Robert Moses
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Robert Moses was a powerful and controversial New York urban planner whose extensive highway, bridge, and park projects reshaped the city and its surrounding region in the mid-20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert Moses canonical | 36 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1217435 — 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: Robert Moses Context triple: [Robert F. Kennedy Bridge, plannedBy, Robert Moses]
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A.
John A. Volpe
John A. Volpe was an American politician who served as Governor of Massachusetts and later as U.S. Secretary of Transportation and Ambassador to Italy.
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B.
Daniel Burnham
Daniel Burnham was a prominent American architect and urban planner of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for leading the design of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition and shaping the City Beautiful movement.
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C.
Louis Skidmore
Louis Skidmore was an American architect best known as a co-founder of the influential architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, which helped shape modernist architecture in the 20th century.
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D.
Washington Roebling
Washington Roebling was an American civil engineer best known for overseeing the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, pioneering the use of steel-wire suspension and modern engineering techniques.
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E.
Edward Durell Stone
Edward Durell Stone was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for his modernist yet ornamental designs on major public and cultural buildings.
- 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: Robert Moses Target entity description: Robert Moses was a powerful and controversial New York urban planner whose extensive highway, bridge, and park projects reshaped the city and its surrounding region in the mid-20th century.
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A.
John A. Volpe
John A. Volpe was an American politician who served as Governor of Massachusetts and later as U.S. Secretary of Transportation and Ambassador to Italy.
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B.
Daniel Burnham
Daniel Burnham was a prominent American architect and urban planner of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for leading the design of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition and shaping the City Beautiful movement.
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C.
Louis Skidmore
Louis Skidmore was an American architect best known as a co-founder of the influential architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, which helped shape modernist architecture in the 20th century.
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D.
Washington Roebling
Washington Roebling was an American civil engineer best known for overseeing the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, pioneering the use of steel-wire suspension and modern engineering techniques.
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E.
Edward Durell Stone
Edward Durell Stone was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for his modernist yet ornamental designs on major public and cultural buildings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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public official ⓘ urban planner ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Legion of Merit ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1888-12-18 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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linked to:
New Haven, Connecticut
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| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| criticizedBy | Jane Jacobs ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1981-07-29 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
West Islip, New York, United States
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linked to:
West Islip, New York
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| educatedAt |
Columbia University
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Wadham College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ Yale University ⓘ |
| era | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Moses ⓘ |
| fullName | Robert Moses ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| hasAuthor |
Robert Caro
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linked to:
Robert A. Caro
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| implementedPolicy |
automobile-oriented urban development
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slum clearance and urban renewal ⓘ |
| influenced |
New York City urban form
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postwar American highway planning ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Progressive Era reform ideas ⓘ |
| knownFor |
controversial urban renewal projects
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large-scale highway construction in New York City region ⓘ shaping mid-20th-century New York metropolitan infrastructure ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| movement | modernist urban planning ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
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Cross Bronx Expressway ⓘ Jones Beach State Park ⓘ Long Island Expressway ⓘ Northern State Parkway ⓘ Robert Moses State Park (Long Island) ⓘ Southern State Parkway ⓘ Triborough Bridge ⓘ Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge planning ⓘ |
| occupation |
political appointee
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public administrator ⓘ urban planner ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | aligned with New York Republican establishment ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chairman of the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority
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New York City Parks Commissioner ⓘ New York Secretary of State ⓘ New York State Council of Parks Chairman ⓘ |
| subjectOf | The Power Broker ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Long Island, New York
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New York City ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Robert Moses Description of subject: Robert Moses was a powerful and controversial New York urban planner whose extensive highway, bridge, and park projects reshaped the city and its surrounding region in the mid-20th century.
Referenced by (36)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Caro
subject linked to:
the Corona Ash Dumps
subject linked to:
Robert Moses State Parkway (former name of Niagara Scenic Parkway)