Bainbridge Colby
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Bainbridge Colby was an American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson in the final years of World War I and its aftermath.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bainbridge Colby canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4226312 — 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: Bainbridge Colby Context triple: [Robert Lansing, succeededBy, Bainbridge Colby]
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A.
Benjamin Winthrop
Benjamin Winthrop was an early American financier known for being among the original New York brokers who helped lay the foundations of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
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B.
Edmund N. Morrill
Edmund N. Morrill was an American politician who served as the 13th governor of Kansas in the late 19th century.
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C.
Amos G. Throop
Amos G. Throop was an American educator and philanthropist whose early vocational school in Pasadena evolved into the California Institute of Technology.
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D.
George C. Perkins
George C. Perkins was an American politician and businessman who served as the 14th governor of California and later as a U.S. Senator.
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E.
Franklin Haven Sargent
Franklin Haven Sargent was an American educator and theatrical innovator best known for establishing one of the first professional acting schools in the United States.
- 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: Bainbridge Colby Target entity description: Bainbridge Colby was an American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson in the final years of World War I and its aftermath.
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A.
Benjamin Winthrop
Benjamin Winthrop was an early American financier known for being among the original New York brokers who helped lay the foundations of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
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B.
Edmund N. Morrill
Edmund N. Morrill was an American politician who served as the 13th governor of Kansas in the late 19th century.
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C.
Amos G. Throop
Amos G. Throop was an American educator and philanthropist whose early vocational school in Pasadena evolved into the California Institute of Technology.
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D.
George C. Perkins
George C. Perkins was an American politician and businessman who served as the 14th governor of California and later as a U.S. Senator.
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E.
Franklin Haven Sargent
Franklin Haven Sargent was an American educator and theatrical innovator best known for establishing one of the first professional acting schools in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Secretary of State
ⓘ
human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Woodrow Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pneumonia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1869-12-22 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1950-04-11 ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Biographical Directory of the United States State Department
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Department of State historical records ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia Law School
ⓘ
New York Law School NERFINISHED ⓘ Williams College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Colby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
domestic law
ⓘ
international relations ⓘ |
| givenName | Bainbridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy of liberal internationalism
ⓘ
refusal to recognize the Bolshevik government of Russia ⓘ support for the League of Nations ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Democratic Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Democratic Party (United States)
Progressive Party (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ Republican Party ⓘ
surface form:
Republican Party (United States)
|
| notableWork | co-founder of the United States Progressive Party (1912) ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| officeEndTime | 1921-03-04 ⓘ |
| officeStartTime | 1920-03-23 ⓘ |
| participatedIn | World War I diplomacy ⓘ |
| partnerInFirm | Root, Clark & Bird (law firm) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York City
ⓘ
surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
|
| politicalAlignment | Progressive ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
United States Secretary of State
ⓘ
member of New York State Assembly ⓘ |
| predecessor | Robert Lansing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Episcopalian ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| signature | signature of Bainbridge Colby ⓘ |
| spouse |
Anne Ahlstrand Ely
NERFINISHED
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Natalie Sedgwick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Charles Evans Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
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