Cushman K. Davis
E56937
Cushman K. Davis was an American politician, lawyer, and diplomat who served as a U.S. Senator from Minnesota and played a key role in foreign affairs at the turn of the 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cushman K. Davis canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T61428 — 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.
Target entity: Cushman K. Davis Context triple: [Treaty of Paris (1898), signedByRepresentative, Cushman K. Davis]
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A.
George P. Davis
George P. Davis was the taxpayer whose challenge to the Social Security Act’s payroll tax provisions led to the landmark 1937 U.S. Supreme Court case Helvering v. Davis.
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B.
William C. Redfield
William C. Redfield was an American politician and businessman who became the inaugural U.S. Secretary of Commerce in the early 20th century.
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C.
Albert D. Wheelon
Albert D. Wheelon was an American physicist and intelligence official known for his pioneering role in developing U.S. satellite reconnaissance programs and later contributions to aerospace and national security policy.
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D.
Carroll D. Wright
Carroll D. Wright was a prominent American statistician and social reformer who served as the first U.S. Commissioner of Labor and became influential for his pioneering work in labor statistics and industrial relations.
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E.
Cecil H. Green
Cecil H. Green was a British-born American geophysicist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of Texas Instruments and a major benefactor of educational and research institutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Cushman K. Davis Target entity description: Cushman K. Davis was an American politician, lawyer, and diplomat who served as a U.S. Senator from Minnesota and played a key role in foreign affairs at the turn of the 20th century.
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A.
George P. Davis
George P. Davis was the taxpayer whose challenge to the Social Security Act’s payroll tax provisions led to the landmark 1937 U.S. Supreme Court case Helvering v. Davis.
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B.
William C. Redfield
William C. Redfield was an American politician and businessman who became the inaugural U.S. Secretary of Commerce in the early 20th century.
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C.
Albert D. Wheelon
Albert D. Wheelon was an American physicist and intelligence official known for his pioneering role in developing U.S. satellite reconnaissance programs and later contributions to aerospace and national security policy.
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D.
Carroll D. Wright
Carroll D. Wright was a prominent American statistician and social reformer who served as the first U.S. Commissioner of Labor and became influential for his pioneering work in labor statistics and industrial relations.
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E.
Cecil H. Green
Cecil H. Green was a British-born American geophysicist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of Texas Instruments and a major benefactor of educational and research institutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
diplomat
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human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Henderson, New York ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart failure ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1838-06-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1900-11-27 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Paul, Minnesota
|
| educatedAt |
University of Michigan
ⓘ
University of Michigan Law School ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Davis ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
foreign policy
ⓘ
law ⓘ state politics ⓘ |
| givenName | Cushman ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Republican Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Republican Party (United States)
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations ⓘ
surface form:
United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
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| militaryBranch | Union Army ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership in U.S. foreign affairs at the turn of the 20th century
ⓘ
service as U.S. Senator from Minnesota ⓘ |
| notableWork |
participation in the Treaty of Paris (1898) negotiations
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role in negotiations related to the Spanish–American War ⓘ writings on law and politics ⓘ |
| occupation |
diplomat
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Republican ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Governor of Minnesota
ⓘ
United States Senator ⓘ chair of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations ⓘ member of the Minnesota Senate ⓘ |
| practicedLawIn | Minnesota ⓘ |
| religion | Presbyterianism ⓘ |
| represented | Minnesota ⓘ |
| residence |
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
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surface form:
Saint Paul, Minnesota
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| servedIn |
Minnesota
ⓘ
surface form:
Minnesota state government
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Cushman K. Davis Description of subject: Cushman K. Davis was an American politician, lawyer, and diplomat who served as a U.S. Senator from Minnesota and played a key role in foreign affairs at the turn of the 20th century.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.