Army of the Potomac (Confederate)
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The Confederate Army of the Potomac was a principal Southern field army early in the American Civil War, active in northern Virginia and instrumental in the Confederate victory at the First Battle of Bull Run.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Army of the Potomac (Confederate) canonical | 1 |
| Confederate Army of the Potomac | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11738160 — 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: Army of the Potomac (Confederate) Context triple: [Confederate Army positions in First Battle of Bull Run, includedUnit, Army of the Potomac (Confederate)]
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A.
Army of the Shenandoah (Confederate)
The Army of the Shenandoah (Confederate) was an early Confederate field army operating in the strategically vital Shenandoah Valley of Virginia during the opening phase of the American Civil War.
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B.
Army of Virginia
The Army of Virginia was a short-lived Union field army in the American Civil War, formed in 1862 under Major General John Pope and best known for its defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
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C.
Army of Northern Virginia
The Army of Northern Virginia was the Confederacy’s principal field army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, renowned for its major campaigns and battles under General Robert E. Lee.
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D.
Union Army of Northeastern Virginia
The Union Army of Northeastern Virginia was the primary Federal field army in the Eastern Theater at the outset of the American Civil War, best known for its role in the First Battle of Bull Run in 1861.
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E.
Confederate States Armed Forces
The Confederate States Armed Forces were the combined military organizations of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, encompassing its army, navy, and marine corps.
- 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: Army of the Potomac (Confederate) Target entity description: The Confederate Army of the Potomac was a principal Southern field army early in the American Civil War, active in northern Virginia and instrumental in the Confederate victory at the First Battle of Bull Run.
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A.
Army of the Shenandoah (Confederate)
The Army of the Shenandoah (Confederate) was an early Confederate field army operating in the strategically vital Shenandoah Valley of Virginia during the opening phase of the American Civil War.
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B.
Army of Virginia
The Army of Virginia was a short-lived Union field army in the American Civil War, formed in 1862 under Major General John Pope and best known for its defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
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C.
Army of Northern Virginia
The Army of Northern Virginia was the Confederacy’s principal field army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, renowned for its major campaigns and battles under General Robert E. Lee.
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D.
Union Army of Northeastern Virginia
The Union Army of Northeastern Virginia was the primary Federal field army in the Eastern Theater at the outset of the American Civil War, best known for its role in the First Battle of Bull Run in 1861.
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E.
Confederate States Armed Forces
The Confederate States Armed Forces were the combined military organizations of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, encompassing its army, navy, and marine corps.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Confederate field army
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military unit ⓘ |
| activeInRegion | northern Virginia ⓘ |
| allegiance | Confederate States of America ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| country | Confederate States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formedFrom | Confederate forces in northern Virginia ⓘ |
| laterDesignatedAs | Army of Northern Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEngagement | First Battle of Bull Run NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedForce | Union Army of Northeastern Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | offensive and defensive field operations in northern Virginia ⓘ |
| roleInBattle | instrumental in Confederate victory at the First Battle of Bull Run ⓘ |
| side | Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations | Eastern Theater of the American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| type | field army ⓘ |
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: Army of the Potomac (Confederate) Description of subject: The Confederate Army of the Potomac was a principal Southern field army early in the American Civil War, active in northern Virginia and instrumental in the Confederate victory at the First Battle of Bull Run.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Confederate Army positions in First Battle of Bull Run
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includedUnit
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Army of the Potomac (Confederate)
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this entity surface form:
Confederate Army of the Potomac