General Scott
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General Scott is the honorific title commonly used for Winfield Scott, a prominent 19th-century United States Army general and national military leader.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| General Scott canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10675890 — 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: General Scott Context triple: [Winfield Scott, hasHonorific, General Scott]
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A.
General James Mattoon Scott
General James Mattoon Scott is a fictional high-ranking U.S. military officer who leads an attempted coup against the president in the political thriller "Seven Days in May."
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B.
Marshal Ney
Marshal Ney was a prominent French military commander and one of Napoleon Bonaparte’s most celebrated marshals, renowned for his bravery and leadership during the Napoleonic Wars.
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C.
Richard Anderson
Richard Anderson was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in classic movies and as Oscar Goldman in the 1970s series "The Six Million Dollar Man" and "The Bionic Woman."
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D.
Chaffee Grant
Chaffee Grant was a member of the prominent Grant family, descended from U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant through his son Ulysses S. Grant Jr.
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E.
Hugh A. Drum
Hugh A. Drum was a senior United States Army general best known for his high-level command roles in both World War I and 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: General Scott Target entity description: General Scott is the honorific title commonly used for Winfield Scott, a prominent 19th-century United States Army general and national military leader.
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A.
General James Mattoon Scott
General James Mattoon Scott is a fictional high-ranking U.S. military officer who leads an attempted coup against the president in the political thriller "Seven Days in May."
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B.
Marshal Ney
Marshal Ney was a prominent French military commander and one of Napoleon Bonaparte’s most celebrated marshals, renowned for his bravery and leadership during the Napoleonic Wars.
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C.
Richard Anderson
Richard Anderson was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in classic movies and as Oscar Goldman in the 1970s series "The Six Million Dollar Man" and "The Bionic Woman."
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D.
Chaffee Grant
Chaffee Grant was a member of the prominent Grant family, descended from U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant through his son Ulysses S. Grant Jr.
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E.
Hugh A. Drum
Hugh A. Drum was a senior United States Army general best known for his high-level command roles in both World War I and World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army general
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human ⓘ |
| awarded | Congressional Gold Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1786-06-13 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Dinwiddie County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| candidateInElection | United States presidential election, 1852 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commanded |
U.S. forces in the Mexico City campaign
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U.S. forces in the Veracruz campaign ⓘ |
| conflictRole | Union Army strategist in early American Civil War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1866-05-29 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | West Point, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| education | College of William & Mary (attended, did not graduate) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| familyName | Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Winfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | General Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
development of early Union strategy in the Civil War
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leadership in the Mexican–American War ⓘ long service as Commanding General of the U.S. Army ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
Brevet Lieutenant General
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Major General ⓘ |
| nickname | Old Fuss and Feathers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | President of the United States ⓘ |
| notableWork | Anaconda Plan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
American Civil War
NERFINISHED
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Black Hawk War NERFINISHED ⓘ Mexican–American War NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Seminole War NERFINISHED ⓘ War of 1812 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | West Point Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalParty | Whig Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Commanding General of the United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| profession |
lawyer
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soldier ⓘ |
| proposedStrategy | Union blockade of the Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| represented | Whig Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
New York City
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Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| serviceEnd | 1861 ⓘ |
| serviceStart | 1808 ⓘ |
| termEnd | 1861 ⓘ |
| termStart | 1841 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: General Scott Description of subject: General Scott is the honorific title commonly used for Winfield Scott, a prominent 19th-century United States Army general and national military leader.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Winfield Scott