Admiral John H. Dent
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Admiral John H. Dent was a United States Navy officer who served with distinction during the early 19th century, including the War of 1812.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Admiral John H. Dent canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10548587 — 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: Admiral John H. Dent Context triple: [Mount Moriah Cemetery, notableBurial, Admiral John H. Dent]
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A.
Vice Admiral Herbert F. Leary
Vice Admiral Herbert F. Leary was a senior United States Navy officer who led major Allied naval operations in the Pacific during the early years of World War II.
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B.
Admiral Harold W. Gehman Jr.
Admiral Harold W. Gehman Jr. is a retired four-star U.S. Navy admiral known for leading major military commands and later heading high-profile national investigative commissions.
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C.
Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll
Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll was a senior United States Navy officer who commanded major naval forces in the Atlantic during World War II and played a key role in the Battle of the Atlantic.
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D.
Admiral Wesley L. McDonald
Admiral Wesley L. McDonald was a United States Navy four-star admiral who served as Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command and the U.S. Atlantic Fleet during the early 1980s.
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E.
Vice Admiral Arthur S. Carpender
Vice Admiral Arthur S. Carpender was a senior United States Navy officer who played a key leadership role in Allied naval operations during World War II.
- 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: Admiral John H. Dent Target entity description: Admiral John H. Dent was a United States Navy officer who served with distinction during the early 19th century, including the War of 1812.
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A.
Vice Admiral Herbert F. Leary
Vice Admiral Herbert F. Leary was a senior United States Navy officer who led major Allied naval operations in the Pacific during the early years of World War II.
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B.
Admiral Harold W. Gehman Jr.
Admiral Harold W. Gehman Jr. is a retired four-star U.S. Navy admiral known for leading major military commands and later heading high-profile national investigative commissions.
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C.
Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll
Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll was a senior United States Navy officer who commanded major naval forces in the Atlantic during World War II and played a key role in the Battle of the Atlantic.
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D.
Admiral Wesley L. McDonald
Admiral Wesley L. McDonald was a United States Navy four-star admiral who served as Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command and the U.S. Atlantic Fleet during the early 1980s.
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E.
Vice Admiral Arthur S. Carpender
Vice Admiral Arthur S. Carpender was a senior United States Navy officer who played a key leadership role in Allied naval operations during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Clemson-class destroyer
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United States Navy officer ⓘ human ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| allegiance | United States of America ⓘ |
| conflict |
First Barbary War
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Quasi-War ⓘ War of 1812 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| era | early 19th century ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Dent ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | John ⓘ |
| hasHonor | U.S. Navy ship named in his honor ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| militaryRank | captain ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
John H. Dent
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John H. Dent (namesake ships) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
service during the War of 1812
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service in the early United States Navy ⓘ |
| occupation | naval officer ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| serviceEntry |
United States Navy
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World War I era ⓘ |
| shipType | destroyer ⓘ |
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: Admiral John H. Dent Description of subject: Admiral John H. Dent was a United States Navy officer who served with distinction during the early 19th century, including the War of 1812.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.