United States presidential election, 1908
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The United States presidential election of 1908 was a contest in which Republican William Howard Taft defeated Democrat William Jennings Bryan to succeed Theodore Roosevelt as president.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| United States presidential election, 1908 canonical | 4 |
| 1908 United States presidential election | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1688690 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States presidential election, 1908 Context triple: [William Jennings Bryan, candidateInElection, United States presidential election, 1908]
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United States presidential election, 1900
The United States presidential election of 1900 was a rematch between incumbent Republican President William McKinley and Democratic challenger William Jennings Bryan, centered largely on issues of imperialism, economic policy, and the gold standard.
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United States presidential election, 1896
The United States presidential election of 1896 was a pivotal contest in American history that pitted Republican William McKinley against Democrat and Populist-backed William Jennings Bryan, centering on fierce debates over monetary policy, especially the gold standard versus free silver.
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C.
United States presidential election, 1912
The United States presidential election of 1912 was a landmark four-way contest in which Democrat Woodrow Wilson won the presidency amid a split in the Republican Party between incumbent William Howard Taft and former president Theodore Roosevelt, reshaping the American political landscape.
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D.
1888 United States presidential election
The 1888 United States presidential election was a contest in which Republican Benjamin Harrison defeated incumbent Democrat Grover Cleveland despite losing the popular vote, highlighting the decisive role of the Electoral College.
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United States presidential election, 1916
The United States presidential election of 1916 was a closely contested race during World War I in which incumbent Democrat Woodrow Wilson narrowly defeated Republican Charles Evans Hughes, with the campaign dominated by debates over neutrality and preparedness.
- 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: United States presidential election, 1908 Target entity description: The United States presidential election of 1908 was a contest in which Republican William Howard Taft defeated Democrat William Jennings Bryan to succeed Theodore Roosevelt as president.
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A.
United States presidential election, 1900
The United States presidential election of 1900 was a rematch between incumbent Republican President William McKinley and Democratic challenger William Jennings Bryan, centered largely on issues of imperialism, economic policy, and the gold standard.
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B.
United States presidential election, 1896
The United States presidential election of 1896 was a pivotal contest in American history that pitted Republican William McKinley against Democrat and Populist-backed William Jennings Bryan, centering on fierce debates over monetary policy, especially the gold standard versus free silver.
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C.
United States presidential election, 1912
The United States presidential election of 1912 was a landmark four-way contest in which Democrat Woodrow Wilson won the presidency amid a split in the Republican Party between incumbent William Howard Taft and former president Theodore Roosevelt, reshaping the American political landscape.
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D.
1888 United States presidential election
The 1888 United States presidential election was a contest in which Republican Benjamin Harrison defeated incumbent Democrat Grover Cleveland despite losing the popular vote, highlighting the decisive role of the Electoral College.
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E.
United States presidential election, 1916
The United States presidential election of 1916 was a closely contested race during World War I in which incumbent Democrat Woodrow Wilson narrowly defeated Republican Charles Evans Hughes, with the campaign dominated by debates over neutrality and preparedness.
- F. None of above. chosen
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How these facts were elicited
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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.
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Subject: United States presidential election, 1908 Description of subject: The United States presidential election of 1908 was a contest in which Republican William Howard Taft defeated Democrat William Jennings Bryan to succeed Theodore Roosevelt as president.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Thomas E. Watson; G. W. F. E. Kirby
linked to: United States presidential election, 1908
subject linked to:
Sunny Jim
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