William M. Sullivan
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William M. Sullivan is an American sociologist and scholar of civic engagement and higher education, known for his collaborations with Robert N. Bellah on works about community, morality, and public life.
All labels observed (1)
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| William M. Sullivan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1567161 — 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: William M. Sullivan Context triple: [Robert N. Bellah, coAuthor, William M. Sullivan]
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William K. Sullivan
William K. Sullivan was a distinguished 19th-century Irish scholar and academic, noted for his contributions to Celtic studies and his leadership role at Queen's College, Cork.
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William H. Sullivan
William H. Sullivan was an American diplomat best known for serving as U.S. Ambassador to Laos and later Iran, where he played key roles in U.S. foreign policy during the Vietnam War era and the lead-up to the Iranian Revolution.
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William F. Raynolds
William F. Raynolds was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and explorer known for his surveying and exploratory expeditions in North America and beyond.
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William E. Walsh
William E. Walsh was an American businessman and civic leader best known for playing a key role in the establishment of the University of Miami in the 1920s.
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William C. Walsh
William C. Walsh was an American lawyer and public official who served as the Attorney General of Maryland.
- 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: William M. Sullivan Target entity description: William M. Sullivan is an American sociologist and scholar of civic engagement and higher education, known for his collaborations with Robert N. Bellah on works about community, morality, and public life.
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A.
William K. Sullivan
William K. Sullivan was a distinguished 19th-century Irish scholar and academic, noted for his contributions to Celtic studies and his leadership role at Queen's College, Cork.
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B.
William H. Sullivan
William H. Sullivan was an American diplomat best known for serving as U.S. Ambassador to Laos and later Iran, where he played key roles in U.S. foreign policy during the Vietnam War era and the lead-up to the Iranian Revolution.
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C.
William F. Raynolds
William F. Raynolds was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and explorer known for his surveying and exploratory expeditions in North America and beyond.
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D.
William E. Walsh
William E. Walsh was an American businessman and civic leader best known for playing a key role in the establishment of the University of Miami in the 1920s.
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E.
William C. Walsh
William C. Walsh was an American lawyer and public official who served as the Attorney General of Maryland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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sociologist ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | religious studies ⓘ |
| coAuthor |
Ann Swidler
NERFINISHED
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Anne Colby NERFINISHED ⓘ Jonathan R. Dworkin NERFINISHED ⓘ Katherine P. O’Donnell NERFINISHED ⓘ Lee S. Shulman NERFINISHED ⓘ Matthew W. Finkin NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Madsen NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert N. Bellah NERFINISHED ⓘ Steven M. Tipton NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Ehrlich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Fordham University
NERFINISHED
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Princeton University ⓘ |
| employer | Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
civic engagement
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higher education ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ political theory ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| genre | non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
researcher
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sociologist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Alexis de Tocqueville
NERFINISHED
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American pragmatism NERFINISHED ⓘ Max Weber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
civic professionalism
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community in American life ⓘ morality in modern societies ⓘ professional education ⓘ public life in the United States ⓘ |
| movement | communitarian thought ⓘ |
| notableConcept | civic professionalism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A New Agenda for Higher Education
NERFINISHED
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Educating Lawyers: Preparation for the Profession of Law NERFINISHED ⓘ Habits of the Heart NERFINISHED ⓘ Rethinking Undergraduate Business Education: Liberal Learning for the Profession NERFINISHED ⓘ The Good Society NERFINISHED ⓘ Work and Integrity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
professional education in business
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professional education in engineering ⓘ professional education in law ⓘ relationship between liberal education and professional training ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: William M. Sullivan Description of subject: William M. Sullivan is an American sociologist and scholar of civic engagement and higher education, known for his collaborations with Robert N. Bellah on works about community, morality, and public life.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.