Richard McNemar
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Richard McNemar was an early 19th-century American Presbyterian minister turned Restoration Movement leader, known for co-authoring the influential separation document "The Last Will and Testament of the Springfield Presbytery."
All labels observed (1)
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| Richard McNemar canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2184109 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard McNemar Context triple: [The Last Will and Testament of the Springfield Presbytery, associatedWithPerson, Richard McNemar]
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David Healy
David Healy is a former Northern Ireland international footballer who became a successful manager in the Irish League.
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B.
Arthur J. Brown
Arthur J. Brown was a sports team owner best known for owning the New Jersey Americans basketball franchise, a precursor to the Brooklyn Nets in the American Basketball Association.
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Leo T. McCarthy
Leo T. McCarthy was an American Democratic politician who served as California’s longest-tenured lieutenant governor and previously as Speaker of the California State Assembly.
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D.
James Coleman
James Coleman is a physicist and engineer known for his work in semiconductor lasers and optoelectronics.
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E.
James Coleman
James Coleman was an influential American sociologist known for his work on social theory, education, and the development of rational choice approaches in sociology.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard McNemar Target entity description: Richard McNemar was an early 19th-century American Presbyterian minister turned Restoration Movement leader, known for co-authoring the influential separation document "The Last Will and Testament of the Springfield Presbytery."
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A.
David Healy
David Healy is a former Northern Ireland international footballer who became a successful manager in the Irish League.
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B.
Arthur J. Brown
Arthur J. Brown was a sports team owner best known for owning the New Jersey Americans basketball franchise, a precursor to the Brooklyn Nets in the American Basketball Association.
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C.
Leo T. McCarthy
Leo T. McCarthy was an American Democratic politician who served as California’s longest-tenured lieutenant governor and previously as Speaker of the California State Assembly.
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D.
James Coleman
James Coleman is a physicist and engineer known for his work in semiconductor lasers and optoelectronics.
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E.
James Coleman
James Coleman was an influential American sociologist known for his work on social theory, education, and the development of rational choice approaches in sociology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian minister
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Presbyterian minister ⓘ Restoration Movement leader ⓘ human ⓘ |
| advocated |
congregational independence
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return to New Testament Christianity ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Springfield Presbytery
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Stone–Campbell Movement ⓘ
surface form:
Stone–Campbell reformers
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| coAuthorOf | The Last Will and Testament of the Springfield Presbytery ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| documentedIn | The Last Will and Testament of the Springfield Presbytery ⓘ |
| era | Second Great Awakening ⓘ |
| familyName | McNemar ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Christian theology
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church reform ⓘ |
| genre | religious writing ⓘ |
| givenName | Richard ⓘ |
| influenced | Restoration Movement ecclesiology ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Presbyterian theology ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-authoring The Last Will and Testament of the Springfield Presbytery
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leading separation from the Springfield Presbytery ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Stone–Campbell Movement
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surface form:
Restoration Movement
Stone–Campbell Movement ⓘ |
| notableEvent | dissolution of the Springfield Presbytery ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Last Will and Testament of the Springfield Presbytery ⓘ |
| occupation |
minister
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theologian ⓘ |
| opposed | Presbyterian denominational structures ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Kentucky
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Ohio ⓘ Springfield Presbytery ⓘ |
| positionHeld | minister of the Springfield Presbytery ⓘ |
| religion |
Christian primitivism
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Presbyterian ⓘ
surface form:
Presbyterianism
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| theologicalFocus |
rejection of human creeds
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unity of Christians ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Richard McNemar Description of subject: Richard McNemar was an early 19th-century American Presbyterian minister turned Restoration Movement leader, known for co-authoring the influential separation document "The Last Will and Testament of the Springfield Presbytery."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
The Last Will and Testament of the Springfield Presbytery
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associatedWithPerson
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Richard McNemar
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