Geraldine Cannon
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Geraldine Cannon was the plaintiff whose challenge to sex discrimination in university admissions led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Cannon v. University of Chicago, which established an implied private right of action under Title IX.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Geraldine Cannon canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4862794 — 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: Geraldine Cannon Context triple: [Cannon v. University of Chicago, petitioner, Geraldine Cannon]
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A.
Geraldine Noade
Geraldine Noade is best known as the wife of Irish republican hunger striker and MP Bobby Sands.
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B.
Geraldine Hughes
Geraldine Hughes is a Northern Irish actress best known for her role as Marie in the film "Rocky Balboa" (2006).
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C.
Alvirah Meehan
Alvirah Meehan is an amateur sleuth and former cleaning woman turned lottery winner who appears as the sharp, nosy, and warm-hearted protagonist in Mary Higgins Clark’s mystery stories.
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D.
Geraldine Laybourne
Geraldine Laybourne is an American media executive best known for her pioneering leadership at Nickelodeon and for co-founding and leading the women-focused cable network Oxygen.
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E.
Glena Goranson
Glena Goranson is the longtime wife of NFL coach Pete Carroll, known for her low public profile despite her husband’s high-profile football career.
- 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: Geraldine Cannon Target entity description: Geraldine Cannon was the plaintiff whose challenge to sex discrimination in university admissions led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Cannon v. University of Chicago, which established an implied private right of action under Title IX.
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A.
Geraldine Noade
Geraldine Noade is best known as the wife of Irish republican hunger striker and MP Bobby Sands.
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B.
Geraldine Hughes
Geraldine Hughes is a Northern Irish actress best known for her role as Marie in the film "Rocky Balboa" (2006).
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C.
Alvirah Meehan
Alvirah Meehan is an amateur sleuth and former cleaning woman turned lottery winner who appears as the sharp, nosy, and warm-hearted protagonist in Mary Higgins Clark’s mystery stories.
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D.
Geraldine Laybourne
Geraldine Laybourne is an American media executive best known for her pioneering leadership at Nickelodeon and for co-founding and leading the women-focused cable network Oxygen.
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E.
Glena Goranson
Glena Goranson is the longtime wife of NFL coach Pete Carroll, known for her low public profile despite her husband’s high-profile football career.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (18)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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United States federal statute ⓘ person ⓘ |
| appliesStatute |
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
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linked to:
Title IX
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| areaOfLaw |
civil rights law
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education law ⓘ |
| contributedTo | establishing an implied private right of action under Title IX ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| held | Title IX contains an implied private right of action ⓘ |
| legalActionConcerned |
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
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linked to:
Title IX
sex discrimination in university admissions ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the plaintiff in Cannon v. University of Chicago ⓘ |
| party |
Geraldine Cannon
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Northwestern University ⓘ University of Chicago ⓘ |
| plaintiffIn | Cannon v. University of Chicago ⓘ |
| sex | female ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Cannon v. University of Chicago ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Geraldine Cannon Description of subject: Geraldine Cannon was the plaintiff whose challenge to sex discrimination in university admissions led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Cannon v. University of Chicago, which established an implied private right of action under Title IX.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Geraldine Cannon