Massachusetts ratifying convention
E740248
The Massachusetts ratifying convention was the 1788 gathering of delegates in Massachusetts that debated and ultimately approved the United States Constitution, influencing other states by pairing ratification with recommended amendments.
All labels observed (4)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8533155 — 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: Massachusetts ratifying convention Context triple: [Nathaniel Gorham, memberOf, Massachusetts ratifying convention]
-
A.
Virginia Ratifying Convention
The Virginia Ratifying Convention was the 1788 gathering of delegates in Virginia that debated and ultimately approved the United States Constitution, playing a pivotal role in its national adoption.
-
B.
New York Ratifying Convention
The New York Ratifying Convention was the 1788 gathering in Poughkeepsie where New York’s delegates debated and ultimately approved the United States Constitution.
-
C.
Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention
The Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention was the state assembly convened in 1787 to debate and decide whether Pennsylvania would approve the newly drafted United States Constitution.
-
D.
Maryland Ratifying Convention
The Maryland Ratifying Convention was the 1788 state assembly that debated and ultimately approved the United States Constitution on behalf of Maryland.
-
E.
Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1779–1780
The Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1779–1780 was the assembly of elected delegates that framed Massachusetts’ first state constitution, a pioneering model of republican government and civil liberties in the early United States.
- 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: Massachusetts ratifying convention Target entity description: The Massachusetts ratifying convention was the 1788 gathering of delegates in Massachusetts that debated and ultimately approved the United States Constitution, influencing other states by pairing ratification with recommended amendments.
-
A.
Virginia Ratifying Convention
The Virginia Ratifying Convention was the 1788 gathering of delegates in Virginia that debated and ultimately approved the United States Constitution, playing a pivotal role in its national adoption.
-
B.
New York Ratifying Convention
The New York Ratifying Convention was the 1788 gathering in Poughkeepsie where New York’s delegates debated and ultimately approved the United States Constitution.
-
C.
Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention
The Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention was the state assembly convened in 1787 to debate and decide whether Pennsylvania would approve the newly drafted United States Constitution.
-
D.
Maryland Ratifying Convention
The Maryland Ratifying Convention was the 1788 state assembly that debated and ultimately approved the United States Constitution on behalf of Maryland.
-
E.
Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1779–1780
The Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1779–1780 was the assembly of elected delegates that framed Massachusetts’ first state constitution, a pioneering model of republican government and civil liberties in the early United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
ⓘ
state ratifying convention ⓘ |
| aim | to decide on ratification of the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Massachusetts ⓘ |
| chronologyWithin | sixth state ratifying convention to approve the Constitution ⓘ |
| convenedBy | Massachusetts General Court ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Elliot's Debates
ⓘ
The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution ⓘ |
| endTime | 1788-02-07 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Maryland ratifying convention
ⓘ
linked to:
Maryland Ratifying Convention
|
| follows | Georgia ratifying convention ⓘ |
| hasCause | proposal of the United States Constitution by the Philadelphia Convention ⓘ |
| hasEffect | ratification of the United States Constitution by Massachusetts ⓘ |
| hasPart |
debates over a bill of rights
ⓘ
debates over federal taxing power ⓘ debates over representation in Congress ⓘ debates over standing armies ⓘ |
| influenced |
New Hampshire ratifying convention
ⓘ
New York ratifying convention ⓘ
linked to:
New York Ratifying Convention
Virginia Ratifying Convention ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Shays' Rebellion ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legislativeBody |
Massachusetts Convention of Delegates
ⓘ
linked to:
Massachusetts ratifying convention
|
| locatedIn |
Boston, Massachusetts
ⓘ
Commonwealth of Massachusetts ⓘ
linked to:
Massachusetts
|
| notableFeature |
origin of the "Massachusetts Compromise"
ⓘ
ratification accompanied by recommended amendments ⓘ |
| notableOpposition |
Anti-Federalists in Massachusetts
ⓘ
linked to:
Anti-Federalists
|
| numberOfVotesAgainst | 168 ⓘ |
| numberOfVotesFor | 187 ⓘ |
| partOf | ratification of the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| pointInTime | 1788 ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Federalist majority with strong Anti-Federalist opposition ⓘ |
| president | John Hancock ⓘ |
| ratifiedDocument | United States Constitution ⓘ |
| recommended |
amendments to clarify powers reserved to the states
ⓘ
amendments to limit federal judicial power ⓘ amendments to protect individual liberties ⓘ |
| result | United States Constitution ratified with recommended amendments ⓘ |
| significantEvent | ratification of the United States Constitution by Massachusetts ⓘ |
| significantParticipant |
Elbridge Gerry
ⓘ
Fisher Ames ⓘ James Bowdoin ⓘ John Hancock ⓘ Samuel Adams ⓘ Theophilus Parsons ⓘ |
| startTime | 1788-01-09 ⓘ |
| usedProcedure | roll-call vote ⓘ |
| vicePresident | William Cushing ⓘ |
| voteMargin | 19 ⓘ |
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: Massachusetts ratifying convention Description of subject: The Massachusetts ratifying convention was the 1788 gathering of delegates in Massachusetts that debated and ultimately approved the United States Constitution, influencing other states by pairing ratification with recommended amendments.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Massachusetts ratifying convention
linked to: Massachusetts ratifying convention
linked to: Massachusetts ratifying convention