Joseph N. Welch
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Joseph N. Welch was an American lawyer best known for confronting Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Army–McCarthy hearings and later appearing as a judge in the film "Anatomy of a Murder."
All labels observed (1)
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| Joseph N. Welch canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph N. Welch Context triple: [Anatomy of a Murder, castMember, Joseph N. Welch]
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A.
Joe McCarthy
Joe McCarthy was an architect known for designing Chicago Stadium, one of the early and iconic large indoor sports arenas in the United States.
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B.
Joe McCarthy
Joe McCarthy was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball manager best known for leading the New York Yankees to seven World Series titles in the 1930s and 1940s.
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C.
Stanley Reed
Stanley Reed was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his generally conservative jurisprudence and frequent defense of governmental authority during the mid-20th century.
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D.
George Keymas
George Keymas was an American character actor known for his frequent appearances in 1950s and 1960s Westerns and television series.
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E.
Thurman Arnold
Thurman Arnold was an influential American lawyer, legal scholar, and New Deal-era antitrust enforcer who served as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division and later as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph N. Welch Target entity description: Joseph N. Welch was an American lawyer best known for confronting Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Army–McCarthy hearings and later appearing as a judge in the film "Anatomy of a Murder."
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A.
Joe McCarthy
Joe McCarthy was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball manager best known for leading the New York Yankees to seven World Series titles in the 1930s and 1940s.
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B.
Joe McCarthy
Joe McCarthy was an architect known for designing Chicago Stadium, one of the early and iconic large indoor sports arenas in the United States.
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C.
Stanley Reed
Stanley Reed was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his generally conservative jurisprudence and frequent defense of governmental authority during the mid-20th century.
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D.
George Keymas
George Keymas was an American character actor known for his frequent appearances in 1950s and 1960s Westerns and television series.
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E.
Thurman Arnold
Thurman Arnold was an influential American lawyer, legal scholar, and New Deal-era antitrust enforcer who served as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division and later as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
ⓘ
human ⓘ trial lawyer ⓘ |
| barAdmission | Massachusetts Bar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Cedar Street Cemetery, Wellesley, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| coStarredWith |
Ben Gazzara
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ Lee Remick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1890-10-22 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1960-10-06 ⓘ |
| directorWorkedWith | Otto Preminger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Grinnell College
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harvard Law School ⓘ |
| employer | Hale and Dorr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Welch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| famousQuote | "Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?" ⓘ |
| fullName | Joseph Nye Welch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Joseph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | public opinion against McCarthyism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
confronting Senator Joseph McCarthy
ⓘ
saying "Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?" ⓘ |
| legalSpecialty | civil litigation ⓘ |
| mediaAppearance | televised Army–McCarthy hearings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| middleName | Nye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryConflictContext | Cold War anti-communist investigations ⓘ |
| notableWork |
film performance in "Anatomy of a Murder"
ⓘ
role in the Army–McCarthy hearings ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
general counsel ⓘ lawyer ⓘ |
| participantIn | Army–McCarthy hearings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Primghar, Iowa, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayed | Judge Weaver in "Anatomy of a Murder" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | senior partner at Hale and Dorr ⓘ |
| religion | Congregationalism ⓘ |
| represented | United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Boston, Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Agnes Rodgers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Judith Lyndon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfFilmDebut | 1959 ⓘ |
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