Henry Dutton
E183098
Henry Dutton was a 19th-century American lawyer, politician, and educator who served as governor of Connecticut and played a key role in the early development of legal education at Yale.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Henry Dutton canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1617258 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Dutton Context triple: [Yale Law School, foundedBy, Henry Dutton]
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A.
Lee Holdridge
Lee Holdridge is an American composer and orchestrator best known for his work on film and television scores, including numerous collaborations with John Denver.
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B.
William Nolan
William Nolan is an editor known for his work on editions of classic adventure literature, including "The Mark of Zorro."
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C.
Edward Doty
Edward Doty was an English indentured servant who became a notable early settler of Plymouth Colony and a signer of the Mayflower Compact in 1620.
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D.
Johnston McCulley
Johnston McCulley was an American writer best known as the creator of the swashbuckling masked hero Zorro.
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E.
George Hildebrand
George Hildebrand was an American Major League Baseball umpire active 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: Henry Dutton Target entity description: Henry Dutton was a 19th-century American lawyer, politician, and educator who served as governor of Connecticut and played a key role in the early development of legal education at Yale.
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A.
Lee Holdridge
Lee Holdridge is an American composer and orchestrator best known for his work on film and television scores, including numerous collaborations with John Denver.
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B.
William Nolan
William Nolan is an editor known for his work on editions of classic adventure literature, including "The Mark of Zorro."
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C.
Edward Doty
Edward Doty was an English indentured servant who became a notable early settler of Plymouth Colony and a signer of the Mayflower Compact in 1620.
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D.
Johnston McCulley
Johnston McCulley was an American writer best known as the creator of the swashbuckling masked hero Zorro.
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E.
George Hildebrand
George Hildebrand was an American Major League Baseball umpire active in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American politician
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educator ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ |
| continentOfCitizenship | North America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Yale College ⓘ |
| employer |
Yale Law School
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Yale University ⓘ |
| familyName | Dutton ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
law
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legal education ⓘ politics ⓘ |
| genre | legal scholarship ⓘ |
| givenName | Henry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Whig Party ⓘ |
| notableRole | early leader in Yale legal education ⓘ |
| notableWork | development of early legal education at Yale ⓘ |
| occupation |
educator
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Connecticut ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Connecticut ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Governor of Connecticut
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member of the Connecticut House of Representatives ⓘ member of the Connecticut Senate ⓘ professor at Yale Law School ⓘ |
| residence | Connecticut ⓘ |
| workLocation | New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Henry Dutton Description of subject: Henry Dutton was a 19th-century American lawyer, politician, and educator who served as governor of Connecticut and played a key role in the early development of legal education at Yale.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.