Walter Quinton Gresham
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Walter Quinton Gresham was a 19th-century American statesman, jurist, and cabinet member who served as both U.S. Postmaster General and Secretary of State.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Walter Q. Gresham | 3 |
| Walter Gresham | 1 |
| Walter Quinton Gresham canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T841395 — 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: Walter Quinton Gresham Context triple: [Gresham, Oregon, namedAfter, Walter Quinton Gresham]
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A.
John A. Wilson
John A. Wilson was a prominent Washington, D.C. politician and public servant, notably serving as chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia.
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B.
Walter Powell
Walter Powell was an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of Powell’s City of Books, one of the world’s largest independent bookstores in Portland, Oregon.
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C.
David Graham
David Graham is a voice actor best known for narrating the iconic 1984 Super Bowl commercial that introduced Apple’s Macintosh computer.
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D.
John D. Dunning
John D. Dunning was an American film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including collaborations with major studios during the mid-20th century.
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E.
Francis Griffin
Francis Griffin is a recurring character on the animated television series "Family Guy," known as Peter Griffin's stern, devoutly Catholic father.
- 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: Walter Quinton Gresham Target entity description: Walter Quinton Gresham was a 19th-century American statesman, jurist, and cabinet member who served as both U.S. Postmaster General and Secretary of State.
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A.
John A. Wilson
John A. Wilson was a prominent Washington, D.C. politician and public servant, notably serving as chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia.
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B.
Walter Powell
Walter Powell was an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of Powell’s City of Books, one of the world’s largest independent bookstores in Portland, Oregon.
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C.
David Graham
David Graham is a voice actor best known for narrating the iconic 1984 Super Bowl commercial that introduced Apple’s Macintosh computer.
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D.
John D. Dunning
John D. Dunning was an American film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including collaborations with major studios during the mid-20th century.
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E.
Francis Griffin
Francis Griffin is a recurring character on the animated television series "Family Guy," known as Peter Griffin's stern, devoutly Catholic father.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American politician
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United States Cabinet member ⓘ human ⓘ jurist ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
Benjamin Harrison
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Chester A. Arthur ⓘ Grover Cleveland ⓘ Rutherford B. Hayes ⓘ Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1832-03-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1895-05-28 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Corydon Seminary ⓘ |
| familyName | Gresham ⓘ |
| givenName | Walter ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Democratic Party
ⓘ
Republican Party ⓘ |
| middleName | Quinton ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Union Army ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
considered for Republican presidential nomination in 1884
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considered for Republican presidential nomination in 1888 ⓘ |
| notableWork | role in formulating U.S. foreign policy under President Grover Cleveland ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
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lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| officeEndTime |
United States Postmaster General, 1884-09-04
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United States Secretary of State, 1895-05-28 ⓘ |
| officeStartTime |
United States Postmaster General, 1883-04-03
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United States Secretary of State, 1893-03-07 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Harrison County, Indiana ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Judge of the United States Circuit Courts for the Seventh Circuit
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Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ⓘ United States District Judge for the District of Indiana ⓘ United States Postmaster General ⓘ
linked to:
Postmaster General of the United States
United States Secretary of State ⓘ United States Secretary of the Treasury (acting) ⓘ
linked to:
Secretary of the Treasury
United States federal judge ⓘ |
| residence |
Indiana
ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Matilda McGrain ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Walter Quinton Gresham Description of subject: Walter Quinton Gresham was a 19th-century American statesman, jurist, and cabinet member who served as both U.S. Postmaster General and Secretary of State.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Walter Quinton Gresham
linked to: Walter Quinton Gresham
linked to: Walter Quinton Gresham