Lemuel Shaw
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Lemuel Shaw was a prominent 19th-century American jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and was the father-in-law of novelist Herman Melville.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lemuel Shaw canonical | 4 |
| Lemuel Shaw Jr. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5600922 — 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: Lemuel Shaw Context triple: [Elizabeth Shaw Melville, father, Lemuel Shaw]
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Elizur Holyoke
Elizur Holyoke was a 17th-century English colonist and surveyor in New England whose explorations and land divisions in the Connecticut River Valley led to several places, including the city of Holyoke, Massachusetts, bearing his name.
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B.
James Mott
James Mott was a 19th-century American Quaker merchant and reformer known for his support of abolitionism and women’s rights alongside his wife, Lucretia Mott.
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C.
Amasa Stone
Amasa Stone was a prominent 19th-century American industrialist and railroad magnate based in Cleveland, Ohio.
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D.
Eleazar W. Ripley
Eleazar W. Ripley was an American lawyer, politician, and U.S. Army general during the War of 1812, noted for his leadership in several key battles.
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E.
Josiah Quincy Jr.
Josiah Quincy Jr. was a prominent colonial American lawyer and patriot leader who, despite his opposition to British policies, helped defend the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre.
- 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: Lemuel Shaw Target entity description: Lemuel Shaw was a prominent 19th-century American jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and was the father-in-law of novelist Herman Melville.
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A.
Elizur Holyoke
Elizur Holyoke was a 17th-century English colonist and surveyor in New England whose explorations and land divisions in the Connecticut River Valley led to several places, including the city of Holyoke, Massachusetts, bearing his name.
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B.
James Mott
James Mott was a 19th-century American Quaker merchant and reformer known for his support of abolitionism and women’s rights alongside his wife, Lucretia Mott.
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C.
Amasa Stone
Amasa Stone was a prominent 19th-century American industrialist and railroad magnate based in Cleveland, Ohio.
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D.
Eleazar W. Ripley
Eleazar W. Ripley was an American lawyer, politician, and U.S. Army general during the War of 1812, noted for his leadership in several key battles.
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E.
Josiah Quincy Jr.
Josiah Quincy Jr. was a prominent colonial American lawyer and patriot leader who, despite his opposition to British policies, helped defend the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chief justice
ⓘ
jurist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Levi Lincoln Jr. ⓘ |
| child | Elizabeth Shaw Melville ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1781-01-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1861-03-30 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard College
ⓘ
linked to:
Harvard University
Harvard University ⓘ |
| employer | Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ |
| endTime | 1860 ⓘ |
| familyName | Shaw ⓘ |
| fatherInLawOf | Herman Melville ⓘ |
| givenName | Lemuel ⓘ |
| heritage | American of English descent ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ |
| notableFor |
decisions on slavery and fugitive slave law
ⓘ
early decisions on racial segregation in public schools ⓘ influential 19th-century American common law opinions ⓘ shaping American labor law ⓘ |
| notableWork |
opinions in Brown v. Kendall
ⓘ
opinions in Commonwealth v. Aves ⓘ opinions in Commonwealth v. Hunt ⓘ opinions in Farwell v. Boston & Worcester Railroad Corp. ⓘ opinions in Roberts v. City of Boston ⓘ opinions in Sims’ Case ⓘ opinions in Wellington, petitioner ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
ⓘ
jurist ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Barnstable, Massachusetts
ⓘ
linked to:
Town of Barnstable, Massachusetts
|
| placeOfDeath | Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| politicalAffiliation |
Federalist Party
ⓘ
linked to:
Federalists
Whig Party ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
ⓘ
member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ member of the Massachusetts Senate ⓘ |
| relative | Herman Melville ⓘ |
| residence | Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Elizabeth Knapp
ⓘ
Hope Savage ⓘ Sarah Russell ⓘ |
| startTime | 1830 ⓘ |
| timeInRole | Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ |
| workLocation | Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ |
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: Lemuel Shaw Description of subject: Lemuel Shaw was a prominent 19th-century American jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and was the father-in-law of novelist Herman Melville.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Lemuel Shaw