United States delegation to the Paris Peace Conference, 1919

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diplomatic delegation historical event participant

The United States delegation to the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 was the official American team, including key advisers like Edward M. House, that negotiated the post–World War I peace settlement and helped shape the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
United States delegation to the Paris Peace Conference, 1919 canonical	2
U.S. delegation to the Paris Peace Conference	1
U.S. delegation to the Paris Peace Conference, 1919	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7708635 — 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: United States delegation to the Paris Peace Conference, 1919
Context triple: [Edward M. House, memberOf, United States delegation to the Paris Peace Conference, 1919]

A. United States delegation
The United States delegation was the team of American diplomats and negotiators representing the U.S. government in the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I) with the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
B. Commission on the League of Nations
The Commission on the League of Nations was a body established during the 1919 Paris Peace Conference to design the structure, principles, and founding charter of the League of Nations.
C. Paris Peace Conference
The Paris Peace Conference was the 1919 international meeting of Allied powers that reshaped post–World War I Europe and produced several key peace treaties, including the Treaty of Versailles.
D. United States peace commission
The United States peace commission was a diplomatic delegation sent by the U.S. government to negotiate and resolve conflicts with France at the end of the Quasi-War, culminating in the Convention of 1800.
E. Council of the League of Nations
The Council of the League of Nations was the principal executive and decision-making body of the League, composed of major powers and rotating member states to address international disputes and security issues.
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: United States delegation to the Paris Peace Conference, 1919
Target entity description: The United States delegation to the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 was the official American team, including key advisers like Edward M. House, that negotiated the post–World War I peace settlement and helped shape the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations.

A. United States delegation
The United States delegation was the team of American diplomats and negotiators representing the U.S. government in the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I) with the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
B. Commission on the League of Nations
The Commission on the League of Nations was a body established during the 1919 Paris Peace Conference to design the structure, principles, and founding charter of the League of Nations.
C. Paris Peace Conference
The Paris Peace Conference was the 1919 international meeting of Allied powers that reshaped post–World War I Europe and produced several key peace treaties, including the Treaty of Versailles.
D. United States peace commission
The United States peace commission was a diplomatic delegation sent by the U.S. government to negotiate and resolve conflicts with France at the end of the Quasi-War, culminating in the Convention of 1800.
E. Council of the League of Nations
The Council of the League of Nations was the principal executive and decision-making body of the League, composed of major powers and rotating member states to address international disputes and security issues.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	diplomatic delegation ⓘ historical event participant ⓘ
advisedBy	Edward M. House ⓘ
aimedTo	establish lasting peace in Europe ⓘ promote Wilsonian principles ⓘ
appliedDoctrine	Fourteen Points ⓘ linked to: Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points (indirectly) self-determination of peoples ⓘ
authorizedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
basedOn	United States war aims ⓘ
conflictContext	World War I ⓘ
contributedTo	League of Nations Covenant ⓘ linked to: Covenant of the League of Nations
countryRepresented	United States of America ⓘ
diplomaticStatus	plenipotentiary delegation ⓘ
eventEnd	June 1919 ⓘ
eventStart	January 1919 ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasMember	Edward M. House ⓘ Henry White ⓘ Robert Lansing ⓘ Tasker H. Bliss ⓘ Woodrow Wilson ⓘ economic advisers ⓘ legal experts ⓘ military representatives ⓘ technical experts ⓘ
headOfDelegation	Woodrow Wilson ⓘ
historicalSignificance	central to drafting the League of Nations Covenant ⓘ shaped the post–World War I international order ⓘ
includesRole	diplomatic adviser ⓘ legal adviser ⓘ military adviser ⓘ
influenced	creation of the League of Nations ⓘ reparations discussions ⓘ territorial settlements in Europe ⓘ
locationOfEvent	France ⓘ Paris ⓘ
negotiated	Treaty of Versailles ⓘ post–World War I peace settlement ⓘ
opposedBy	some members of the United States Senate ⓘ
organizedBy	United States Department of State ⓘ
participatedIn	Paris Peace Conference ⓘ
partOf	Allied Powers ⓘ linked to: Allied Powers of World War I
positionHeldBy	President of the United States ⓘ
resultedIn	proposal for United States membership in the League of Nations ⓘ
timePeriod	1919 ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edward M. House → memberOf → United States delegation to the Paris Peace Conference, 1919 ⓘ

William C. Bullitt → memberOfDelegation → United States delegation to the Paris Peace Conference, 1919 ⓘ

Edward Mandell House → memberOf → U.S. delegation to the Paris Peace Conference, 1919 ⓘ

subject linked to: Mandell

linked to: United States delegation to the Paris Peace Conference, 1919

Colonel House → memberOf → U.S. delegation to the Paris Peace Conference ⓘ