John F. Hylan
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John F. Hylan was an early 20th-century American politician who served as the Mayor of New York City from 1918 to 1925.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John F. Hylan canonical | 1 |
| Mayor John F. Hylan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18125510 — 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: John F. Hylan Context triple: [Hylan Boulevard, namedAfter, John F. Hylan]
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A.
Alfred Leo Smith
Alfred Leo Smith was a Native American man whose denial of unemployment benefits for using peyote in a religious ceremony led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Employment Division v. Smith, reshaping constitutional law on religious freedom.
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B.
Fiorello H. La Guardia
Fiorello H. La Guardia was a prominent three-term mayor of New York City (1934–1945) known for his reformist leadership during the Great Depression and World War II.
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C.
Fernando Wood
Fernando Wood was a 19th-century American politician best known as a longtime U.S. Congressman and controversial mayor of New York City.
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D.
Herbert H. Lehman
Herbert H. Lehman was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of New York and later as a U.S. senator, known for his advocacy of social welfare and liberal policies.
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E.
George Washington Plunkitt
George Washington Plunkitt was a prominent early 20th-century New York politician and Tammany Hall leader known for his candid defense of "honest graft" in machine politics.
- 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 F. Hylan Target entity description: John F. Hylan was an early 20th-century American politician who served as the Mayor of New York City from 1918 to 1925.
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A.
Alfred Leo Smith
Alfred Leo Smith was a Native American man whose denial of unemployment benefits for using peyote in a religious ceremony led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Employment Division v. Smith, reshaping constitutional law on religious freedom.
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B.
Fiorello H. La Guardia
Fiorello H. La Guardia was a prominent three-term mayor of New York City (1934–1945) known for his reformist leadership during the Great Depression and World War II.
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C.
Fernando Wood
Fernando Wood was a 19th-century American politician best known as a longtime U.S. Congressman and controversial mayor of New York City.
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D.
Herbert H. Lehman
Herbert H. Lehman was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of New York and later as a U.S. senator, known for his advocacy of social welfare and liberal policies.
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E.
George Washington Plunkitt
George Washington Plunkitt was a prominent early 20th-century New York politician and Tammany Hall leader known for his candid defense of "honest graft" in machine politics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: John F. Hylan