Senator Adlai Stevenson III

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United States senator human politician

Senator Adlai Stevenson III was an American Democratic politician from Illinois who served in the U.S. Senate in the 1970s and early 1980s and was known for his work on technology, government reform, and foreign policy.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Adlai Stevenson III	5
Adlai E. Stevenson III	3
Senator Adlai Stevenson III canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T55698 — 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: Senator Adlai Stevenson III
Context triple: [Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980, namedAfter, Senator Adlai Stevenson III]

A. Edward M. Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy was a long-serving U.S. senator from Massachusetts and a leading figure in liberal politics, particularly known for his work on health care, civil rights, and social welfare legislation.
B. Alben W. Barkley
Alben W. Barkley was an American Democratic politician who served as the 35th vice president of the United States and a long-time U.S. senator from Kentucky.
C. Alfred N. Goldsmith
Alfred N. Goldsmith was an American electrical engineer and radio pioneer who played a key role in the early development and professionalization of radio engineering.
D. Robert A. Taft
Robert A. Taft was a prominent mid-20th-century U.S. senator from Ohio, known as “Mr. Republican” for his influential conservative leadership and opposition to many New Deal and postwar internationalist policies.
E. Henry A. Wallace
Henry A. Wallace was an American politician, agricultural expert, and progressive leader who served as the 33rd Vice President of the United States under Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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: Senator Adlai Stevenson III
Target entity description: Senator Adlai Stevenson III was an American Democratic politician from Illinois who served in the U.S. Senate in the 1970s and early 1980s and was known for his work on technology, government reform, and foreign policy.

A. Edward M. Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy was a long-serving U.S. senator from Massachusetts and a leading figure in liberal politics, particularly known for his work on health care, civil rights, and social welfare legislation.
B. Alben W. Barkley
Alben W. Barkley was an American Democratic politician who served as the 35th vice president of the United States and a long-time U.S. senator from Kentucky.
C. Alfred N. Goldsmith
Alfred N. Goldsmith was an American electrical engineer and radio pioneer who played a key role in the early development and professionalization of radio engineering.
D. Robert A. Taft
Robert A. Taft was a prominent mid-20th-century U.S. senator from Ohio, known as “Mr. Republican” for his influential conservative leadership and opposition to many New Deal and postwar internationalist policies.
E. Henry A. Wallace
Henry A. Wallace was an American politician, agricultural expert, and progressive leader who served as the 33rd Vice President of the United States under Franklin D. Roosevelt.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States senator ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ
conflict	Korean War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt	Harvard University ⓘ Pritzker School of Law ⓘ surface form: Northwestern University School of Law
ethnicGroup	White American ⓘ
family	Adlai E. Stevenson IV ⓘ Adlai E. Stevenson I ⓘ surface form: Adlai Stevenson I Adlai Stevenson II ⓘ
familyName	Stevenson ⓘ
fieldOfWork	foreign policy ⓘ government reform ⓘ technology policy ⓘ
givenName	Adlai ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Senator ⓘ
ideology	liberalism in the United States ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	United States Senate ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Marine Corps ⓘ
nativeLanguage	English ⓘ
notableFor	advocacy of government ethics and reform ⓘ engagement in U.S. foreign policy debates ⓘ leadership on technology and telecommunications issues ⓘ service in the U.S. Senate in the 1970s and early 1980s ⓘ
notableWork	foreign policy legislation ⓘ government reform initiatives in the U.S. Senate ⓘ legislative work on technology policy ⓘ
occupation	lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ
partOf	Stevenson political family ⓘ
politicalAlignment	Democratic Party ⓘ
positionHeld	Treasurer of Illinois ⓘ United States senator ⓘ member of the Illinois House of Representatives ⓘ
relative	Adlai E. Stevenson IV ⓘ Adlai E. Stevenson I ⓘ surface form: Adlai Stevenson I Adlai Stevenson II ⓘ
represented	Illinois ⓘ
representedIn	United States Senate ⓘ
residence	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago Illinois ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
stateRepresented	Illinois ⓘ
workLocation	Illinois ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 → namedAfter → Senator Adlai Stevenson III ⓘ

Public Law 96-480 → sponsors → Senator Adlai Stevenson III ⓘ

Public Law 96-480 → namedAfter → Senator Adlai Stevenson III ⓘ