Melissa Lane
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Melissa Lane is a political philosopher and scholar best known for her work on ancient Greek political thought and its relevance to contemporary political theory.
All labels observed (1)
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| Melissa Lane canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T449727 — 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: Melissa Lane Context triple: [Lane, hasNotableBearer, Melissa Lane]
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A.
Melinda Rogers
Melinda Rogers is a Canadian business executive and member of the Rogers family, known for her leadership roles within Rogers Communications.
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B.
Marla Maples
Marla Maples is an American actress and television personality best known for her high-profile marriage to businessman and future U.S. President Donald Trump in the 1990s.
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C.
Melissa Agretti
Melissa Agretti is a central, scheming heiress character from the 1980s American prime-time soap opera "Falcon Crest."
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D.
Elaine Devry
Elaine Devry is an American actress known for her film and television roles in the 1950s and 1960s.
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E.
Lisa Rogers
Lisa Rogers is a member of the Rogers family, known as the daughter of Canadian businessman and media magnate Ted Rogers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Melissa Lane Target entity description: Melissa Lane is a political philosopher and scholar best known for her work on ancient Greek political thought and its relevance to contemporary political theory.
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A.
Melinda Rogers
Melinda Rogers is a Canadian business executive and member of the Rogers family, known for her leadership roles within Rogers Communications.
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B.
Marla Maples
Marla Maples is an American actress and television personality best known for her high-profile marriage to businessman and future U.S. President Donald Trump in the 1990s.
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C.
Melissa Agretti
Melissa Agretti is a central, scheming heiress character from the 1980s American prime-time soap opera "Falcon Crest."
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D.
Elaine Devry
Elaine Devry is an American actress known for her film and television roles in the 1950s and 1960s.
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E.
Lisa Rogers
Lisa Rogers is a member of the Rogers family, known as the daughter of Canadian businessman and media magnate Ted Rogers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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author ⓘ human ⓘ political philosopher ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United Kingdom
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United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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University of Cambridge ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridge University
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| employer | Princeton University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Platonic political philosophy
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ancient Greek political thought ⓘ environmental political theory ⓘ history of political thought ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ republicanism ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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political theory ⓘ |
| hasAcademicAdvisor | Josiah Ober ⓘ |
| hasTaughtAt |
King’s College, Cambridge
NERFINISHED
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University of Cambridge ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridge University
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| hasWritten |
Eco-Republic: What the Ancients Can Teach Us about Ethics, Virtue, and Sustainable Living
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Greek and Roman Political Ideas (alternate title of The Birth of Politics) ⓘ Method and Politics in Plato’s Statesman ⓘ Plato’s Progeny: How Plato and Socrates Still Captivate the Modern Mind ⓘ The Birth of Politics: Eight Greek and Roman Political Ideas and Why They Matter ⓘ |
| knownFor |
interpreting Plato’s political philosophy
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relating ancient political thought to contemporary political theory ⓘ work on ancient Greek political thought ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
Plato
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Socrates ⓘ ancient Greek ethics ⓘ citizenship ⓘ democracy ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Department of Politics at Princeton University
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University Center for Human Values at Princeton University ⓘ |
| notableIdea | application of ancient virtue ethics to environmental politics ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Eco-Republic: What the Ancients Can Teach Us about Ethics, Virtue, and Sustainable Living
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Plato’s Progeny: How Plato and Socrates Still Captivate the Modern Mind ⓘ The Birth of Politics: Eight Greek and Roman Political Ideas and Why They Matter ⓘ |
| occupation |
political theorist
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professor of politics ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Class of 1943 Professor of Politics at Princeton University
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Director of the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
reception of ancient political ideas in modern contexts
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relationship between ethics and politics in classical thought ⓘ |
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