Homer Stillé Cummings
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Homer Stillé Cummings was an American lawyer, politician, and U.S. Attorney General under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, known for his role in New Deal-era legal reforms.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Homer Stillé Cummings canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1874976 — 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: Homer Stillé Cummings Context triple: [Homer Cummings, fullName, Homer Stillé Cummings]
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A.
Basil Embry
Basil Embry was a distinguished Royal Air Force officer and World War II air commander who later became Chief of the Air Staff of the RAF.
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B.
John Norville
John Norville is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the story for Disney's adventure film "Jungle Cruise."
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C.
Leo White
Leo White was a British-born American character actor and director best known for his work in silent films, including frequent collaborations with Charlie Chaplin.
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D.
Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr.
Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr. was an American actor best known for his acclaimed stage and screen portrayals of Mark Twain and numerous character roles in film and television.
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E.
Donald Howard
Donald Howard was a British politician best known for serving on the controversial Simon Commission that investigated constitutional reform in colonial India.
- 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: Homer Stillé Cummings Target entity description: Homer Stillé Cummings was an American lawyer, politician, and U.S. Attorney General under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, known for his role in New Deal-era legal reforms.
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A.
Basil Embry
Basil Embry was a distinguished Royal Air Force officer and World War II air commander who later became Chief of the Air Staff of the RAF.
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B.
John Norville
John Norville is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the story for Disney's adventure film "Jungle Cruise."
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C.
Leo White
Leo White was a British-born American character actor and director best known for his work in silent films, including frequent collaborations with Charlie Chaplin.
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D.
Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr.
Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr. was an American actor best known for his acclaimed stage and screen portrayals of Mark Twain and numerous character roles in film and television.
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E.
Donald Howard
Donald Howard was a British politician best known for serving on the controversial Simon Commission that investigated constitutional reform in colonial India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Attorney General
ⓘ
human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
ⓘ
surface form:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
|
| barAdmission | Connecticut bar ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Woodland Cemetery, Stamford, Connecticut, United States ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1870-04-30 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1956-09-10 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Yale Law School
ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ |
| endTime | 1939-01-02 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | Cummings ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
constitutional law
ⓘ
criminal justice reform ⓘ |
| fullName | Homer Stillé Cummings self-link ⓘ |
| genreOfActivity | public law ⓘ |
| givenName | Homer ⓘ |
| knownFor |
role in New Deal–era legal reforms
ⓘ
support for Franklin D. Roosevelt’s judicial reform proposals ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Democratic National Committee ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | helped develop federal anti-crime and anti-gangster legislation in the 1930s ⓘ |
| notableWork |
advocacy for federal crime control legislation
ⓘ
implementation of New Deal legal reforms ⓘ reorganization and strengthening of the U.S. Department of Justice ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| officeEndForUnitedStatesAttorneyGeneral | 1939-01-02 ⓘ |
| officeStartForUnitedStatesAttorneyGeneral | 1933-03-04 ⓘ |
| orderInOffice | 55th United States Attorney General ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Stamford, Connecticut
ⓘ
surface form:
Stamford, Connecticut, United States
|
| politicalParty |
Democratic Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Democratic Party (United States)
|
| positionHeld |
Chair of the Democratic National Committee
ⓘ
Mayor of Stamford, Connecticut ⓘ United States Attorney General ⓘ |
| predecessor | William D. Mitchell ⓘ |
| residence |
Stamford, Connecticut
ⓘ
surface form:
Stamford, Connecticut, United States
|
| servedAs |
State’s attorney for Fairfield County, Connecticut
ⓘ
delegate to multiple Democratic National Conventions ⓘ |
| spouse |
Julia Alter
ⓘ
Marion E. Bannister ⓘ Mary Cecilia Waterbury ⓘ |
| startTime | 1933-03-04 ⓘ |
| successor | Frank Murphy ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Homer Stillé Cummings Description of subject: Homer Stillé Cummings was an American lawyer, politician, and U.S. Attorney General under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, known for his role in New Deal-era legal reforms.
Referenced by (2)
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subject surface form:
Homer Cummings