William A. Richardson
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William A. Richardson was an American politician and jurist who served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and later as a judge on the United States Court of Claims during the 19th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William A. Richardson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7880983 — 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: William A. Richardson Context triple: [Ulysses S. Grant administration, officeHolder, William A. Richardson]
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A.
John A. Burns
John A. Burns was a prominent American politician who served as the second governor of Hawaii and played a key role in the state's Democratic Party and post-statehood development.
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B.
Michael P. Leahy
Michael P. Leahy is an American politician and attorney who has served as the Secretary of State of Tennessee.
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C.
Michael Meany
Michael Meany was the father of influential American labor leader George Meany and himself a working-class New Yorker involved in the early 20th-century labor milieu.
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D.
Clifford P. Case
Clifford P. Case was a moderate Republican U.S. Senator from New Jersey known for his independent, liberal voting record and advocacy for civil rights and government transparency during the mid-20th century.
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E.
Michael H. Armacost
Michael H. Armacost is an American diplomat and foreign policy expert who served as U.S. Ambassador to Japan and later as president of the Brookings Institution.
- 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: William A. Richardson Target entity description: William A. Richardson was an American politician and jurist who served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and later as a judge on the United States Court of Claims during the 19th century.
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A.
John A. Burns
John A. Burns was a prominent American politician who served as the second governor of Hawaii and played a key role in the state's Democratic Party and post-statehood development.
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B.
Michael P. Leahy
Michael P. Leahy is an American politician and attorney who has served as the Secretary of State of Tennessee.
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C.
Michael Meany
Michael Meany was the father of influential American labor leader George Meany and himself a working-class New Yorker involved in the early 20th-century labor milieu.
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D.
Clifford P. Case
Clifford P. Case was a moderate Republican U.S. Senator from New Jersey known for his independent, liberal voting record and advocacy for civil rights and government transparency during the mid-20th century.
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E.
Michael H. Armacost
Michael H. Armacost is an American diplomat and foreign policy expert who served as U.S. Ambassador to Japan and later as president of the Brookings Institution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
judge ⓘ jurist ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Ulysses S. Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1821-11-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1896-10-19 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
ⓘ
surface form:
Harvard College
Harvard Law School ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Democratic Party ⓘ |
| notableFor |
service as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
ⓘ
service on the United States Court of Claims ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Tyngsborough, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief Justice of the United States Court of Claims
ⓘ
Judge of the United States Court of Claims ⓘ United States Secretary of the Treasury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededInOffice | George S. Boutwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presidentDuringTerm | Ulysses S. Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedIn | United States Department of the Treasury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateOfPrimaryAffiliation | Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| succeededInOffice | Benjamin H. Bristow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Massachusetts
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
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: William A. Richardson Description of subject: William A. Richardson was an American politician and jurist who served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and later as a judge on the United States Court of Claims during the 19th century.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.