Charles Jewtraw
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Charles Jewtraw was an American speed skater best known for winning the first-ever Winter Olympic gold medal in history, in the 500-meter event at the 1924 Chamonix Games.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Charles Jewtraw canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1957596 — 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.
Target entity: Charles Jewtraw Context triple: [1932 Winter Olympics, olympicCauldronLighter, Charles Jewtraw]
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William Jarrett
William Jarrett was an American physician and the late husband of former senior presidential advisor Valerie Jarrett.
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Charles Mawhood
Charles Mawhood was a British Army officer best known for leading Crown forces against George Washington’s troops during the American Revolutionary War, particularly at the Battle of Princeton.
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Frederic McLaughlin
Frederic McLaughlin was an American businessman and sports executive best known for establishing and owning the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks in the early 20th century.
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D.
Harold F. Gosnell
Harold F. Gosnell was an influential American political scientist known for pioneering empirical and methodological approaches to the study of elections and political behavior.
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Henry Deringer
Henry Deringer was a 19th-century American gunsmith best known for designing the small, easily concealable pocket pistols that became widely popular and lent their name (via a misspelling) to the term "derringer."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Charles Jewtraw Target entity description: Charles Jewtraw was an American speed skater best known for winning the first-ever Winter Olympic gold medal in history, in the 500-meter event at the 1924 Chamonix Games.
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A.
William Jarrett
William Jarrett was an American physician and the late husband of former senior presidential advisor Valerie Jarrett.
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B.
Charles Mawhood
Charles Mawhood was a British Army officer best known for leading Crown forces against George Washington’s troops during the American Revolutionary War, particularly at the Battle of Princeton.
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C.
Frederic McLaughlin
Frederic McLaughlin was an American businessman and sports executive best known for establishing and owning the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks in the early 20th century.
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D.
Harold F. Gosnell
Harold F. Gosnell was an influential American political scientist known for pioneering empirical and methodological approaches to the study of elections and political behavior.
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E.
Henry Deringer
Henry Deringer was a 19th-century American gunsmith best known for designing the small, easily concealable pocket pistols that became widely popular and lent their name (via a misspelling) to the term "derringer."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Olympic athlete
ⓘ
human ⓘ speed skater ⓘ |
| afterCareer | worked as a representative for the Spalding sporting goods company ⓘ |
| competitionClass | men's speed skating ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1900-05-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1996-01-26 ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| event | 500 metres speed skating ⓘ |
| familyName | Jewtraw ⓘ |
| givenName | Charles ⓘ |
| hasHonor | Olympic champion in speed skating ⓘ |
| heritage | American ⓘ |
| isInCategory |
American male speed skaters
ⓘ
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in speed skating ⓘ medalists at the 1924 Winter Olympics ⓘ speed skaters at the 1924 Winter Olympics ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medal | gold medal ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam |
U.S. short track national team
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Olympic speed skating team
|
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableEvent | first gold medal awarded at the inaugural Winter Olympic Games ⓘ |
| notableFor |
winning the 500-metre speed skating event at the 1924 Winter Olympics
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winning the first Winter Olympic gold medal in history ⓘ |
| occupation | speed skater ⓘ |
| OlympicGames | I Olympic Winter Games ⓘ |
| OlympicGoldMedalIn |
500 metres
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speed skating ⓘ |
| OlympicVenue |
Chamonix
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surface form:
Chamonix, France
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| participantIn | 1924 Winter Olympics ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Clinton County, New York
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United States of America ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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surface form:
Palm Beach, Florida
United States of America ⓘ |
| representedCountry | United States of America ⓘ |
| residence |
Lake Placid
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surface form:
Lake Placid, New York
New York City ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport | speed skating ⓘ |
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Subject: Charles Jewtraw Description of subject: Charles Jewtraw was an American speed skater best known for winning the first-ever Winter Olympic gold medal in history, in the 500-meter event at the 1924 Chamonix Games.
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