Thomas Marshall (1730–1802)
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Thomas Marshall (1730–1802) was an 18th-century American patriarch and landowner who served as the founding head of the influential Marshall family that produced notable figures such as Chief Justice John Marshall.
All labels observed (1)
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| Thomas Marshall (1730–1802) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15884137 — 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: Thomas Marshall (1730–1802) Context triple: [Marshall family, hasAncestralHead, Thomas Marshall (1730–1802)]
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A.
Marinus Willett
Marinus Willett was an American Revolutionary War officer and political leader from New York, known for his active role in colonial resistance and later service as mayor of New York City.
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B.
Robert Treat
Robert Treat was a 17th-century colonial military leader and politician in New England who later served as governor of the Connecticut Colony.
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C.
Benjamin Chew
Benjamin Chew was an influential 18th-century American lawyer, jurist, and chief justice of colonial Pennsylvania, prominent in legal and political affairs before and during the American Revolution.
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D.
Matthew Thornton
Matthew Thornton was an Irish-born American physician, statesman, and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Hampshire.
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E.
Edmund Pendleton
Edmund Pendleton was an American lawyer, judge, and political leader from Virginia who played a key role in the early governance of the state during the Revolutionary era.
- 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: Thomas Marshall (1730–1802) Target entity description: Thomas Marshall (1730–1802) was an 18th-century American patriarch and landowner who served as the founding head of the influential Marshall family that produced notable figures such as Chief Justice John Marshall.
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A.
Marinus Willett
Marinus Willett was an American Revolutionary War officer and political leader from New York, known for his active role in colonial resistance and later service as mayor of New York City.
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B.
Robert Treat
Robert Treat was a 17th-century colonial military leader and politician in New England who later served as governor of the Connecticut Colony.
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C.
Benjamin Chew
Benjamin Chew was an influential 18th-century American lawyer, jurist, and chief justice of colonial Pennsylvania, prominent in legal and political affairs before and during the American Revolution.
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D.
Matthew Thornton
Matthew Thornton was an Irish-born American physician, statesman, and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Hampshire.
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E.
Edmund Pendleton
Edmund Pendleton was an American lawyer, judge, and political leader from Virginia who played a key role in the early governance of the state during the Revolutionary era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.