Committee of Detail

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body of the Constitutional Convention committee

The Committee of Detail was a five-member body at the 1787 Constitutional Convention tasked with drafting the first full version of the United States Constitution from the delegates’ resolutions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Committee of Detail of the Constitutional Convention	2
Committee of Detail canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1954769 — 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: Committee of Detail
Context triple: [Committee on Style, precededBy, Committee of Detail]

A. Pike Committee
The Pike Committee was a 1975 U.S. House of Representatives committee chaired by Otis Pike that investigated abuses and oversight failures within American intelligence agencies during the same period as the Senate’s Church Committee.
B. Constitutional Points Committee
The Constitutional Points Committee is a legislative body within Mexico's Senate responsible for analyzing, debating, and drafting proposed constitutional reforms and related legal changes.
C. Constitutional Committee
The Constitutional Committee is a specialized body within the Grand National Assembly of Turkey responsible for reviewing, drafting, and proposing legislation related to constitutional law and amendments.
D. Constitutional Committee
The Constitutional Committee is a key legislative body within Spain’s Congress of Deputies responsible for examining and drafting laws related to constitutional matters and fundamental institutional frameworks.
E. Committee on Internal Affairs
The Committee on Internal Affairs is a standing body of the German Bundestag responsible for domestic policy issues such as internal security, public administration, migration, and civil protection.
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: Committee of Detail
Target entity description: The Committee of Detail was a five-member body at the 1787 Constitutional Convention tasked with drafting the first full version of the United States Constitution from the delegates’ resolutions.

A. Pike Committee
The Pike Committee was a 1975 U.S. House of Representatives committee chaired by Otis Pike that investigated abuses and oversight failures within American intelligence agencies during the same period as the Senate’s Church Committee.
B. Constitutional Points Committee
The Constitutional Points Committee is a legislative body within Mexico's Senate responsible for analyzing, debating, and drafting proposed constitutional reforms and related legal changes.
C. Constitutional Committee
The Constitutional Committee is a specialized body within the Grand National Assembly of Turkey responsible for reviewing, drafting, and proposing legislation related to constitutional law and amendments.
D. Constitutional Committee
The Constitutional Committee is a key legislative body within Spain’s Congress of Deputies responsible for examining and drafting laws related to constitutional matters and fundamental institutional frameworks.
E. Committee on Internal Affairs
The Committee on Internal Affairs is a standing body of the German Bundestag responsible for domestic policy issues such as internal security, public administration, migration, and civil protection.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	body of the Constitutional Convention ⓘ committee ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government
appointedBy	Constitutional Convention ⓘ
appointedOn	July 24, 1787 ⓘ
basedOn	resolutions of the Constitutional Convention ⓘ
chairperson	John Rutledge ⓘ
composedOfDelegatesFrom	Connecticut ⓘ Massachusetts ⓘ Pennsylvania ⓘ South Carolina ⓘ Virginia ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dissolved	1787 ⓘ
fieldOfWork	constitutional drafting ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ
followedBy	Committee of Style ⓘ linked to: Committee on Style
hasNumberOfMembers	5 ⓘ
hasWorkAsSubject	allocation of powers between federal and state governments ⓘ organization of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches ⓘ structure of the federal government of the United States ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Framing of the United States Constitution ⓘ
inception	1787 ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Pennsylvania ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
location	Philadelphia ⓘ
member	Edmund Randolph ⓘ James Wilson ⓘ John Rutledge ⓘ Nathaniel Gorham ⓘ Oliver Ellsworth ⓘ
partOf	Constitutional Convention ⓘ Philadelphia Convention ⓘ
presentedDraftOn	August 6, 1787 ⓘ
produced	first full draft of the United States Constitution ⓘ
reasonForDissolution	completion of its drafting task at the Constitutional Convention ⓘ
significance	created the working draft that became the basis for the final text of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
significantEvent	drafting of the 1787 Constitution ⓘ
task	arrange and systematize resolutions adopted by the Constitutional Convention ⓘ draft the first full version of the United States Constitution ⓘ prepare a draft constitution for debate ⓘ
timePeriod	summer 1787 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Committee on Style → precededBy → Committee of Detail ⓘ

Slave Trade Clause → draftedBy → Committee of Detail of the Constitutional Convention ⓘ

linked to: Committee of Detail

Oliver Ellsworth → memberOf → Committee of Detail of the Constitutional Convention ⓘ

subject linked to: Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth