Robert Yates
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Robert Yates was an American judge and political leader from New York best known for his influential Anti-Federalist writings opposing the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert Yates canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T720673 — 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: Robert Yates Context triple: [Anti-Federalists, notableMember, Robert Yates]
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A.
Luther Martin
Luther Martin was an American lawyer and Anti-Federalist leader from Maryland who played a prominent role at the Constitutional Convention, where he strongly opposed the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
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B.
Edmund Randolph
Edmund Randolph was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the first U.S. Attorney General and played a key role in drafting and debating the U.S. Constitution.
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C.
William R. Davie
William R. Davie was a Revolutionary War officer, influential framer of the U.S. Constitution, and 10th governor of North Carolina who played a key role in founding the University of North Carolina.
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D.
Gouverneur Morris
Gouverneur Morris was an American statesman and Founding Father who played a key role in drafting and penning much of the final text of the United States Constitution.
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E.
Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman was an American Founding Father, statesman, and lawyer who uniquely signed all four of the major founding documents of the United States.
- 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: Robert Yates Target entity description: Robert Yates was an American judge and political leader from New York best known for his influential Anti-Federalist writings opposing the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
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A.
Luther Martin
Luther Martin was an American lawyer and Anti-Federalist leader from Maryland who played a prominent role at the Constitutional Convention, where he strongly opposed the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
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B.
Edmund Randolph
Edmund Randolph was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the first U.S. Attorney General and played a key role in drafting and debating the U.S. Constitution.
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C.
William R. Davie
William R. Davie was a Revolutionary War officer, influential framer of the U.S. Constitution, and 10th governor of North Carolina who played a key role in founding the University of North Carolina.
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D.
Gouverneur Morris
Gouverneur Morris was an American statesman and Founding Father who played a key role in drafting and penning much of the final text of the United States Constitution.
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E.
Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman was an American Founding Father, statesman, and lawyer who uniquely signed all four of the major founding documents of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anti-Federalist
ⓘ
human ⓘ judge ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
protection of individual rights through a bill of rights
ⓘ
strong state sovereignty ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of Great Britain
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United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | legal apprenticeship in New York ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Dutch American ⓘ |
| familyName | Yates ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
constitutional theory
ⓘ
law ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Anti-Federalist writings
ⓘ
opposition to ratification of the United States Constitution ⓘ pseudonymous essays as "Brutus" ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Anti-Federalists
ⓘ
New York State Judiciary ⓘ
surface form:
New York State judiciary
|
| movement |
Anti-Federalists
ⓘ
surface form:
Anti-Federalism
|
| notableWork |
Brutus essays
ⓘ
Letters of Brutus ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
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lawyer ⓘ pamphleteer ⓘ political writer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| opposed | ratification of the original U.S. Constitution without a bill of rights ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Constitutional debates as an Anti-Federalist writer
ⓘ
New York Ratifying Convention ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Schenectady, New York ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Albany
ⓘ
surface form:
Albany, New York
|
| politicalAlignment | Anti-Federalist ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court
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Justice of the New York Supreme Court ⓘ delegate to the Continental Congress ⓘ delegate to the New York Ratifying Convention ⓘ |
| residence |
Albany
ⓘ
surface form:
Albany, New York
Schenectady, New York ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Albany
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surface form:
Albany, New York
New York ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
dangers of a strong central government
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individual liberties ⓘ structure of the proposed U.S. Constitution ⓘ |
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Subject: Robert Yates Description of subject: Robert Yates was an American judge and political leader from New York best known for his influential Anti-Federalist writings opposing the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
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