Dan K. Webb
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Dan K. Webb is a prominent American trial lawyer and former U.S. Attorney known for handling high-profile corporate and public corruption cases.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dan K. Webb canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10204166 — 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: Dan K. Webb Context triple: [Winston & Strawn, hasNotableAlumni, Dan K. Webb]
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A.
Michael Webb
Michael Webb is an American local politician who has served as the mayor of Hazel Park, Michigan.
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B.
J. Scott Thompson
J. Scott Thompson is an American rowing figure best known for founding the prestigious Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston.
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C.
J. Anthony Brown
J. Anthony Brown is an American comedian, actor, and radio personality known for his stand-up work and appearances in film and television.
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D.
David Anspaugh
David Anspaugh is an American film and television director best known for directing the sports dramas "Hoosiers" and "Rudy."
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E.
Mark J. Feist
Mark J. Feist is a music producer and songwriter known for his work with prominent pop and R&B artists.
- 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: Dan K. Webb Target entity description: Dan K. Webb is a prominent American trial lawyer and former U.S. Attorney known for handling high-profile corporate and public corruption cases.
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A.
Michael Webb
Michael Webb is an American local politician who has served as the mayor of Hazel Park, Michigan.
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B.
J. Scott Thompson
J. Scott Thompson is an American rowing figure best known for founding the prestigious Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston.
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C.
J. Anthony Brown
J. Anthony Brown is an American comedian, actor, and radio personality known for his stand-up work and appearances in film and television.
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D.
David Anspaugh
David Anspaugh is an American film and television director best known for directing the sports dramas "Hoosiers" and "Rudy."
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E.
Mark J. Feist
Mark J. Feist is a music producer and songwriter known for his work with prominent pop and R&B artists.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Attorney
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human ⓘ trial lawyer ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence | United States legal system ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Loyola University Chicago
NERFINISHED
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Loyola University Chicago School of Law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
complex civil litigation
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corporate law ⓘ public corruption cases ⓘ white-collar crime ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasNotability | high-profile legal cases ⓘ |
| isA | prominent American trial lawyer ⓘ |
| jurisdictionServed | Northern District of Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
lead counsel in major corporate investigations
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lead counsel in public corruption prosecutions ⓘ prominent American trial lawyer ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legalLicenseIn | Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalSpecialty |
corporate investigations
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public corruption prosecutions ⓘ white-collar criminal defense ⓘ |
| memberOf | Illinois bar ⓘ |
| name | Dan K. Webb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
handling high-profile corporate cases
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handling high-profile public corruption cases ⓘ white-collar criminal defense ⓘ |
| notableRole | former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
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litigator ⓘ prosecutor ⓘ trial lawyer ⓘ |
| positionHeld | United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| professionalReputation | one of the leading trial lawyers in the United States ⓘ |
| residence | Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Chicago, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Dan K. Webb Description of subject: Dan K. Webb is a prominent American trial lawyer and former U.S. Attorney known for handling high-profile corporate and public corruption cases.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.