Simon Greenleaf
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Simon Greenleaf was a 19th-century American lawyer, Harvard Law School professor, and influential legal scholar best known for his treatise on the law of evidence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Simon Greenleaf canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9817714 — 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: Simon Greenleaf Context triple: [Joseph Story, notableStudent, Simon Greenleaf]
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A.
Thomas Prosser
Thomas Prosser was a 19th-century British railway architect best known for designing major stations such as York railway station.
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B.
Levi T. Scofield
Levi T. Scofield was a prominent 19th-century American architect and sculptor known for designing major civic and institutional buildings, particularly in Ohio.
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C.
Thos. Greene
Thos. Greene is an abbreviated or variant form of the name Thomas Greene, typically used in historical or formal records.
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D.
Julius Wayland
Julius Wayland was an American socialist publisher and editor best known for promoting radical political ideas in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
William P. Frye
William P. Frye was an American politician and long-serving U.S. Senator from Maine who played a prominent role in late 19th- and early 20th-century national politics.
- 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: Simon Greenleaf Target entity description: Simon Greenleaf was a 19th-century American lawyer, Harvard Law School professor, and influential legal scholar best known for his treatise on the law of evidence.
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A.
Thomas Prosser
Thomas Prosser was a 19th-century British railway architect best known for designing major stations such as York railway station.
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B.
Levi T. Scofield
Levi T. Scofield was a prominent 19th-century American architect and sculptor known for designing major civic and institutional buildings, particularly in Ohio.
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C.
Thos. Greene
Thos. Greene is an abbreviated or variant form of the name Thomas Greene, typically used in historical or formal records.
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D.
Julius Wayland
Julius Wayland was an American socialist publisher and editor best known for promoting radical political ideas in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
William P. Frye
William P. Frye was an American politician and long-serving U.S. Senator from Maine who played a prominent role in late 19th- and early 20th-century national politics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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law professor ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ person ⓘ |
| authorOf |
A Brief Inquiry into the Origin and Principles of Free Masonry
NERFINISHED
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A Treatise on the Law of Evidence NERFINISHED ⓘ An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| barAdmission | Maine bar ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1783-12-05 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1853-10-06 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Read law (legal apprenticeship) ⓘ |
| employer |
Harvard Law School
NERFINISHED
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Harvard University ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Greenleaf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
jurisprudence
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law of evidence ⓘ |
| givenName | Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| influenced | development of American rules of evidence ⓘ |
| influencedBy | common law tradition ⓘ |
| knownFor |
influential treatise on evidence law
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systematizing the law of evidence in the United States ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law ⓘ |
| memberOf | Massachusetts legal community ⓘ |
| name | Simon Greenleaf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | Harvard Law School professorship ⓘ |
| notableWork | A Treatise on the Law of Evidence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
law professor
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lawyer ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maine, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Dane Professor of Law at Harvard Law School
NERFINISHED
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Royall Professor of Law at Harvard Law School ⓘ |
| practicedLawIn | Maine, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Simon Greenleaf Description of subject: Simon Greenleaf was a 19th-century American lawyer, Harvard Law School professor, and influential legal scholar best known for his treatise on the law of evidence.
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