Edward Terry Sanford
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Edward Terry Sanford was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in the early 20th century, known for his role in shaping First Amendment jurisprudence.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Edward T. Sanford | 4 |
| Edward Terry Sanford canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T752769 — 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: Edward Terry Sanford Context triple: [Gitlow v. New York, hasMajorityOpinionBy, Edward Terry Sanford]
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A.
John Boies Tileston
John Boies Tileston was an early mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of Mount Lyell, the highest peak in Yosemite National Park.
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B.
Alan S. Boyd
Alan S. Boyd was an American lawyer and public official who became the first U.S. Secretary of Transportation, helping to shape national transportation policy in the late 1960s.
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C.
Timothy O. Lane
Timothy O. Lane is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Lane, likely for professional or public contributions in his field.
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D.
Roswell Miller Jr.
Roswell Miller Jr. was an American businessman best known as the husband of philanthropist Margaret Carnegie Miller, daughter of industrialist Andrew Carnegie.
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E.
James A. Abrahamson
James A. Abrahamson is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general and aerospace engineer best known for directing NASA’s Space Shuttle program and leading the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization in the 1980s.
- 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: Edward Terry Sanford Target entity description: Edward Terry Sanford was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in the early 20th century, known for his role in shaping First Amendment jurisprudence.
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A.
John Boies Tileston
John Boies Tileston was an early mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of Mount Lyell, the highest peak in Yosemite National Park.
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B.
Alan S. Boyd
Alan S. Boyd was an American lawyer and public official who became the first U.S. Secretary of Transportation, helping to shape national transportation policy in the late 1960s.
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C.
Timothy O. Lane
Timothy O. Lane is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Lane, likely for professional or public contributions in his field.
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D.
Roswell Miller Jr.
Roswell Miller Jr. was an American businessman best known as the husband of philanthropist Margaret Carnegie Miller, daughter of industrialist Andrew Carnegie.
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E.
James A. Abrahamson
James A. Abrahamson is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general and aerospace engineer best known for directing NASA’s Space Shuttle program and leading the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization in the 1980s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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person ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
Warren G. Harding
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Woodrow Wilson ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee
|
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1865-07-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1930-03-08 ⓘ |
| degree |
Bachelor of Arts from the University of Tennessee
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Bachelor of Laws from Columbia Law School ⓘ Master of Arts from the University of Tennessee ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia Law School
ⓘ
Harvard University ⓘ University of Tennessee ⓘ
linked to:
University of Tennessee system
|
| employer | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| endTime |
as U.S. District Judge: 1923
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as U.S. Supreme Court Justice: 1930-03-08 ⓘ |
| familyName | Sanford ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
First Amendment law
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constitutional law ⓘ federal jurisdiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Edward ⓘ |
| heritage | American of English descent ⓘ |
| knownFor | influence on First Amendment jurisprudence ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Republican Party (United States)
ⓘ
linked to:
Republican Party
|
| middleName |
Terry
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linked to:
Terrence
|
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
majority opinion in Gitlow v. New York (1925)
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opinions on federal criminal law and procedure ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
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linked to:
Knoxville, Tennessee
|
| placeOfDeath |
Washington, D.C., United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Washington, D.C.
|
| positionHeld |
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
ⓘ
United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee ⓘ United States District Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee ⓘ |
| practicedLawIn |
Tennessee, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Tennessee
|
| religion |
Presbyterianism
ⓘ
linked to:
Presbyterian
|
| residence |
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Knoxville, Tennessee
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Lutie Woodruff Sanford ⓘ |
| startTime |
as U.S. District Judge: 1908
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as U.S. Supreme Court Justice: 1923-02-19 ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Knoxville, Tennessee
Washington, D.C., United States ⓘ
linked to:
Washington, D.C.
|
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.
Input
Subject: Edward Terry Sanford Description of subject: Edward Terry Sanford was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in the early 20th century, known for his role in shaping First Amendment jurisprudence.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Edward Terry Sanford
subject linked to:
Justice Edward Terry Sanford
linked to: Edward Terry Sanford
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