Robert Lionel Goff
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Robert Lionel Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley, was a prominent British judge and legal scholar renowned for his contributions to the law of restitution and service as a Law Lord.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert Lionel Goff canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8306299 — 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: Robert Lionel Goff Context triple: [Lord Goff of Chieveley, birthName, Robert Lionel Goff]
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A.
George Mullen
George Mullen is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably recorded as a bearer of the surname Mullen.
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B.
Clifford Garvin
Clifford Garvin was an American business executive best known as a former chairman and CEO of Exxon who helped shape U.S. corporate policy through his role in founding the Business Roundtable.
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C.
Francis Newton Gifford
Francis Newton Gifford was a prominent American football player and Hall of Famer who became widely known as a longtime sportscaster on ABC’s Monday Night Football.
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D.
George Bowers
George Bowers was an American film editor known for his work on numerous Hollywood movies, including the baseball comedy-drama "A League of Their Own."
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E.
George Shively
George Shively was an early 20th-century Negro league outfielder known for his speed, strong defense, and key role on several prominent Black baseball teams.
- 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: Robert Lionel Goff Target entity description: Robert Lionel Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley, was a prominent British judge and legal scholar renowned for his contributions to the law of restitution and service as a Law Lord.
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A.
George Mullen
George Mullen is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably recorded as a bearer of the surname Mullen.
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B.
Clifford Garvin
Clifford Garvin was an American business executive best known as a former chairman and CEO of Exxon who helped shape U.S. corporate policy through his role in founding the Business Roundtable.
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C.
Francis Newton Gifford
Francis Newton Gifford was a prominent American football player and Hall of Famer who became widely known as a longtime sportscaster on ABC’s Monday Night Football.
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D.
George Bowers
George Bowers was an American film editor known for his work on numerous Hollywood movies, including the baseball comedy-drama "A League of Their Own."
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E.
George Shively
George Shively was an early 20th-century Negro league outfielder known for his speed, strong defense, and key role on several prominent Black baseball teams.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British judge
ⓘ
human ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ life peer ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
English law of unjust enrichment
ⓘ
conflict of laws ⓘ |
| coAuthor | Gareth Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1926-11-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2016-08-14 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Eton College
ⓘ
New College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Goff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
English private law
ⓘ
law of restitution ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| hasHonor |
FRS
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Knight Bachelor NERFINISHED ⓘ PC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Baron Goff of Chieveley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
House of Lords
ⓘ
Privy Council ⓘ
surface form:
Privy Council of the United Kingdom
|
| middleName | Lionel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Robert Lionel Goff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCase |
Attorney-General v Guardian Newspapers Ltd (No 2)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lipkin Gorman v Karpnale Ltd NERFINISHED ⓘ Spiliada Maritime Corp v Cansulex Ltd NERFINISHED ⓘ White v Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
judicial service in the House of Lords
ⓘ
systematising the modern English law of restitution ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Law of Restitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
barrister
ⓘ
judge ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| peerage | Life peerage under the Life Peerages Act 1958 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Staffordshire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stoke-on-Trent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| positionHeld |
Bencher of Lincoln's Inn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Justice of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ Lord Justice of Appeal NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord of Appeal in Ordinary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| titleCreatedFor | Barony of Goff of Chieveley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Robert Lionel Goff Description of subject: Robert Lionel Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley, was a prominent British judge and legal scholar renowned for his contributions to the law of restitution and service as a Law Lord.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.