Sharonell Fulton
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Sharonell Fulton is a foster parent who served as the lead plaintiff in the U.S. Supreme Court case Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, challenging the city's exclusion of a Catholic foster care agency over its refusal to certify same-sex couples.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sharonell Fulton canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T655533 — 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)
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Target entity: Sharonell Fulton Context triple: [Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, hasPetitioner, Sharonell Fulton]
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A.
Sharon Black
Sharon Black is a notable individual whose achievements or public presence have made the surname Black recognizable in her context.
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B.
Shante Broadus
Shante Broadus is an American entrepreneur and talent manager best known as the longtime wife and business partner of rapper Snoop Dogg.
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C.
Sharon Curry
Sharon Curry is the wife of Michael Bruce Curry, the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States.
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D.
Cori Broadus
Cori Broadus is an American singer and social media personality, best known as the daughter of rapper Snoop Dogg.
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E.
Courtney Hodges
Courtney Hodges was a senior U.S. Army general in World War II who led First Army in Western Europe, playing a key role in the Allied advance from Normandy into Germany.
- 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: Sharonell Fulton Target entity description: Sharonell Fulton is a foster parent who served as the lead plaintiff in the U.S. Supreme Court case Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, challenging the city's exclusion of a Catholic foster care agency over its refusal to certify same-sex couples.
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A.
Sharon Black
Sharon Black is a notable individual whose achievements or public presence have made the surname Black recognizable in her context.
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B.
Shante Broadus
Shante Broadus is an American entrepreneur and talent manager best known as the longtime wife and business partner of rapper Snoop Dogg.
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C.
Sharon Curry
Sharon Curry is the wife of Michael Bruce Curry, the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States.
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D.
Cori Broadus
Cori Broadus is an American singer and social media personality, best known as the daughter of rapper Snoop Dogg.
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E.
Courtney Hodges
Courtney Hodges was a senior U.S. Army general in World War II who led First Army in Western Europe, playing a key role in the Allied advance from Normandy into Germany.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
foster parent
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human ⓘ |
| advocacy |
Catholic Social Services’ ability to operate foster care services
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religious freedom in foster care services ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Catholic Social Services
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surface form:
Catholic Social Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia
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| caseOutcomeSupported | unanimous Supreme Court ruling in favor of Catholic Social Services ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| fieldOfActivity | foster care ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | foster parent ⓘ |
| involvedIn | dispute over Philadelphia foster care contract ⓘ |
| legalActionAgainst |
Philadelphia
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Philadelphia
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| legalIssue |
Free Exercise Clause
ⓘ
surface form:
First Amendment free exercise of religion
government contracts and religious organizations ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | covered by major U.S. news outlets ⓘ |
| notableCourt | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| notableFor | Fulton v. City of Philadelphia ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Fulton v. City of Philadelphia ⓘ |
| partyTo | lawsuit against City of Philadelphia over foster care contract ⓘ |
| positionOnSameSexCouples | opposed requirement that Catholic agency certify same-sex couples as foster parents ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholicism
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| representedBy | Becket Fund for Religious Liberty ⓘ |
| residence | Philadelphia ⓘ |
| role | lead plaintiff in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia ⓘ |
| typeOfPlaintiff | individual foster parent plaintiff in constitutional litigation ⓘ |
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: Sharonell Fulton Description of subject: Sharonell Fulton is a foster parent who served as the lead plaintiff in the U.S. Supreme Court case Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, challenging the city's exclusion of a Catholic foster care agency over its refusal to certify same-sex couples.
Referenced by (1)
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