlos Buell was a Union major general in the American Civil War, noted for his cautious leadership in the Western Theater and his controversial role in several key campaigns.
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D.
Henry W. Halleck
Henry W. Halleck was a prominent Union Army general and military administrator during the American Civil War, known for his role as general-in-chief and later chief of staff to Ulysses S. Grant.
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E.
Henry W. Slocum
Henry W. Slocum was a prominent Union major general in the American Civil War, known for his leadership in key campaigns including Sherman’s March to the Sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Union Army general
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human ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Union
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| awardReceived | brevet promotions for gallantry in the Mexican–American War ⓘ |
| battle |
Battle of Chapultepec
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Gaines’s Mill NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Malvern Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Molino del Rey NERFINISHED ⓘ Peninsula Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Battle of Bull Run NERFINISHED ⓘ Seven Days Battles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1822-08-31 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Portsmouth, New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Green-Wood Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| charge |
disobedience of orders
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misbehavior before the enemy ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1901-05-21 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Morristown, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | United States Military Academy ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| event |
court-martial and dismissal from the U.S. Army in 1863
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later exoneration by a review board in the 1870s ⓘ restoration to the Army’s retired list by act of Congress in 1886 ⓘ |
| familyName | Porter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Fitz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| graduationYear | 1845 ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
David Dixon Porter
NERFINISHED
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David Porter (U.S. Navy officer) NERFINISHED ⓘ William D. Porter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
controversial court-martial after the Second Battle of Bull Run
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leadership in the Army of the Potomac ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Union Army
NERFINISHED
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United States Army ⓘ |
| notableWork | command in the Army of the Potomac ⓘ |
| occupation |
business executive
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civil engineer ⓘ military officer ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
American Civil War
NERFINISHED
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Mexican–American War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalActivity | advocated for review and reversal of his court-martial ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
aide-de-camp to General Albert Sidney Johnston (pre–Civil War U.S. Army service)
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commander of V Corps, Army of the Potomac ⓘ |
| rank | Major General ⓘ |
| residence |
Morristown, New Jersey
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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: Fitz John Porter Description of subject: Fitz John Porter was a Union Army major general during the American Civil War, best known for his leadership in the Army of the Potomac and his controversial court-martial following the Second Battle of Bull Run.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Battle of Gaines's Mill