Joseph Hodges Choate
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Joseph Hodges Choate was a prominent American lawyer and diplomat best known for serving as U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom at the turn of the 20th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Joseph Hodges Choate canonical | 4 |
| Joseph Henry Choate | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2846066 — 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: Joseph Hodges Choate Context triple: [William Gardner Choate, relative, Joseph Hodges Choate]
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A.
William Gardner Choate
William Gardner Choate was an American lawyer, federal judge, and prominent educator who co-founded the prestigious preparatory school Choate Rosemary Hall.
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B.
Oliver Ellsworth Buckley
Oliver Ellsworth Buckley was an American physicist and former president of Bell Telephone Laboratories known for his influential contributions to telecommunications and condensed matter physics.
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C.
Peter Hardeman Burnett
Peter Hardeman Burnett was an American politician and lawyer who became the first elected civilian governor of California after it gained statehood in 1850.
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D.
Rufus M. Porter
Rufus M. Porter was a 19th-century American inventor, painter, and publisher best known for founding the influential magazine Scientific American.
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E.
William M. Evarts
William M. Evarts was a prominent 19th-century American lawyer, statesman, and U.S. Secretary of State who played a key role in major legal and political developments of his era.
- 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: Joseph Hodges Choate Target entity description: Joseph Hodges Choate was a prominent American lawyer and diplomat best known for serving as U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom at the turn of the 20th century.
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A.
William Gardner Choate
William Gardner Choate was an American lawyer, federal judge, and prominent educator who co-founded the prestigious preparatory school Choate Rosemary Hall.
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B.
Oliver Ellsworth Buckley
Oliver Ellsworth Buckley was an American physicist and former president of Bell Telephone Laboratories known for his influential contributions to telecommunications and condensed matter physics.
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C.
Peter Hardeman Burnett
Peter Hardeman Burnett was an American politician and lawyer who became the first elected civilian governor of California after it gained statehood in 1850.
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D.
Rufus M. Porter
Rufus M. Porter was a 19th-century American inventor, painter, and publisher best known for founding the influential magazine Scientific American.
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E.
William M. Evarts
William M. Evarts was a prominent 19th-century American lawyer, statesman, and U.S. Secretary of State who played a key role in major legal and political developments of his era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ambassador
ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ |
| appointedBy | William McKinley ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Stockbridge Cemetery, Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
Stockbridge Cemetery, Stockbridge, Massachusetts
|
| child | Joseph Hodges Choate Jr. ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1832-01-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1917-05-14 ⓘ |
| describedBySource | historical records of U.S. diplomacy ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
ⓘ
surface form:
Harvard College
Harvard Law School ⓘ |
| endTime | 1905 (as United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom) ⓘ |
| familyName | Choate ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
diplomacy
ⓘ
law ⓘ |
| givenName | Joseph ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | The Honorable ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leading figure in the New York bar
ⓘ
prominent advocacy before the United States Supreme Court ⓘ strengthening Anglo-American relations ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Bar Association
ⓘ
Republican Party ⓘ
surface form:
Republican Party (United States)
Union League Club of New York ⓘ |
| middleName | Hodges ⓘ |
| notableWork |
role in the income tax case Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.
ⓘ
service as U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St James's ⓘ |
| occupation |
ambassador
ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ trial lawyer ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
New York State Constitutional Convention of 1894
ⓘ
New York State Constitutional Convention of 1915 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Salem, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New York City ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom
ⓘ
chairman of the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1915 ⓘ president of the American Bar Association ⓘ president of the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1894 ⓘ |
| relative |
William Gardner Choate
ⓘ
surface form:
George Choate
|
| religion | Episcopalianism ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Caroline Dutcher Sterling ⓘ |
| startTime | 1899 (as United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom) ⓘ |
| workedAt | New York City ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Joseph Hodges Choate Description of subject: Joseph Hodges Choate was a prominent American lawyer and diplomat best known for serving as U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom at the turn of the 20th century.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Joseph Henry Choate