Mary Ann Glendon
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Mary Ann Glendon is an American legal scholar and former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, known for her work in comparative law, human rights, and legal theory.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mary Ann Glendon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6405996 — 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: Mary Ann Glendon Context triple: [A Matter of Interpretation: Federal Courts and the Law, hasContributor, Mary Ann Glendon]
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A.
Lenore J. Coffee
Lenore J. Coffee was an American screenwriter and playwright known for her prolific work in Hollywood melodramas and literary adaptations during the early to mid-20th century.
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B.
Martha Finnemore
Martha Finnemore is a prominent American international relations scholar known for her influential work on constructivism and the role of norms and international organizations in global politics.
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C.
Frances Arnstein
Frances Arnstein was the daughter of famed American comedienne and singer Fanny Brice.
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D.
Jennifer L. Mnookin
Jennifer L. Mnookin is an American legal scholar and academic leader who serves as the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
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E.
Linda Greenhouse
Linda Greenhouse is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist best known for her long tenure as a Supreme Court correspondent for The New York Times and her influential commentary on the U.S. judiciary.
- 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: Mary Ann Glendon Target entity description: Mary Ann Glendon is an American legal scholar and former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, known for her work in comparative law, human rights, and legal theory.
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A.
Lenore J. Coffee
Lenore J. Coffee was an American screenwriter and playwright known for her prolific work in Hollywood melodramas and literary adaptations during the early to mid-20th century.
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B.
Martha Finnemore
Martha Finnemore is a prominent American international relations scholar known for her influential work on constructivism and the role of norms and international organizations in global politics.
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C.
Frances Arnstein
Frances Arnstein was the daughter of famed American comedienne and singer Fanny Brice.
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D.
Jennifer L. Mnookin
Jennifer L. Mnookin is an American legal scholar and academic leader who serves as the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
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E.
Linda Greenhouse
Linda Greenhouse is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist best known for her long tenure as a Supreme Court correspondent for The New York Times and her influential commentary on the U.S. judiciary.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
diplomat
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human ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | law ⓘ |
| appointedBy | George W. Bush NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence | Catholic social thought NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | National Humanities Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Balliol College, Oxford
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harvard University ⓘ University of Chicago ⓘ |
| employer |
Harvard Law School
NERFINISHED
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Harvard University ⓘ |
| familyName | Glendon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
comparative law
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human rights ⓘ law ⓘ legal theory ⓘ |
| genre | non-fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Mary Ann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
critique of rights discourse in American law
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scholarship on comparative law ⓘ scholarship on human rights ⓘ work on family law ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Mary Ann Glendon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableIdea | critique of rights inflation in political discourse ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A World Made New: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
NERFINISHED
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Abortion and Divorce in Western Law NERFINISHED ⓘ Rights Talk: The Impoverishment of Political Discourse NERFINISHED ⓘ The Transformation of Family Law NERFINISHED ⓘ Traditions in Turmoil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
diplomat
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lawyer ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| officeContested | none noted as major electoral office ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
President of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences
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U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholicism
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| workLocation | Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| writesAbout |
comparative constitutionalism
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constitutional law ⓘ human rights law ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mary Ann Glendon Description of subject: Mary Ann Glendon is an American legal scholar and former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, known for her work in comparative law, human rights, and legal theory.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.