Cyrus Vance
E430886
Cyrus Vance was an American lawyer and diplomat who served as U.S. Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cyrus Vance canonical | 3 |
| Cyrus Vance as Secretary of State | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4305570 — 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: Cyrus Vance Context triple: [Cyrus R. Vance Jr., father, Cyrus Vance]
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A.
Cyrus R. Vance Jr.
Cyrus R. Vance Jr. is an American lawyer and former Manhattan District Attorney known for overseeing high-profile criminal investigations, including cases involving former President Donald Trump.
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B.
Warren Christopher
Warren Christopher was an American lawyer, diplomat, and politician who served as the 63rd U.S. Secretary of State under President Bill Clinton.
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C.
Dennis Ross
Dennis Ross is an American diplomat and Middle East peace negotiator who played a key role in U.S. efforts to broker Arab-Israeli agreements in the 1990s and early 2000s.
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D.
Francis Deng
Francis Deng is a Sudanese diplomat, scholar, and author known for serving as the first UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide and for his extensive work on conflict resolution and internal displacement.
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E.
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar was a Peruvian diplomat who served as the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1982 to 1991.
- 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: Cyrus Vance Target entity description: Cyrus Vance was an American lawyer and diplomat who served as U.S. Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter.
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A.
Cyrus R. Vance Jr.
Cyrus R. Vance Jr. is an American lawyer and former Manhattan District Attorney known for overseeing high-profile criminal investigations, including cases involving former President Donald Trump.
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B.
Warren Christopher
Warren Christopher was an American lawyer, diplomat, and politician who served as the 63rd U.S. Secretary of State under President Bill Clinton.
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C.
Dennis Ross
Dennis Ross is an American diplomat and Middle East peace negotiator who played a key role in U.S. efforts to broker Arab-Israeli agreements in the 1990s and early 2000s.
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D.
Francis Deng
Francis Deng is a Sudanese diplomat, scholar, and author known for serving as the first UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide and for his extensive work on conflict resolution and internal displacement.
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E.
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar was a Peruvian diplomat who served as the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1982 to 1991.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Secretary of State
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diplomat ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Jimmy Carter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Presidential Medal of Freedom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Cyrus Vance Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1917-03-27 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2002-01-12 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Yale Law School
ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ |
| employer |
United States Department of Defense
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Department of State ⓘ |
| endTime | 1980-04-28 ⓘ |
| familyName | Vance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
foreign policy
ⓘ
international law ⓘ |
| givenName | Cyrus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Council on Foreign Relations
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Trilateral Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Democratic Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Democratic Party (United States)
|
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Camp David Accords negotiations
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Panama Canal Treaty negotiations NERFINISHED ⓘ SALT II negotiations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
diplomat
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York City
ⓘ
surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
|
| positionHeld |
United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Secretary of State ⓘ United States Secretary of the Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Henry Kissinger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForEndOfPosition | resignation ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterian
ⓘ
surface form:
Presbyterianism
|
| residence |
New York City
ⓘ
surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
|
| resignedBecauseOf | Operation Eagle Claw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedIn | United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Grace Sloane Vance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1977-01-23 ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Edmund Muskie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedAt | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cyrus Vance Description of subject: Cyrus Vance was an American lawyer and diplomat who served as U.S. Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cyrus Vance as Secretary of State