Daniel Weisman
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Daniel Weisman is a middle school principal who became known for challenging clergy-led prayers at public school ceremonies in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Lee v. Weisman.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Daniel Weisman canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1692080 — 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: Daniel Weisman Context triple: [Lee v. Weisman, respondent, Daniel Weisman]
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A.
David Weisberg
David Weisberg is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the action film "The Rock" and other Hollywood thrillers.
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B.
George Weil
George Weil was a physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project and is noted for being the operator who withdrew the control rod to initiate the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction in Chicago Pile-1.
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C.
Charles Weissmann
Charles Weissmann is a Swiss molecular biologist and biotechnology pioneer known for his groundbreaking work on interferons and prion diseases and for co-founding the biotech company Biogen.
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D.
David L. Rabinowitz
David L. Rabinowitz is an American astronomer known for his role in the discovery of several trans-Neptunian objects and dwarf planets, including Eris.
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E.
Joseph Wechsler
Joseph Wechsler was an individual of sufficient local or historical significance to be recognized as a notable burial at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Frederick, Maryland.
- 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: Daniel Weisman Target entity description: Daniel Weisman is a middle school principal who became known for challenging clergy-led prayers at public school ceremonies in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Lee v. Weisman.
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A.
David Weisberg
David Weisberg is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the action film "The Rock" and other Hollywood thrillers.
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B.
George Weil
George Weil was a physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project and is noted for being the operator who withdrew the control rod to initiate the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction in Chicago Pile-1.
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C.
Charles Weissmann
Charles Weissmann is a Swiss molecular biologist and biotechnology pioneer known for his groundbreaking work on interferons and prion diseases and for co-founding the biotech company Biogen.
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D.
David L. Rabinowitz
David L. Rabinowitz is an American astronomer known for his role in the discovery of several trans-Neptunian objects and dwarf planets, including Eris.
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E.
Joseph Wechsler
Joseph Wechsler was an individual of sufficient local or historical significance to be recognized as a notable burial at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Frederick, Maryland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American educator
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U.S. Supreme Court case ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
religious neutrality in public education
ⓘ
strict separation of church and state in public schools ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | public schools in the United States ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Providence, Rhode Island (location of the school involved in Lee v. Weisman) ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| decisionYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| educationSector | public education ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
church–state separation
ⓘ
civil liberties ⓘ education ⓘ |
| hasFather | Daniel Weisman self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| hasNotableCourtDecision |
Lee v. Weisman
ⓘ
surface form:
Lee v. Weisman (1992) U.S. Supreme Court decision
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| hasRelative | Deborah Weisman ⓘ |
| hasReligion | Judaism (commonly reported for the Weisman family in the case context) ⓘ |
| held | clergy-led prayers at public school graduation ceremonies violate the Establishment Clause ⓘ |
| influenced | jurisprudence on school prayer in the United States ⓘ |
| involvedIn | controversy over graduation prayer at a public middle school ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| knownFor | challenging school-sponsored prayer at a public middle school graduation ⓘ |
| legalIssueInvolved |
Establishment Clause
ⓘ
surface form:
Establishment Clause of the First Amendment
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| legalStrategy | challenging school-sponsored prayer as coercive under the Establishment Clause ⓘ |
| legalSubject | constitutionality of clergy-led prayer at public school graduation ceremonies ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a party in the U.S. Supreme Court case Lee v. Weisman
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challenging clergy-led prayers at public school ceremonies ⓘ |
| occupation | middle school principal ⓘ |
| opposedPractice |
clergy-led prayers at public school graduation ceremonies
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state-sponsored prayer in public schools ⓘ |
| partyTo |
Lee v. Weisman
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Lee v. Weisman ⓘ |
| positionHeld | principal of a public middle school ⓘ |
| residence |
Rhode Island
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surface form:
Rhode Island (at the time of the case)
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| roleInCourtCase | plaintiff in Lee v. Weisman ⓘ |
| subjectHasRole |
Daniel Weisman as plaintiff
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Deborah Weisman as plaintiff ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Daniel Weisman Description of subject: Daniel Weisman is a middle school principal who became known for challenging clergy-led prayers at public school ceremonies in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Lee v. Weisman.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Deborah Weisman