Richard W. Thompson
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Richard W. Thompson was a 19th-century American politician who served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy under President Rutherford B. Hayes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Richard W. Thompson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12230385 — 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: Richard W. Thompson Context triple: [Highland Lawn Cemetery, notableBurial, Richard W. Thompson]
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A.
Edward K. Thompson
Edward K. Thompson was an influential American magazine editor best known for his leadership at Life magazine during its mid-20th-century heyday.
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B.
Carl E. Thompson
Carl E. Thompson, better known as Chucky Thompson, was an American hip-hop and R&B record producer and member of Bad Boy Entertainment’s famed "Hitmen" production team.
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C.
Clark W. Thompson
Clark W. Thompson was a long-serving mid-20th-century Democratic U.S. Representative from Texas known for his influence on maritime and veterans’ affairs legislation.
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D.
Joseph C. Thompson
Joseph C. Thompson is an American arts administrator best known for leading the development and long-term growth of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) into a major contemporary art institution.
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E.
Joseph C. Thompson
Joseph C. Thompson is an individual whose specific public role or notability cannot be determined from the given information alone.
- 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: Richard W. Thompson Target entity description: Richard W. Thompson was a 19th-century American politician who served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy under President Rutherford B. Hayes.
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A.
Edward K. Thompson
Edward K. Thompson was an influential American magazine editor best known for his leadership at Life magazine during its mid-20th-century heyday.
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B.
Carl E. Thompson
Carl E. Thompson, better known as Chucky Thompson, was an American hip-hop and R&B record producer and member of Bad Boy Entertainment’s famed "Hitmen" production team.
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C.
Clark W. Thompson
Clark W. Thompson was a long-serving mid-20th-century Democratic U.S. Representative from Texas known for his influence on maritime and veterans’ affairs legislation.
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D.
Joseph C. Thompson
Joseph C. Thompson is an American arts administrator best known for leading the development and long-term growth of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) into a major contemporary art institution.
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E.
Joseph C. Thompson
Joseph C. Thompson is an individual whose specific public role or notability cannot be determined from the given information alone.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Secretary of the Navy
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human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| admittedToBar | Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Rutherford B. Hayes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| buriedIn | Highland Lawn Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cabinet | Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1809-06-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1900-02-09 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | private schools in Virginia ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Richard ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | United States House of Representatives ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Republican Party
ⓘ
Whig Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| middleName | Wigginton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movedTo |
Lawrence County, Indiana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Terre Haute, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Recollections of Sixteen Presidents NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
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lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| officeEnd | 1880-12-21 ⓘ |
| officeStart | 1877-03-12 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Culpeper County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Terre Haute, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Unionist during the American Civil War ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
ⓘ
Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives ⓘ United States Secretary of the Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ judge of the Indiana Circuit Court ⓘ member of the Indiana House of Representatives ⓘ |
| precededBy | George M. Robeson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterian
ⓘ
surface form:
Presbyterianism
|
| represented | Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ |
| residence | Terre Haute, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedIn |
Indiana House of Representatives
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| stateRepresented | Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studied | law ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Nathan Goff Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Indiana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Richard W. Thompson Description of subject: Richard W. Thompson was a 19th-century American politician who served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy under President Rutherford B. Hayes.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Highland Lawn Cemetery