John Sloss Hobart
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John Sloss Hobart was an American lawyer, patriot leader, and early federal judge from New York who played a significant role in the state’s political and judicial development during and after the Revolutionary era.
All labels observed (1)
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| John Sloss Hobart canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7948140 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Sloss Hobart Context triple: [New York State Constitutional Convention of 1777, participant, John Sloss Hobart]
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Charles Frederick Hughes
Charles Frederick Hughes was a United States Navy admiral who served as Chief of Naval Operations in the early 20th century.
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B.
William Rockhill Nelson
William Rockhill Nelson was an American newspaper publisher and civic leader in Kansas City whose philanthropy and art patronage led to the creation of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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C.
John A. T. Hull
John A. T. Hull was an American politician and public official from Iowa who served as a U.S. Representative and held several state offices in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
John J. Herrick
John J. Herrick was a U.S. Navy officer who commanded American naval forces involved in the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident, a pivotal event that escalated U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
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E.
Townsend Harris
Townsend Harris was a 19th-century American diplomat best known for opening Japan to formal relations and trade with the United States through the Harris Treaty of 1858.
- 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: John Sloss Hobart Target entity description: John Sloss Hobart was an American lawyer, patriot leader, and early federal judge from New York who played a significant role in the state’s political and judicial development during and after the Revolutionary era.
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A.
Charles Frederick Hughes
Charles Frederick Hughes was a United States Navy admiral who served as Chief of Naval Operations in the early 20th century.
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B.
William Rockhill Nelson
William Rockhill Nelson was an American newspaper publisher and civic leader in Kansas City whose philanthropy and art patronage led to the creation of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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C.
John A. T. Hull
John A. T. Hull was an American politician and public official from Iowa who served as a U.S. Representative and held several state offices in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
John J. Herrick
John J. Herrick was a U.S. Navy officer who commanded American naval forces involved in the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident, a pivotal event that escalated U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
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E.
Townsend Harris
Townsend Harris was a 19th-century American diplomat best known for opening Japan to formal relations and trade with the United States through the Harris Treaty of 1858.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American lawyer
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human ⓘ judge ⓘ patriot leader ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| almaMater | Yale College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appointedAs |
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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judge of the United States District Court for the District of New York ⓘ |
| barAdmission | Province of New York bar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1738-05-06 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Fairfield, Connecticut Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of Great Britain
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United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1805-02-21 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | New York City, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
New Haven Colony Grammar School
NERFINISHED
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Yale College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1798-09-16 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Noah Hobart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| graduationYear | 1757 ⓘ |
| legalEducation | read law ⓘ |
| memberOf | Federalist Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryConflict | American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Hannah Sloss Hobart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | John Sloss Hobart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedBy | George Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
participation in drafting the New York State Constitution of 1777
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service in the New York Provincial Congress during the American Revolution ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
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lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
New York Constitutional Convention of 1777
NERFINISHED
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New York Provincial Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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United States Senator from New York NERFINISHED ⓘ delegate to the New York Provincial Congress ⓘ delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention ⓘ judge of the United States District Court for the District of New York ⓘ member of the New York State Senate ⓘ |
| precededBy | Robert Yates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForEndOfPosition | resignation from the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| religion | Congregationalism ⓘ |
| residence |
New York City, New York
NERFINISHED
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Setauket, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInWar | patriot leader in New York ⓘ |
| spouse | Hannah H. Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1798-04-12 ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Egbert Benson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: John Sloss Hobart Description of subject: John Sloss Hobart was an American lawyer, patriot leader, and early federal judge from New York who played a significant role in the state’s political and judicial development during and after the Revolutionary era.
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