Clarence Darrow
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Clarence Darrow was a prominent American defense attorney and civil libertarian best known for his high-profile cases like the Scopes "Monkey" Trial and his advocacy for individual rights and social justice.
All labels observed (3)
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| Clarence Darrow canonical | 55 |
| Henry Drummond | 3 |
| Clarence Darrow for the Defense | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T78995 — 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)
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Target entity: Clarence Darrow Context triple: [American Civil Liberties Union, foundedBy, Clarence Darrow]
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William P. Frye
William P. Frye was an American politician and long-serving U.S. Senator from Maine who played a prominent role in late 19th- and early 20th-century national politics.
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Telford Taylor
Telford Taylor was an American lawyer, military officer, and legal scholar best known for leading subsequent prosecutions of Nazi war criminals after World War II and later becoming a prominent critic of abuses of executive power.
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Henry Wade
Henry Wade was the Dallas County district attorney whose role in enforcing Texas abortion laws led to his being the named respondent in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade.
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D.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was a 19th-century American physician, poet, and essayist known for his wit, literary works, and contributions to medical reform.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. was a long-serving U.S. Supreme Court Justice and influential legal thinker known for his contributions to American common law and free speech jurisprudence.
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- 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: Clarence Darrow Target entity description: Clarence Darrow was a prominent American defense attorney and civil libertarian best known for his high-profile cases like the Scopes "Monkey" Trial and his advocacy for individual rights and social justice.
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A.
William P. Frye
William P. Frye was an American politician and long-serving U.S. Senator from Maine who played a prominent role in late 19th- and early 20th-century national politics.
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B.
Telford Taylor
Telford Taylor was an American lawyer, military officer, and legal scholar best known for leading subsequent prosecutions of Nazi war criminals after World War II and later becoming a prominent critic of abuses of executive power.
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C.
Henry Wade
Henry Wade was the Dallas County district attorney whose role in enforcing Texas abortion laws led to his being the named respondent in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade.
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D.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was a 19th-century American physician, poet, and essayist known for his wit, literary works, and contributions to medical reform.
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E.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. was a long-serving U.S. Supreme Court Justice and influential legal thinker known for his contributions to American common law and free speech jurisprudence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Clarence Darrow Description of subject: Clarence Darrow was a prominent American defense attorney and civil libertarian best known for his high-profile cases like the Scopes "Monkey" Trial and his advocacy for individual rights and social justice.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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play "Inherit the Wind"
linked to: Clarence Darrow
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Kinsman, Ohio, United States
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"Crime: Its Cause and Treatment"
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"The Story of My Life"
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"The Story of My Life"
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"The Story of My Life"
subject linked to:
"Resist Not Evil"
subject linked to:
"An Eye for an Eye"
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"An Eye for an Eye"
linked to: Clarence Darrow
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Rhea County (for the Scopes Trial)
National Historic Landmark District related to Scopes Trial sites
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subject linked to:
National Historic Landmark District (related to Scopes Trial sites)
linked to: Clarence Darrow
subject linked to:
Otis Sweet