McLeod
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McLeod is the middle name of Anthony M. Kennedy, a former Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| McLeod canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1193193 — 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: McLeod Context triple: [Anthony M. Kennedy, middleName, McLeod]
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A.
MacLeod
MacLeod is a Scottish surname historically associated with the Highlands and the Isle of Skye, borne by various notable figures in politics, arts, and public life.
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B.
McCauley
McCauley is the maiden surname of Rosa Parks, the prominent American civil rights activist known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
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C.
Midgley
Midgley is a small village in West Yorkshire, England, known for its rural setting in the Calder Valley near Luddenden Foot.
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D.
Milhous
Milhous is the distinctive middle name of Richard Nixon, the 37th president of the United States.
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E.
Kinnaird
Kinnaird is a historic Scottish estate and locality traditionally associated with the Carnegie family and the title of Lord Carnegie of Kinnaird.
- 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: McLeod Target entity description: McLeod is the middle name of Anthony M. Kennedy, a former Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
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A.
MacLeod
MacLeod is a Scottish surname historically associated with the Highlands and the Isle of Skye, borne by various notable figures in politics, arts, and public life.
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B.
McCauley
McCauley is the maiden surname of Rosa Parks, the prominent American civil rights activist known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
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C.
Midgley
Midgley is a small village in West Yorkshire, England, known for its rural setting in the Calder Valley near Luddenden Foot.
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D.
Milhous
Milhous is the distinctive middle name of Richard Nixon, the 37th president of the United States.
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E.
Kinnaird
Kinnaird is a historic Scottish estate and locality traditionally associated with the Carnegie family and the title of Lord Carnegie of Kinnaird.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Ronald Reagan ⓘ |
| barAdmission |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| birthDate | 1936-07-23 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Sacramento, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Sacramento
|
| children |
Gregory Kennedy
ⓘ
Justin Kennedy ⓘ Kristin Kennedy ⓘ |
| confirmationVote | 97-0 ⓘ |
| confirmedBy | United States Senate ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard Law School
ⓘ
London School of Economics ⓘ Stanford University ⓘ |
| endTime | 2018-07-31 ⓘ |
| familyName | Kennedy ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | constitutional law ⓘ |
| fullName |
Anthony McLeod Kennedy
ⓘ
linked to:
Anthony M. Kennedy
|
| givenName | Anthony ⓘ |
| memberOf | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| middleName | McLeod ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| notableRole | swing vote on the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| notableWork |
majority opinion in Citizens United v. FEC
ⓘ
majority opinion in Lawrence v. Texas ⓘ majority opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges ⓘ majority opinion in Planned Parenthood v. Casey ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| precededBy | Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Sacramento, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Sacramento
|
| spouse | Mary Davis Kennedy ⓘ |
| startTime | 1988-02-18 ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Brett M. Kavanaugh ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: McLeod Description of subject: McLeod is the middle name of Anthony M. Kennedy, a former Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.