West Point class of 1853
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The West Point class of 1853 was a cohort of United States Military Academy graduates—many of whom, like Joshua W. Sill, later became prominent officers in the American Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| West Point class of 1853 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7763192 — 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: West Point class of 1853 Context triple: [Joshua W. Sill, memberOfClass, West Point class of 1853]
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A.
United States Merchant Marine Academy
The United States Merchant Marine Academy is a federal service academy in Kings Point, New York, that educates and trains officers for the U.S. Merchant Marine and other branches of national maritime service.
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B.
West Point Association of Graduates
The West Point Association of Graduates is the alumni organization of the United States Military Academy at West Point, dedicated to supporting the Academy, its graduates, and the Corps of Cadets.
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C.
United States Naval Academy
The United States Naval Academy is a prestigious federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland, that educates and commissions officers for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.
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D.
West Point
West Point is a secondary summit on Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains, known as one of the mountain’s prominent subpeaks.
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E.
United States Coast Guard Academy
The United States Coast Guard Academy is a federal service academy that educates and commissions officers for the U.S. Coast Guard through a rigorous four-year academic, military, and maritime training program.
- 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: West Point class of 1853 Target entity description: The West Point class of 1853 was a cohort of United States Military Academy graduates—many of whom, like Joshua W. Sill, later became prominent officers in the American Civil War.
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A.
United States Merchant Marine Academy
The United States Merchant Marine Academy is a federal service academy in Kings Point, New York, that educates and trains officers for the U.S. Merchant Marine and other branches of national maritime service.
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B.
West Point Association of Graduates
The West Point Association of Graduates is the alumni organization of the United States Military Academy at West Point, dedicated to supporting the Academy, its graduates, and the Corps of Cadets.
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C.
United States Naval Academy
The United States Naval Academy is a prestigious federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland, that educates and commissions officers for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.
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D.
West Point
West Point is a secondary summit on Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains, known as one of the mountain’s prominent subpeaks.
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E.
United States Coast Guard Academy
The United States Coast Guard Academy is a federal service academy that educates and commissions officers for the U.S. Coast Guard through a rigorous four-year academic, military, and maritime training program.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Military Academy graduating class
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military academy cohort ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | United States Military Academy ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
army officer training
ⓘ
military science ⓘ |
| hasDiscipline |
artillery
ⓘ
engineering ⓘ infantry ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Abner Doubleday
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Alexander McCook NERFINISHED ⓘ George W. Getty NERFINISHED ⓘ Gouverneur K. Warren NERFINISHED ⓘ Horatio G. Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ James B. McPherson NERFINISHED ⓘ John Bell Hood NERFINISHED ⓘ John C. Tidball NERFINISHED ⓘ John M. Schofield NERFINISHED ⓘ John R. Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ John S. Bowen NERFINISHED ⓘ John W. Frazer NERFINISHED ⓘ Joshua W. Sill NERFINISHED ⓘ Micah Jenkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Patrick H. O’Rorke NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip H. Sheridan NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen D. Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ William P. Sanders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
United States Military Academy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West Point, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf |
West Point class of 1853
NERFINISHED
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West Point class of 1853 NERFINISHED ⓘ West Point class of 1853 NERFINISHED ⓘ West Point class of 1853 NERFINISHED ⓘ West Point class of 1853 ⓘ West Point class of 1853 NERFINISHED ⓘ West Point class of 1853 NERFINISHED ⓘ West Point class of 1853 NERFINISHED ⓘ West Point class of 1853 NERFINISHED ⓘ West Point class of 1853 NERFINISHED ⓘ West Point class of 1853 ⓘ West Point class of 1853 NERFINISHED ⓘ West Point class of 1853 NERFINISHED ⓘ West Point class of 1853 NERFINISHED ⓘ West Point class of 1853 ⓘ West Point class of 1853 NERFINISHED ⓘ West Point class of 1853 ⓘ West Point class of 1853 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
including future Union and Confederate commanders
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producing many general officers in the American Civil War ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Military Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent | graduation of cadets in 1853 ⓘ |
| temporalCoverage | 1850s ⓘ |
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: West Point class of 1853 Description of subject: The West Point class of 1853 was a cohort of United States Military Academy graduates—many of whom, like Joshua W. Sill, later became prominent officers in the American Civil War.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.