David Davis
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David Davis was a 19th-century American jurist and politician who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and later as a U.S. Senator from Illinois.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Davis canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7222461 — 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: David Davis Context triple: [United States v. Cruikshank, hasConcurrenceAuthor, David Davis]
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A.
David Davis
David Davis is a British Conservative politician and former Brexit Secretary who played a leading role in the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union.
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B.
David Davis
David Davis was an American television producer and writer best known for co-creating influential sitcoms such as The Bob Newhart Show and Taxi.
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C.
James A. G. Davis
James A. G. Davis was a notable individual interred at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Washington, D.C., recognized for his significance in the region’s historical or civic life.
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D.
James J. Davis
James J. Davis was a Welsh-born American labor leader and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of Labor in the early 20th century before becoming a long-time U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania.
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E.
Joseph Evan Davis
Joseph Evan Davis was the son of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and Varina Howell Davis, remembered primarily as a member of the Davis family who died in childhood during the American Civil War era.
- 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: David Davis Target entity description: David Davis was a 19th-century American jurist and politician who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and later as a U.S. Senator from Illinois.
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A.
David Davis
David Davis is a British Conservative politician and former Brexit Secretary who played a leading role in the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union.
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B.
David Davis
David Davis was an American television producer and writer best known for co-creating influential sitcoms such as The Bob Newhart Show and Taxi.
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C.
James A. G. Davis
James A. G. Davis was a notable individual interred at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Washington, D.C., recognized for his significance in the region’s historical or civic life.
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D.
James J. Davis
James J. Davis was a Welsh-born American labor leader and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of Labor in the early 20th century before becoming a long-time U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania.
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E.
Joseph Evan Davis
Joseph Evan Davis was the son of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and Varina Howell Davis, remembered primarily as a member of the Davis family who died in childhood during the American Civil War era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States senator
ⓘ
human ⓘ jurist ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Abraham Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Cecil County, Maryland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Bloomington, Illinois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Kenyon College
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ |
| employer |
Supreme Court of the United States
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
law
ⓘ
politics ⓘ |
| givenName | David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Illinois
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Illinois
United States government ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| legalSystem | common law ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Independent politician
ⓘ
National Union Party NERFINISHED ⓘ Republican Party ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| nominatedBy | Abraham Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
service in the United States Senate
ⓘ
service on the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ |
| notableWork |
served as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
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served as U.S. Senator from Illinois ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
ⓘ
jurist ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| partOf |
Judicial branch of the United States government
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Legislative branch of the United States government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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United States Senator ⓘ United States Senator from Illinois ⓘ |
| represented | Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| representedIn | United States Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Bloomington, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Illinois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
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: David Davis Description of subject: David Davis was a 19th-century American jurist and politician who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and later as a U.S. Senator from Illinois.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Evergreen Memorial Cemetery