William Malloy
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William Malloy was the defendant whose challenge to a contempt conviction for refusing to incriminate himself led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision applying the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination to the states.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Malloy canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6165804 — 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 Malloy Context triple: [Malloy v. Hogan, petitioner, William Malloy]
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A.
Henry Dailey
Henry Dailey is the retired horse trainer who becomes the mentor and caretaker of the wild stallion and its young rider in Walter Farley’s "The Black Stallion" series.
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B.
John Henshaw
John Henshaw is a British actor known for his character roles in film and television, including a prominent part in the Ken Loach-directed film "Looking for Eric."
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C.
Gordon Malloy
Gordon Malloy is a wisecracking, skilled helmsman and loyal crew member aboard the exploratory spaceship in the sci-fi comedy-drama series "The Orville."
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D.
William Walsh
William Walsh is a name shared by several notable individuals, including politicians, writers, and athletes, whose specific identity depends on the context in which it is used.
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E.
Henry McMorran
Henry McMorran was a prominent local figure and benefactor in Port Huron, Michigan, whose contributions to the community led to the city’s main event center being named in his honor.
- 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 Malloy Target entity description: William Malloy was the defendant whose challenge to a contempt conviction for refusing to incriminate himself led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision applying the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination to the states.
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A.
Henry Dailey
Henry Dailey is the retired horse trainer who becomes the mentor and caretaker of the wild stallion and its young rider in Walter Farley’s "The Black Stallion" series.
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B.
John Henshaw
John Henshaw is a British actor known for his character roles in film and television, including a prominent part in the Ken Loach-directed film "Looking for Eric."
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C.
Gordon Malloy
Gordon Malloy is a wisecracking, skilled helmsman and loyal crew member aboard the exploratory spaceship in the sci-fi comedy-drama series "The Orville."
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D.
William Walsh
William Walsh is a name shared by several notable individuals, including politicians, writers, and athletes, whose specific identity depends on the context in which it is used.
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E.
Henry McMorran
Henry McMorran was a prominent local figure and benefactor in Port Huron, Michigan, whose contributions to the community led to the city’s main event center being named in his honor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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criminal defendant ⓘ landmark decision ⓘ person ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
constitutional law
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criminal procedure ⓘ |
| citation | 378 U.S. 1 ⓘ |
| constitutionalRightInvoked |
Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination
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Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause ⓘ
linked to:
Due Process Clause
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1964 ⓘ |
| hasRole | petitioner in Malloy v. Hogan ⓘ |
| holding |
States may not compel a person to incriminate himself
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The Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination is incorporated against the states through the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ |
| impact | helped apply the federal privilege against self-incrimination to the states ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| legalIssue |
contempt conviction
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refusal to incriminate himself ⓘ |
| legalSubject |
Fifth Amendment
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Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ privilege against self-incrimination ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the defendant in Malloy v. Hogan ⓘ |
| party |
State of Connecticut
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linked to:
Connecticut
William Malloy ⓘ |
| placeOfLegalProceedings | Connecticut ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Miranda v. Arizona
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incorporation doctrine ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Malloy v. Hogan ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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 Malloy Description of subject: William Malloy was the defendant whose challenge to a contempt conviction for refusing to incriminate himself led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision applying the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination to the states.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
William Malloy