Seth Thornton
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Seth Thornton was a U.S. Army cavalry officer whose capture in a Mexican ambush near the Rio Grande helped trigger the Mexican–American War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Seth Thornton canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11640541 — 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: Seth Thornton Context triple: [Thornton Affair, commander, Seth Thornton]
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A.
Seth Holly
Seth Holly is a practical, hardworking boardinghouse owner in August Wilson’s play "Joe Turner’s Come and Gone," serving as a stabilizing presence for the itinerant characters who pass through his home.
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B.
Wesley Pentz
Wesley Pentz, better known as Diplo, is an American DJ, record producer, and songwriter recognized for his influential work in electronic and pop music.
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C.
Joel David Moore
Joel David Moore is an American actor and director best known for his roles in films like "Avatar" and the TV series "Bones."
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D.
Matthew Davis
Matthew Davis is an American actor best known for his role as Alaric Saltzman on the supernatural drama television series "The Vampire Diaries."
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E.
Thomas Sadoski
Thomas Sadoski is an American actor known for his roles in television series like "The Newsroom" and films such as "John Wick" and "Wild."
- 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: Seth Thornton Target entity description: Seth Thornton was a U.S. Army cavalry officer whose capture in a Mexican ambush near the Rio Grande helped trigger the Mexican–American War.
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A.
Seth Holly
Seth Holly is a practical, hardworking boardinghouse owner in August Wilson’s play "Joe Turner’s Come and Gone," serving as a stabilizing presence for the itinerant characters who pass through his home.
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B.
Wesley Pentz
Wesley Pentz, better known as Diplo, is an American DJ, record producer, and songwriter recognized for his influential work in electronic and pop music.
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C.
Joel David Moore
Joel David Moore is an American actor and director best known for his roles in films like "Avatar" and the TV series "Bones."
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D.
Matthew Davis
Matthew Davis is an American actor best known for his role as Alaric Saltzman on the supernatural drama television series "The Vampire Diaries."
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E.
Thomas Sadoski
Thomas Sadoski is an American actor known for his roles in television series like "The Newsroom" and films such as "John Wick" and "Wild."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army officer
ⓘ
cavalry officer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| associatedWithCountry |
Mexico
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| associatedWithRiver | Rio Grande ⓘ |
| causeOfHistoricalEvent | outbreak of the Mexican–American War ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| conflict | Mexican–American War ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| event | Thornton Affair ⓘ |
| hasCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | pre–Mexican–American War era ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locationOfAmbush | near the Rio Grande ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | cavalry officer ⓘ |
| notableFor |
capture in a Mexican ambush near the Rio Grande
ⓘ
role in events that helped trigger the Mexican–American War ⓘ |
| occupation | military officer ⓘ |
| partOf |
U.S. Army cavalry
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Cavalry
|
| roleInEvent | U.S. Army cavalry officer captured in Mexican ambush ⓘ |
| sideInConflict |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| wasAmbushedBy | Mexican forces ⓘ |
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: Seth Thornton Description of subject: Seth Thornton was a U.S. Army cavalry officer whose capture in a Mexican ambush near the Rio Grande helped trigger the Mexican–American War.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.