Ellis Clarke
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Ellis Clarke was a Trinidadian lawyer, diplomat, and statesman who became the first President of Trinidad and Tobago after serving as its last Governor-General.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ellis Clarke canonical | 3 |
| Ellis Emmanuel Innocent Clarke | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3601232 — 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: Ellis Clarke Context triple: [President of Trinidad and Tobago, firstHolder, Ellis Clarke]
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A.
John Hessin Clarke
John Hessin Clarke was an American lawyer, newspaper editor, and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who served on the Court from 1916 to 1922.
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B.
James P. Clarke
James P. Clarke was an American Democratic politician from Arkansas who served as a U.S. senator and briefly held the role of President pro tempore of the Senate in the early 20th century.
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C.
Ludlow Ogden Smith
Ludlow Ogden Smith was an American businessman best known as the first husband of actress Katharine Hepburn.
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D.
Henry McCord
Henry McCord is a central fictional character in the political drama series "Madam Secretary," known as the supportive and morally grounded husband of Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord and a former military officer and ethics professor.
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E.
Ludlow Wray
Ludlow "Lud" Wray was an early 20th-century American football player and coach who helped found and coach in the National Football League.
- 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: Ellis Clarke Target entity description: Ellis Clarke was a Trinidadian lawyer, diplomat, and statesman who became the first President of Trinidad and Tobago after serving as its last Governor-General.
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A.
John Hessin Clarke
John Hessin Clarke was an American lawyer, newspaper editor, and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who served on the Court from 1916 to 1922.
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B.
James P. Clarke
James P. Clarke was an American Democratic politician from Arkansas who served as a U.S. senator and briefly held the role of President pro tempore of the Senate in the early 20th century.
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C.
Ludlow Ogden Smith
Ludlow Ogden Smith was an American businessman best known as the first husband of actress Katharine Hepburn.
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D.
Henry McCord
Henry McCord is a central fictional character in the political drama series "Madam Secretary," known as the supportive and morally grounded husband of Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord and a former military officer and ethics professor.
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E.
Ludlow Wray
Ludlow "Lud" Wray was an early 20th-century American football player and coach who helped found and coach in the National Football League.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
President of Trinidad and Tobago
ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stroke ⓘ |
| child |
Beverly Clarke
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Margaret-Ann Clarke ⓘ Peter Clarke ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1917-12-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2010-12-30 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Gray's Inn
ⓘ
University of Toronto ⓘ |
| endTimeAsGovernorGeneral | 1976-08-01 ⓘ |
| endTimeAsPresident | 1987-03-13 ⓘ |
| familyName | Clarke ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | law ⓘ |
| givenName | Ellis ⓘ |
| headOfStateOf | Trinidad and Tobago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix |
His Excellency
ⓘ
Sir ⓘ |
| honorificSuffix |
GCMG
ⓘ
GCVO ⓘ KA ⓘ TC ⓘ |
| legalQualification | barrister ⓘ |
| memberOfOrder |
Order of St Michael and St George
ⓘ
Order of the Caribbean Community ⓘ Order of the Nation (Barbados) ⓘ The Royal Victorian Order ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Victorian Order
|
| monarchDuringTermAsGovernorGeneral | Elizabeth II ⓘ |
| name |
Ellis Clarke
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Ellis Emmanuel Innocent Clarke
|
| notableFor |
being the first President of Trinidad and Tobago
ⓘ
being the last Governor-General of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| occupation |
diplomat
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| officeNumber | 1st President of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ |
| participatedIn | independence constitutional negotiations of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Port of Spain
ⓘ
surface form:
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
|
| placeOfDeath |
Port of Spain
ⓘ
surface form:
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
|
| positionHeld |
Ambassador of Trinidad and Tobago to the United States
ⓘ
Governor-General of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago to the United Nations ⓘ President of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| spouse | Lady Ermyntrude Clarke ⓘ |
| startTimeAsGovernorGeneral | 1972-09-15 ⓘ |
| startTimeAsPresident | 1976-08-01 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ellis Clarke Description of subject: Ellis Clarke was a Trinidadian lawyer, diplomat, and statesman who became the first President of Trinidad and Tobago after serving as its last Governor-General.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ellis Emmanuel Innocent Clarke