John W. Griggs
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John W. Griggs was an American politician who served as Governor of New Jersey and later as U.S. Attorney General under President William McKinley.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John W. Griggs canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18718311 — 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 W. Griggs Context triple: [Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Newark, New Jersey), hasNotableInterment, John W. Griggs]
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A.
Herbert E. Winlock
Herbert E. Winlock was an influential American Egyptologist and archaeologist known for his extensive early 20th-century excavations and research on ancient Theban sites in Egypt.
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B.
John O. Creighton
John O. Creighton is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions.
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C.
William V. Pratt
William V. Pratt was a United States Navy admiral who served as Chief of Naval Operations during the early 1930s and played a key role in shaping interwar naval policy and arms limitation efforts.
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D.
Lyman J. Briggs
Lyman J. Briggs was an American physicist and engineer who directed the National Bureau of Standards and played a key role in early U.S. atomic energy research.
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E.
William H. Wiley
William H. Wiley was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New Jersey in the early 20th century.
- 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 W. Griggs Target entity description: John W. Griggs was an American politician who served as Governor of New Jersey and later as U.S. Attorney General under President William McKinley.
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A.
Herbert E. Winlock
Herbert E. Winlock was an influential American Egyptologist and archaeologist known for his extensive early 20th-century excavations and research on ancient Theban sites in Egypt.
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B.
John O. Creighton
John O. Creighton is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions.
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C.
William V. Pratt
William V. Pratt was a United States Navy admiral who served as Chief of Naval Operations during the early 1930s and played a key role in shaping interwar naval policy and arms limitation efforts.
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D.
Lyman J. Briggs
Lyman J. Briggs was an American physicist and engineer who directed the National Bureau of Standards and played a key role in early U.S. atomic energy research.
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E.
William H. Wiley
William H. Wiley was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New Jersey in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, New Jersey, United States