Brigadier General Richard Coulter Drum
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Brigadier General Richard Coulter Drum was a 19th-century United States Army officer and long-serving Adjutant General whose military career spanned the Mexican–American War, the Civil War, and the Indian Wars.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brigadier General Richard C. Drum | 1 |
| Brigadier General Richard Coulter Drum canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10747974 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brigadier General Richard Coulter Drum Context triple: [Fort Drum, namedAfter, Brigadier General Richard Coulter Drum]
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A.
Major-General George F. Hopkinson
Major-General George F. Hopkinson was a British Army officer and airborne warfare pioneer who led elite paratroop and glider forces during the Second World War.
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B.
Brigadier General Joshua W. Sill
Brigadier General Joshua W. Sill was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War, remembered for his leadership and for being killed in action at the Battle of Stones River.
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C.
Brigadier General J. H. Hobart Ward
Brigadier General J. H. Hobart Ward was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War, best known for leading his brigade in hard fighting at battles such as Gettysburg.
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D.
Brigadier General Powell Clayton
Brigadier General Powell Clayton was a 19th-century American military officer, Reconstruction-era governor of Arkansas, and later U.S. senator and diplomat.
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E.
Colonel George F. James
Colonel George F. James was a notable figure in California history whose prominence led to the town of Jamestown being named in his honor.
- 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: Brigadier General Richard Coulter Drum Target entity description: Brigadier General Richard Coulter Drum was a 19th-century United States Army officer and long-serving Adjutant General whose military career spanned the Mexican–American War, the Civil War, and the Indian Wars.
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A.
Major-General George F. Hopkinson
Major-General George F. Hopkinson was a British Army officer and airborne warfare pioneer who led elite paratroop and glider forces during the Second World War.
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B.
Brigadier General Joshua W. Sill
Brigadier General Joshua W. Sill was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War, remembered for his leadership and for being killed in action at the Battle of Stones River.
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C.
Brigadier General J. H. Hobart Ward
Brigadier General J. H. Hobart Ward was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War, best known for leading his brigade in hard fighting at battles such as Gettysburg.
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D.
Brigadier General Powell Clayton
Brigadier General Powell Clayton was a 19th-century American military officer, Reconstruction-era governor of Arkansas, and later U.S. senator and diplomat.
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E.
Colonel George F. James
Colonel George F. James was a notable figure in California history whose prominence led to the town of Jamestown being named in his honor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Adjutant General of the United States Army
ⓘ
United States Army officer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Union
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| centuryOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| conflict |
American Civil War
ⓘ
Indian Wars ⓘ
linked to:
United States–Native American wars
Mexican–American War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| era |
American Civil War era
ⓘ
Reconstruction era United States ⓘ |
| familyName | Drum ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
military administration
ⓘ
military command ⓘ military logistics ⓘ |
| givenName | Richard ⓘ |
| hasRole |
adjutant
ⓘ
staff officer ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| middleName | Coulter ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Brigadier General ⓘ |
| notableFor |
long-serving Adjutant General of the U.S. Army
ⓘ
service in three major 19th-century U.S. conflicts ⓘ |
| notableWork | administration of U.S. Army personnel records ⓘ |
| occupation | military officer ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States Army Adjutant General's Department
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Army Adjutant General Corps
|
| positionHeld | Adjutant General of the United States Army ⓘ |
| residence | United States of America ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | Mexican–American War era ⓘ |
| 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: Brigadier General Richard Coulter Drum Description of subject: Brigadier General Richard Coulter Drum was a 19th-century United States Army officer and long-serving Adjutant General whose military career spanned the Mexican–American War, the Civil War, and the Indian Wars.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Brigadier General Richard Coulter Drum