Abraham D. Sofaer
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Abraham D. Sofaer is an American legal scholar, former federal judge, and diplomat known for his work in international law and human rights.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Abraham D. Sofaer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4755413 — 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: Abraham D. Sofaer Context triple: [Wallenberg Medal, hasRecipient, Abraham D. Sofaer]
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A.
Wilbur J. Cohen
Wilbur J. Cohen was a prominent American social welfare expert and government official, often called the "father of Social Security" for his central role in shaping U.S. social insurance and welfare policy in the 20th century.
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B.
Philip B. Heymann
Philip B. Heymann was an American legal scholar and former high-ranking U.S. Justice Department official known for his work in criminal law, national security, and public service.
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C.
Jacob T. Schwartz
Jacob T. Schwartz was an influential American mathematician and computer scientist known for his work in functional analysis, automata theory, and as a pioneer in the development of computer science at New York University.
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D.
Edward R. Pressman
Edward R. Pressman was an influential American film producer known for backing distinctive and often risk-taking projects across independent and mainstream cinema, including films like "Wall Street," "Badlands," and "American Psycho."
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E.
Henry W. Bloch
Henry W. Bloch was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of the tax preparation company H&R Block.
- 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: Abraham D. Sofaer Target entity description: Abraham D. Sofaer is an American legal scholar, former federal judge, and diplomat known for his work in international law and human rights.
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A.
Wilbur J. Cohen
Wilbur J. Cohen was a prominent American social welfare expert and government official, often called the "father of Social Security" for his central role in shaping U.S. social insurance and welfare policy in the 20th century.
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B.
Philip B. Heymann
Philip B. Heymann was an American legal scholar and former high-ranking U.S. Justice Department official known for his work in criminal law, national security, and public service.
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C.
Jacob T. Schwartz
Jacob T. Schwartz was an influential American mathematician and computer scientist known for his work in functional analysis, automata theory, and as a pioneer in the development of computer science at New York University.
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D.
Edward R. Pressman
Edward R. Pressman was an influential American film producer known for backing distinctive and often risk-taking projects across independent and mainstream cinema, including films like "Wall Street," "Badlands," and "American Psycho."
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E.
Henry W. Bloch
Henry W. Bloch was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of the tax preparation company H&R Block.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
diplomat
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human ⓘ judge ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Arts
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Juris Doctor ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Jimmy Carter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areaOfActivity |
foreign policy
ⓘ
national security ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1938-05-06 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
New York University School of Law
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yeshiva University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Hoover Institution
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stanford Law School NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanford University ⓘ |
| endTime |
1985-05-15
ⓘ
1990 ⓘ |
| familyName | Sofaer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
constitutional law
ⓘ
foreign relations law ⓘ human rights ⓘ international law ⓘ |
| givenName | Abraham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
work in human rights
ⓘ
work in international law ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Bar Association
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Council on Foreign Relations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Abraham D. Sofaer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedBy | Ronald Reagan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Taking War Seriously
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Law of Armed Conflict: International Humanitarian Law in War NERFINISHED ⓘ War, Foreign Affairs, and Constitutional Power NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
diplomat
ⓘ
federal judge ⓘ law professor ⓘ |
| office |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
ⓘ
Legal Adviser of the U.S. Department of State ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Bombay
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
British India ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy and National Security Affairs at the Hoover Institution
ⓘ
Legal Adviser of the U.S. Department of State ⓘ Professor of Law at Columbia Law School ⓘ United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| startTime |
1979-02-20
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1985 ⓘ |
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: Abraham D. Sofaer Description of subject: Abraham D. Sofaer is an American legal scholar, former federal judge, and diplomat known for his work in international law and human rights.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.