Secretary Baker
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Secretary Baker is the honorific title used for Newton Baker, who served as the U.S. Secretary of War during World War I.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Secretary Baker canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2499503 — 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: Secretary Baker Context triple: [Newton Baker, hasHonorificTitle, Secretary Baker]
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A.
Sandy Berger
Sandy Berger was an American political consultant and lawyer who served as U.S. National Security Advisor under President Bill Clinton.
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B.
Secretary
A secretary is an administrative professional responsible for managing correspondence, scheduling, records, and other organizational tasks to support individuals or offices.
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C.
Secretary Delacourt
Secretary Delacourt is the hardline, authoritarian defense official in the sci-fi film "Elysium" who orchestrates ruthless measures to protect the privileged space habitat from Earth's impoverished population.
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D.
Sylvia M. Burwell
Sylvia M. Burwell is an American public administrator and former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services who became the first woman to lead American University.
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E.
Kathy Kraninger
Kathy Kraninger is an American government official who served as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under the Trump administration.
- 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: Secretary Baker Target entity description: Secretary Baker is the honorific title used for Newton Baker, who served as the U.S. Secretary of War during World War I.
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A.
Sandy Berger
Sandy Berger was an American political consultant and lawyer who served as U.S. National Security Advisor under President Bill Clinton.
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B.
Secretary
A secretary is an administrative professional responsible for managing correspondence, scheduling, records, and other organizational tasks to support individuals or offices.
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C.
Secretary Delacourt
Secretary Delacourt is the hardline, authoritarian defense official in the sci-fi film "Elysium" who orchestrates ruthless measures to protect the privileged space habitat from Earth's impoverished population.
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D.
Sylvia M. Burwell
Sylvia M. Burwell is an American public administrator and former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services who became the first woman to lead American University.
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E.
Kathy Kraninger
Kathy Kraninger is an American government official who served as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under the Trump administration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Secretary of War
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human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ mayor ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Woodrow Wilson ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1871-12-03 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1937-12-25 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Johns Hopkins University
ⓘ
Washington and Lee University School of Law ⓘ |
| familyName | Baker ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
municipal government
ⓘ
national defense policy ⓘ public administration ⓘ |
| givenName | Newton ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Secretary Baker self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| knownFor |
administration of the Selective Service System
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support of military conscription during World War I ⓘ |
| legalCareer | co-founder of law firm Baker, Hostetler & Sidlo (later BakerHostetler) ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Democratic Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Democratic Party (United States)
|
| middleName | Diehl ⓘ |
| militaryBranchSupervised | United States Army ⓘ |
| notableEvent | oversaw American Expeditionary Forces deployment to Europe ⓘ |
| notableFor | service as U.S. Secretary of War during World War I ⓘ |
| notableWork | Oversight of U.S. war mobilization during World War I ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| officeEnd | 1921 (United States Secretary of War) ⓘ |
| officeStart | 1916 (United States Secretary of War) ⓘ |
| participatedIn | World War I ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Martinsburg, West Virginia
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surface form:
Martinsburg, West Virginia, United States
|
| placeOfDeath |
Shaker Heights
ⓘ
surface form:
Shaker Heights, Ohio, United States
|
| politicalIdeology | progressivism ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Mayor of Cleveland
ⓘ
Secretary of War ⓘ
surface form:
United States Secretary of War
|
| religion | Methodism ⓘ |
| residence | Cleveland, Ohio, United States ⓘ |
| servedUnder |
Woodrow Wilson
ⓘ
surface form:
President Woodrow Wilson
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Elizabeth Leopold Baker ⓘ |
| supported | League of Nations ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| workedAs | city solicitor of Cleveland ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Secretary Baker Description of subject: Secretary Baker is the honorific title used for Newton Baker, who served as the U.S. Secretary of War during World War I.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Newton D. Baker