Aaron Ogden
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Aaron Ogden was an early 19th-century American politician and steamboat operator whose state-granted monopoly became the focus of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Gibbons v. Ogden, which helped define federal power over interstate commerce.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aaron Ogden canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T446337 — 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: Aaron Ogden Context triple: [Gibbons v. Ogden, defendant, Aaron Ogden]
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A.
Doug Harvey
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B.
Kevin Nagle
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C.
Cod Beck
Cod Beck is a small river in North Yorkshire, England, flowing through the North York Moors and the town of Thirsk before joining the River Swale.
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D.
Ray Rennahan
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E.
Tig Trager
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- 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: Aaron Ogden Target entity description: Aaron Ogden was an early 19th-century American politician and steamboat operator whose state-granted monopoly became the focus of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Gibbons v. Ogden, which helped define federal power over interstate commerce.
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A.
Doug Harvey
Doug Harvey was a highly respected Major League Baseball umpire, widely regarded as one of the greatest in the sport’s history and inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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B.
Kevin Nagle
Kevin Nagle is an American businessman and sports investor best known for leading the ownership of Sacramento Republic FC and advocating for Major League Soccer expansion in Sacramento.
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C.
Cod Beck
Cod Beck is a small river in North Yorkshire, England, flowing through the North York Moors and the town of Thirsk before joining the River Swale.
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D.
Ray Rennahan
Ray Rennahan was an American cinematographer renowned as a pioneer of Technicolor filmmaking, notably for his work on classic films such as "Gone with the Wind."
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E.
Tig Trager
Tig Trager is a volatile, fiercely loyal enforcer of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club known for his dark humor, brutality, and complex moral code.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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lawyer ⓘ military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ steamboat operator ⓘ |
| burialPlace | First Presbyterian Churchyard, Elizabeth, New Jersey ⓘ |
| conflict | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1756-12-03 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1839-04-19 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
College of New Jersey
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Princeton University ⓘ |
| familyName | Ogden ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | interstate steamboat navigation ⓘ |
| fullName | Aaron Ogden ⓘ |
| givenName | Aaron ⓘ |
| hasCauseOfFame | party to landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Gibbons v. Ogden ⓘ |
| hasRole | defendant in Gibbons v. Ogden ⓘ |
| legalCase | Gibbons v. Ogden ⓘ |
| memberOf | Society of the Cincinnati ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Federalist Party
ⓘ
linked to:
Federalists
|
| militaryBranch | Continental Army ⓘ |
| notableFor |
New York–New Jersey steamboat monopoly
ⓘ
linked to:
Gibbons v. Ogden
|
| notableWork | involvement in Gibbons v. Ogden ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ steamboat operator ⓘ |
| officeEndTime |
Governor of New Jersey term end 1813
ⓘ
United States Senator from New Jersey term end 1803 ⓘ |
| officeStartTime |
Governor of New Jersey term start 1812
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United States Senator from New Jersey term start 1801 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Elizabethtown, New Jersey
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Province of New Jersey ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Jersey City, New Jersey
ⓘ
linked to:
Jersey City
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| positionHeld |
Governor of New Jersey
ⓘ
United States Senator ⓘ clerk of the New Jersey Supreme Court ⓘ member of the New Jersey General Assembly ⓘ president of the Society of the Cincinnati in New Jersey ⓘ |
| relative | Matthias Ogden ⓘ |
| religion | Presbyterianism ⓘ |
| residence |
Elizabethtown, New Jersey
ⓘ
Jersey City, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to:
Jersey City
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | Matthias Ogden ⓘ |
| spouse | Elizabeth Chetwood ⓘ |
| stateRepresentedInSenate |
New Jersey
ⓘ
linked to:
New Jersey, United States
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Aaron Ogden Description of subject: Aaron Ogden was an early 19th-century American politician and steamboat operator whose state-granted monopoly became the focus of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Gibbons v. Ogden, which helped define federal power over interstate commerce.
Referenced by (9)
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