Charles A. Boutelle
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Charles A. Boutelle was a 19th-century American naval officer, Civil War veteran, and long-serving U.S. Congressman from Maine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Charles A. Boutelle canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2743647 — 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: Charles A. Boutelle Context triple: [Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine, United States, hasNotableBurial, Charles A. Boutelle]
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A.
Charles B. Eddy
Charles B. Eddy was an American businessman and railroad promoter influential in the development of southeastern New Mexico, for whom Eddy County was named.
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B.
Charles R. Fenwick
Charles R. Fenwick was a Virginia lawyer and long-serving state legislator known for his influence on transportation policy, for whom the Charles R. Fenwick Bridge is named.
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C.
John F. Sattler
John F. Sattler is a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general known for his leadership of Marine forces during the Iraq War, including major operations in Fallujah.
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D.
Edward F. Cox
Edward F. Cox is an American lawyer and political figure best known as the son-in-law of President Richard Nixon and a longtime leader within the New York Republican Party.
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E.
Ralph E. Winters
Ralph E. Winters was an Academy Award–winning Canadian-American film editor known for his work on numerous major Hollywood films throughout the mid-20th century.
- 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: Charles A. Boutelle Target entity description: Charles A. Boutelle was a 19th-century American naval officer, Civil War veteran, and long-serving U.S. Congressman from Maine.
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A.
Charles B. Eddy
Charles B. Eddy was an American businessman and railroad promoter influential in the development of southeastern New Mexico, for whom Eddy County was named.
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B.
Charles R. Fenwick
Charles R. Fenwick was a Virginia lawyer and long-serving state legislator known for his influence on transportation policy, for whom the Charles R. Fenwick Bridge is named.
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C.
John F. Sattler
John F. Sattler is a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general known for his leadership of Marine forces during the Iraq War, including major operations in Fallujah.
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D.
Edward F. Cox
Edward F. Cox is an American lawyer and political figure best known as the son-in-law of President Richard Nixon and a longtime leader within the New York Republican Party.
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E.
Ralph E. Winters
Ralph E. Winters was an Academy Award–winning Canadian-American film editor known for his work on numerous major Hollywood films throughout the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Civil War veteran
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United States Representative ⓘ human ⓘ journalist ⓘ naval officer ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | Bangor Daily Whig and Courier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Boutelle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Charles ⓘ |
| memberOf | United States House of Representatives ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| name | Charles A. Boutelle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence on U.S. naval policy in the late 19th century
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long service in the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine ⓘ service in the Union Navy during the American Civil War ⓘ |
| notableWork | editorial leadership of the Bangor Daily Whig and Courier ⓘ |
| occupation |
journalist
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naval officer ⓘ newspaper editor ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Damariscotta, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Waverly, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalParty | Republican Party ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chair of the House Committee on Naval Affairs
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Member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ |
| represented |
Maine
NERFINISHED
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Maine's 4th congressional district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| stateOfBirth | Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Bangor, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Charles A. Boutelle Description of subject: Charles A. Boutelle was a 19th-century American naval officer, Civil War veteran, and long-serving U.S. Congressman from Maine.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.