Thurman Arnold
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Thurman Arnold was an influential American lawyer, legal scholar, and New Deal-era antitrust enforcer who served as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division and later as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
All labels observed (1)
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| Thurman Arnold canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1025907 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thurman Arnold Context triple: [Arnold, hasNotableBearer, Thurman Arnold]
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A.
Theodore Dwight Woolsey
Theodore Dwight Woolsey was a 19th-century American scholar and theologian who served as president of Yale College and was influential in the fields of classical studies and international law.
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B.
Nicholas deB. Katzenbach
Nicholas deB. Katzenbach was an American lawyer and government official who served as U.S. Attorney General under President Lyndon B. Johnson and played a key role in enforcing civil rights legislation in the 1960s.
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C.
Allen Dulles
Allen Dulles was an American diplomat and intelligence officer who became the longest-serving Director of Central Intelligence, playing a central role in shaping U.S. Cold War espionage and covert operations.
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D.
John J. McCloy
John J. McCloy was a prominent American lawyer, banker, and statesman who served in key national security and foreign policy roles, including U.S. High Commissioner for Germany after World War II and president of the World Bank.
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E.
Newton Baker
Newton Baker was an American politician and lawyer best known for serving as U.S. Secretary of War under President Woodrow Wilson during World War I.
- 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: Thurman Arnold Target entity description: Thurman Arnold was an influential American lawyer, legal scholar, and New Deal-era antitrust enforcer who served as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division and later as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
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A.
Theodore Dwight Woolsey
Theodore Dwight Woolsey was a 19th-century American scholar and theologian who served as president of Yale College and was influential in the fields of classical studies and international law.
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B.
Nicholas deB. Katzenbach
Nicholas deB. Katzenbach was an American lawyer and government official who served as U.S. Attorney General under President Lyndon B. Johnson and played a key role in enforcing civil rights legislation in the 1960s.
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C.
Allen Dulles
Allen Dulles was an American diplomat and intelligence officer who became the longest-serving Director of Central Intelligence, playing a central role in shaping U.S. Cold War espionage and covert operations.
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D.
John J. McCloy
John J. McCloy was a prominent American lawyer, banker, and statesman who served in key national security and foreign policy roles, including U.S. High Commissioner for Germany after World War II and president of the World Bank.
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E.
Newton Baker
Newton Baker was an American politician and lawyer best known for serving as U.S. Secretary of War under President Woodrow Wilson during World War I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal judge
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author ⓘ human ⓘ judge ⓘ lawyer ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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linked to:
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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| conflict | World War I ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1891-06-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1969-11-07 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard Law School
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Princeton University ⓘ University of Wyoming ⓘ |
| employer | Yale Law School ⓘ |
| familyName | Arnold ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
administrative law
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antitrust law ⓘ legal realism ⓘ |
| fullName | Thurman Wesley Arnold ⓘ |
| genre | non-fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Thurman ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle | Judge Thurman Arnold ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Democratic Party (United States)
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linked to:
Democratic Party
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| militaryService | United States Army ⓘ |
| movement | legal realism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
New Deal antitrust enforcement
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linked to:
United States antitrust law
critique of legal formalism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Folklore of Capitalism
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The Symbols of Government ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
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law professor ⓘ lawyer ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Laramie, Wyoming, United States
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linked to:
Laramie, Wyoming
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| placeOfDeath |
Washington, D.C., United States
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linked to:
Washington, D.C.
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| positionHeld |
Assistant Attorney General of the United States
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Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ head of the Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice ⓘ |
| practiceArea |
antitrust law
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corporate law ⓘ |
| workedIn |
New Haven, Connecticut
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Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
economic regulation
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role of symbols in law and government ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Thurman Arnold Description of subject: Thurman Arnold was an influential American lawyer, legal scholar, and New Deal-era antitrust enforcer who served as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division and later as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
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