Oliver Ellsworth
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Oliver Ellsworth was an American Founding Father, influential framer of the U.S. Constitution, and the third Chief Justice of the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Oliver Ellsworth canonical | 15 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T252826 — 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: Oliver Ellsworth Context triple: [Framers of the United States Constitution, notableMember, Oliver Ellsworth]
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A.
John Rutledge
John Rutledge was an American statesman, early Governor of South Carolina, influential delegate at the Constitutional Convention, and later a Chief Justice of the United States (in a recess appointment).
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B.
Salmon P. Chase
Salmon P. Chase was a 19th-century American politician and jurist who served as U.S. Treasury Secretary during the Civil War and later as Chief Justice of the United States.
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C.
Archibald Cox
Archibald Cox was an American lawyer and Harvard Law professor who served as the Watergate special prosecutor and became nationally prominent after being fired in the “Saturday Night Massacre” during the Nixon administration.
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D.
Edmund Randolph
Edmund Randolph was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the first U.S. Attorney General and played a key role in drafting and debating the U.S. Constitution.
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E.
Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman was an American Founding Father, statesman, and lawyer who uniquely signed all four of the major founding documents of 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: Oliver Ellsworth Target entity description: Oliver Ellsworth was an American Founding Father, influential framer of the U.S. Constitution, and the third Chief Justice of the United States.
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A.
John Rutledge
John Rutledge was an American statesman, early Governor of South Carolina, influential delegate at the Constitutional Convention, and later a Chief Justice of the United States (in a recess appointment).
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B.
Salmon P. Chase
Salmon P. Chase was a 19th-century American politician and jurist who served as U.S. Treasury Secretary during the Civil War and later as Chief Justice of the United States.
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C.
Archibald Cox
Archibald Cox was an American lawyer and Harvard Law professor who served as the Watergate special prosecutor and became nationally prominent after being fired in the “Saturday Night Massacre” during the Nixon administration.
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D.
Edmund Randolph
Edmund Randolph was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the first U.S. Attorney General and played a key role in drafting and debating the U.S. Constitution.
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E.
Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman was an American Founding Father, statesman, and lawyer who uniquely signed all four of the major founding documents of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Founding Father
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Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ human ⓘ judge ⓘ lawyer ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| appointedBy | George Washington ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Ellsworth Family Cemetery, Windsor, Connecticut ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | infectious disease ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1745-04-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1807-11-26 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
College of New Jersey
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Princeton University ⓘ |
| familyName | Ellsworth ⓘ |
| givenName | Oliver ⓘ |
| honoredIn |
Ellsworth Air Force Base
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Ellsworth, Maine ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-authoring the Judiciary Act of 1789
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role in drafting the United States Constitution ⓘ service as third Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Federalists
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surface form:
Federalist Party
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| notableWork | Judiciary Act of 1789 ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 9 ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
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lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| officeEnd | 1800-12-15 ⓘ |
| officeStart | 1796-03-08 ⓘ |
| participantIn |
American Revolutionary era politics
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Constitutional Convention ⓘ
surface form:
Constitutional Convention of 1787
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| placeOfBirth |
British America
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Windsor, Connecticut ⓘ
surface form:
Windsor, Connecticut Colony
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| placeOfDeath |
Windsor, Connecticut
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surface form:
Windsor, Connecticut, United States
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| positionHeld |
Chief Justice of the United States
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Delegate to the Constitutional Convention ⓘ Delegate to the Continental Congress ⓘ Member of the Connecticut General Assembly ⓘ United States Senator ⓘ |
| predecessor | John Rutledge ⓘ |
| religion | Congregationalism ⓘ |
| represented | Connecticut ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| signature | signature of Oliver Ellsworth ⓘ |
| spouse | Abigail Wolcott ⓘ |
| successor | John Marshall ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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surface form:
Hartford, Connecticut
New York City, New York, United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
New York City, New York
Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Subject: Oliver Ellsworth Description of subject: Oliver Ellsworth was an American Founding Father, influential framer of the U.S. Constitution, and the third Chief Justice of the United States.
Referenced by (15)
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