Joseph Lincoln Steffens
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Joseph Lincoln Steffens was an influential American muckraking journalist of the early 20th century, best known for exposing political corruption in city governments.
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| Joseph Lincoln Steffens canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Lincoln Steffens Context triple: [Lincoln Steffens, fullName, Joseph Lincoln Steffens]
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A.
Joe Cannon
Joe Cannon is a former American professional soccer goalkeeper best known as one of Major League Soccer’s top shot-stoppers in the 2000s.
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B.
Samuel Blodgett
Samuel Blodgett was an American lawyer, financier, and real estate developer known for his role in early U.S. federal projects, including work associated with the First Bank of the United States and the planning of Washington, D.C.
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C.
Thomas Gibbons
Thomas Gibbons was a 19th-century American steamboat operator best known as the successful plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Gibbons v. Ogden, which expanded federal power over interstate commerce.
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D.
George Washington Plunkitt
George Washington Plunkitt was a prominent early 20th-century New York politician and Tammany Hall leader known for his candid defense of "honest graft" in machine politics.
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E.
Henry Aldrich
Henry Aldrich was a 17th-century English theologian, philosopher, and architect best known for his influential role at Christ Church, Oxford and his contributions to Baroque architecture there.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Lincoln Steffens Target entity description: Joseph Lincoln Steffens was an influential American muckraking journalist of the early 20th century, best known for exposing political corruption in city governments.
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A.
Joe Cannon
Joe Cannon is a former American professional soccer goalkeeper best known as one of Major League Soccer’s top shot-stoppers in the 2000s.
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B.
Samuel Blodgett
Samuel Blodgett was an American lawyer, financier, and real estate developer known for his role in early U.S. federal projects, including work associated with the First Bank of the United States and the planning of Washington, D.C.
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C.
Thomas Gibbons
Thomas Gibbons was a 19th-century American steamboat operator best known as the successful plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Gibbons v. Ogden, which expanded federal power over interstate commerce.
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D.
George Washington Plunkitt
George Washington Plunkitt was a prominent early 20th-century New York politician and Tammany Hall leader known for his candid defense of "honest graft" in machine politics.
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E.
Henry Aldrich
Henry Aldrich was a 17th-century English theologian, philosopher, and architect best known for his influential role at Christ Church, Oxford and his contributions to Baroque architecture there.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
journalist
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person ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Lincoln Steffens ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1866-04-06 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | San Francisco, California, United States ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1936-08-09 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
|
| describedAs | influential American muckraking journalist ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of California, Berkeley
ⓘ
University of Heidelberg ⓘ
linked to:
Heidelberg University
University of Leipzig ⓘ University of Munich ⓘ
linked to:
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
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| employer |
McClure's Magazine
ⓘ
New York Evening Post ⓘ The New York Commercial Advertiser ⓘ |
| familyName | Steffens ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
exposure of political corruption
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urban politics ⓘ |
| fullName | Joseph Lincoln Steffens ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
investigative journalism
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political journalism ⓘ |
| givenName | Joseph ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Progressive Era reform movements ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | muckraking journalism ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens
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The Shame of the Cities ⓘ The Struggle for Self-Government ⓘ |
| notedFor | exposing corruption in American city governments ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
journalist ⓘ magazine editor ⓘ |
| partOf |
Progressive Era in the United States
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linked to:
Progressive Era
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| periodActive |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial |
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, United States
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linked to:
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
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| positionHeld | managing editor of McClure's Magazine ⓘ |
| spouse | Ella Winter ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
municipal corruption in the United States
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political reform ⓘ |
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