John Sedgwick
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John Sedgwick was a Union Army major general during the American Civil War, noted for his leadership and for being one of the highest-ranking officers killed in the conflict.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John Sedgwick canonical | 5 |
| Major General John Sedgwick | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11485351 — 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: John Sedgwick Context triple: [Sedgwick County, Kansas, namedAfter, John Sedgwick]
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A.
Robert S. Garnett
Robert S. Garnett was an American artist best known for creating the original design of the Great Seal of the State of California.
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B.
Fitz John Porter
Fitz John Porter was a Union Army major general during the American Civil War, best known for his leadership in the Army of the Potomac and his controversial court-martial following the Second Battle of Bull Run.
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C.
Andrew A. Humphreys
Andrew A. Humphreys was a 19th-century United States Army officer and Civil War general who later served as Chief of Engineers, recognized for his contributions to military engineering and topographical surveys.
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D.
Edwin V. Sumner
Edwin V. Sumner was a senior Union Army general during the American Civil War, known for commanding II Corps in major battles and for his long prewar service on the Western frontier.
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E.
John Schofield
John Schofield was a Union Army general during the American Civil War who later served as U.S. Secretary of War and Commanding General of the U.S. Army.
- 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: John Sedgwick Target entity description: John Sedgwick was a Union Army major general during the American Civil War, noted for his leadership and for being one of the highest-ranking officers killed in the conflict.
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A.
Robert S. Garnett
Robert S. Garnett was an American artist best known for creating the original design of the Great Seal of the State of California.
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B.
Fitz John Porter
Fitz John Porter was a Union Army major general during the American Civil War, best known for his leadership in the Army of the Potomac and his controversial court-martial following the Second Battle of Bull Run.
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C.
Andrew A. Humphreys
Andrew A. Humphreys was a 19th-century United States Army officer and Civil War general who later served as Chief of Engineers, recognized for his contributions to military engineering and topographical surveys.
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D.
Edwin V. Sumner
Edwin V. Sumner was a senior Union Army general during the American Civil War, known for commanding II Corps in major battles and for his long prewar service on the Western frontier.
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E.
John Schofield
John Schofield was a Union Army general during the American Civil War who later served as U.S. Secretary of War and Commanding General of the U.S. Army.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Union Army general
ⓘ
human ⓘ military officer ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Union
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| almaMater | United States Military Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1813-09-13 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Cornwall, Connecticut
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| causeOfDeath | gunshot wound ⓘ |
| conflict |
American Civil War
ⓘ
American Indian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Mexican–American War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1864-05-09 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Spotsylvania County, Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| educatedAt | United States Military Academy ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| familyName | Sedgwick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| graduationYear | 1837 ⓘ |
| hasMemorial |
equestrian statue at West Point
ⓘ
monument at Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Union Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Major General ⓘ |
| nickname | Uncle John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableBattle |
Battle of Antietam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of Chancellorsville NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Gettysburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Spotsylvania Court House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the highest-ranking Union officers killed in the American Civil War ⓘ |
| notableQuote | They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance ⓘ |
| occupation |
military leader
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial |
Cornwall Hollow Cemetery
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cornwall, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
commander of VI Corps
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corps commander in the Army of the Potomac ⓘ |
| serviceEndYear | 1864 ⓘ |
| serviceEntryYear | 1837 ⓘ |
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: John Sedgwick Description of subject: John Sedgwick was a Union Army major general during the American Civil War, noted for his leadership and for being one of the highest-ranking officers killed in the conflict.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Major General John Sedgwick