Percy Green
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Percy Green was a civil rights activist and former McDonnell Douglas employee whose discrimination lawsuit led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, which established a key framework for proving employment discrimination.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Percy Green canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1461636 — 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: Percy Green Context triple: [McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, respondent, Percy Green]
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James Marvyn
James Marvyn is a central fictional character in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel "The Minister's Wooing," serving as a romantic lead whose presumed death and unexpected return drive much of the story’s emotional and moral conflict.
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B.
Alexander Parris
Alexander Parris was a prominent 19th-century American architect and engineer best known for his austere Greek Revival and early granite public buildings in New England.
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C.
Andrew Humphrey
Andrew Humphrey was a senior Royal Air Force officer who rose to become Chief of the Air Staff and later Chief of the Defence Staff in the United Kingdom.
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D.
Jack Parker
Jack Parker is a legendary American college ice hockey coach best known for his long, highly successful tenure leading Boston University’s men’s hockey program to multiple national championships.
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Owen Rees
Owen Rees is a British choral conductor and musicologist renowned for his scholarship and performances of Renaissance and early modern sacred music.
- 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: Percy Green Target entity description: Percy Green was a civil rights activist and former McDonnell Douglas employee whose discrimination lawsuit led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, which established a key framework for proving employment discrimination.
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A.
James Marvyn
James Marvyn is a central fictional character in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel "The Minister's Wooing," serving as a romantic lead whose presumed death and unexpected return drive much of the story’s emotional and moral conflict.
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B.
Alexander Parris
Alexander Parris was a prominent 19th-century American architect and engineer best known for his austere Greek Revival and early granite public buildings in New England.
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C.
Andrew Humphrey
Andrew Humphrey was a senior Royal Air Force officer who rose to become Chief of the Air Staff and later Chief of the Defence Staff in the United Kingdom.
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D.
Jack Parker
Jack Parker is a legendary American college ice hockey coach best known for his long, highly successful tenure leading Boston University’s men’s hockey program to multiple national championships.
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E.
Owen Rees
Owen Rees is a British choral conductor and musicologist renowned for his scholarship and performances of Renaissance and early modern sacred music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil rights activist
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human ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
civil rights
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employment equality ⓘ racial equality ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ |
| cause |
civil rights
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labor rights ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employedBy |
McDonnell Douglas
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surface form:
McDonnell Douglas Corporation
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| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
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| filed |
McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green
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surface form:
employment discrimination lawsuit against McDonnell Douglas Corporation
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| hasLegalImpact | established burden-shifting framework for proving employment discrimination ⓘ |
| hasLegalSignificance | central figure in McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting test ⓘ |
| hasRole | plaintiff ⓘ |
| influenced |
Title VII disparate treatment jurisprudence
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U.S. employment discrimination law ⓘ |
| knownFor | plaintiff in McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green ⓘ |
| legalClaim |
racial discrimination in employment
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unlawful employment practices ⓘ |
| movement |
American civil rights movement
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surface form:
civil rights movement
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| notableCourtCase | McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
participation in protests against McDonnell Douglas Corporation
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termination from McDonnell Douglas Corporation ⓘ |
| notableFor | involvement in landmark U.S. Supreme Court employment discrimination case ⓘ |
| occupation | civil rights activist ⓘ |
| placeOfActivism |
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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surface form:
St. Louis, Missouri
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| subjectOf |
civil rights histories of St. Louis
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legal scholarship on employment discrimination ⓘ |
| workLocation |
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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surface form:
St. Louis, Missouri
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Percy Green Description of subject: Percy Green was a civil rights activist and former McDonnell Douglas employee whose discrimination lawsuit led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, which established a key framework for proving employment discrimination.
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