William Hooper
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William Hooper was an American lawyer, statesman, and signer of the Declaration of Independence who played a key role in North Carolina’s early revolutionary government.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William Hooper canonical | 2 |
| William Hooper Sr. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9596871 — 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 Hooper Context triple: [Drafting of the North Carolina Constitution of 1776, participant, William Hooper]
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A.
William Hooper Councill
William Hooper Councill was a 19th-century African American educator, lawyer, and civil rights advocate who became a prominent leader in Black higher education in the post-Civil War South.
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B.
Nathaniel Gorham
Nathaniel Gorham was an American statesman and Founding Father who served as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and played a key role in the early governance of the United States.
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C.
Marinus Willett
Marinus Willett was an American Revolutionary War officer and political leader from New York, known for his active role in colonial resistance and later service as mayor of New York City.
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D.
Jonathan Trumbull Jr.
Jonathan Trumbull Jr. was an American statesman from Connecticut who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and later as the state’s governor in the early years of the republic.
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E.
Samuel Johnston
Samuel Johnston was an American lawyer, statesman, and early political leader from North Carolina who served as governor of the state and as a U.S. senator after the Revolutionary War.
- 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 Hooper Target entity description: William Hooper was an American lawyer, statesman, and signer of the Declaration of Independence who played a key role in North Carolina’s early revolutionary government.
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A.
William Hooper Councill
William Hooper Councill was a 19th-century African American educator, lawyer, and civil rights advocate who became a prominent leader in Black higher education in the post-Civil War South.
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B.
Nathaniel Gorham
Nathaniel Gorham was an American statesman and Founding Father who served as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and played a key role in the early governance of the United States.
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C.
Marinus Willett
Marinus Willett was an American Revolutionary War officer and political leader from New York, known for his active role in colonial resistance and later service as mayor of New York City.
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D.
Jonathan Trumbull Jr.
Jonathan Trumbull Jr. was an American statesman from Connecticut who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and later as the state’s governor in the early years of the republic.
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E.
Samuel Johnston
Samuel Johnston was an American lawyer, statesman, and early political leader from North Carolina who served as governor of the state and as a U.S. senator after the Revolutionary War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
signer of the United States Declaration of Independence ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Hillsborough, North Carolina ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of Great Britain
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United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1742-06-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1790-10-14 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard College
ⓘ
linked to:
Harvard University
Harvard University ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Anglo-American ⓘ |
| father |
William Hooper Sr.
ⓘ
linked to:
William Hooper
|
| hasMonument | William Hooper statue in Wilmington, North Carolina ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
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leadership in North Carolina’s revolutionary government ⓘ |
| memberOf | Continental Congress ⓘ |
| memorial | Grave at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park ⓘ |
| mother | Mary Dennie ⓘ |
| movement | American independence movement ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableWork | signing of the United States Declaration of Independence ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
American Revolution
ⓘ
linked to:
American Revolutionary War
|
| placeOfBirth |
Boston, Massachusetts
ⓘ
Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
linked to:
Boston, Massachusetts
|
| placeOfDeath |
Hillsborough, North Carolina
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Hillsborough, United States ⓘ
linked to:
Hillsborough
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| politicalAlignment | Patriot (American Revolution) ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
delegate to the Continental Congress
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judge of the Federal Court of Admiralty for North Carolina ⓘ member of the North Carolina General Assembly ⓘ member of the North Carolina Provincial Congress ⓘ |
| religion | Congregationalism ⓘ |
| represented | North Carolina ⓘ |
| residence |
Hillsborough, North Carolina
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Wilmington, North Carolina ⓘ
linked to:
Wilmington
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| signatoryTo |
United States Declaration of Independence
ⓘ
linked to:
American Declaration of Independence
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| signature | Signature of William Hooper (vector).svg ⓘ |
| spouse | Anne Clark ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Hillsborough, North Carolina
ⓘ
Wilmington, North Carolina ⓘ
linked to:
Wilmington
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: William Hooper Description of subject: William Hooper was an American lawyer, statesman, and signer of the Declaration of Independence who played a key role in North Carolina’s early revolutionary government.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: William Hooper