J. Harry Covington
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J. Harry Covington was an American lawyer and jurist who co-founded the prominent Washington, D.C. law firm Covington & Burling and served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| J. Harry Covington canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2054096 — 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: J. Harry Covington Context triple: [Covington & Burling, foundedBy, J. Harry Covington]
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A.
George D. Harry
George D. Harry is an author best known for writing the work titled "No One."
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B.
J. Herbert Hollomon
J. Herbert Hollomon was an American engineer, scientist, and academic leader known for his contributions to materials science and industrial research, including service as U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Science and Technology.
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C.
Harold McCord
Harold McCord was a film editor active during the silent film era, known for his work on early American cinema.
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D.
Albert D. Wheelon
Albert D. Wheelon was an American physicist and intelligence official known for his pioneering role in developing U.S. satellite reconnaissance programs and later contributions to aerospace and national security policy.
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E.
Harry L. Parr
Harry L. Parr was an American attorney best known as one of the founding partners of the prominent law firm Perkins Coie.
- 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: J. Harry Covington Target entity description: J. Harry Covington was an American lawyer and jurist who co-founded the prominent Washington, D.C. law firm Covington & Burling and served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.
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A.
George D. Harry
George D. Harry is an author best known for writing the work titled "No One."
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B.
J. Herbert Hollomon
J. Herbert Hollomon was an American engineer, scientist, and academic leader known for his contributions to materials science and industrial research, including service as U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Science and Technology.
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C.
Harold McCord
Harold McCord was a film editor active during the silent film era, known for his work on early American cinema.
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D.
Albert D. Wheelon
Albert D. Wheelon was an American physicist and intelligence official known for his pioneering role in developing U.S. satellite reconnaissance programs and later contributions to aerospace and national security policy.
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E.
Harry L. Parr
Harry L. Parr was an American attorney best known as one of the founding partners of the prominent law firm Perkins Coie.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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jurist ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Woodrow Wilson ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Washington, D.C.
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surface form:
Washington, D.C., United States
|
| birthDate | 1870-05-03 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Easton, Maryland
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surface form:
Easton, Maryland, United States
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| coFounded | Covington & Burling ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1942-02-04 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Washington, D.C.
ⓘ
surface form:
Washington, D.C., United States
|
| educatedAt |
Maryland Military Academy
ⓘ
University of Pennsylvania Law School ⓘ |
| endTime | 1914-09-30 ⓘ |
| endTimeAsChiefJustice | 1918 ⓘ |
| familyName | Covington ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
judiciary
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law ⓘ public service ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| hasEmployer |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legalLicenseJurisdiction |
District of Columbia
ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ |
| memberOf | United States House of Representatives ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Democratic Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Democratic Party (United States)
|
| name | J. Harry Covington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership in a major Washington, D.C. law firm
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service as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia ⓘ |
| notableWork | co-founding Covington & Burling ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
ⓘ
law firm partner ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ |
| representedDistrict | Maryland's 1st congressional district ⓘ |
| residence |
Maryland
ⓘ
surface form:
Maryland, United States
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form:
Washington, D.C., United States
|
| startTime | 1909-03-04 ⓘ |
| startTimeAsChiefJustice | 1914 ⓘ |
| workedAt | Covington & Burling ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: J. Harry Covington Description of subject: J. Harry Covington was an American lawyer and jurist who co-founded the prominent Washington, D.C. law firm Covington & Burling and served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.