Roger Baldwin
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Roger Baldwin was an American civil liberties advocate best known as a co-founder and long-time leader of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
All labels observed (1)
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| Roger Baldwin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3331337 — 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: Roger Baldwin Context triple: [Baldwin, hasNotableBearer, Roger Baldwin]
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Bruce Woolley
Bruce Woolley is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer best known for co-writing the hit song "Video Killed the Radio Star" and for his work with acts like The Buggles and The Camera Club.
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B.
Edwin Blashfield
Edwin Blashfield was an American muralist and painter best known for his large-scale allegorical works in prominent public buildings across the United States.
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C.
Frank Seiberling
Frank Seiberling was an American industrialist best known for founding the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, which became one of the world’s leading tire manufacturers.
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D.
Jerry Moss
Jerry Moss was an American record executive and co-founder of the influential label A&M Records, known for signing and developing numerous major artists across rock, pop, and jazz.
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E.
Jonathan Fisk
Jonathan Fisk was an early 19th-century American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New York.
- 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: Roger Baldwin Target entity description: Roger Baldwin was an American civil liberties advocate best known as a co-founder and long-time leader of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
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A.
Bruce Woolley
Bruce Woolley is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer best known for co-writing the hit song "Video Killed the Radio Star" and for his work with acts like The Buggles and The Camera Club.
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B.
Edwin Blashfield
Edwin Blashfield was an American muralist and painter best known for his large-scale allegorical works in prominent public buildings across the United States.
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C.
Frank Seiberling
Frank Seiberling was an American industrialist best known for founding the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, which became one of the world’s leading tire manufacturers.
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D.
Jerry Moss
Jerry Moss was an American record executive and co-founder of the influential label A&M Records, known for signing and developing numerous major artists across rock, pop, and jazz.
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E.
Jonathan Fisk
Jonathan Fisk was an early 19th-century American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New York.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
activist
ⓘ
civil liberties advocate ⓘ human ⓘ pacifist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Medal of Freedom
ⓘ
linked to:
Presidential Medal of Freedom
|
| birthDate | 1884-01-21 ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart failure ⓘ |
| coFounded | American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1981-08-26 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Harvard University ⓘ |
| employer | American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ |
| familyName | Baldwin ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
civil liberties
ⓘ
civil rights ⓘ human rights ⓘ |
| founded |
National Civil Liberties Bureau
ⓘ
linked to:
American Civil Liberties Union
|
| genre | non-fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Roger ⓘ |
| influenced | American civil liberties jurisprudence ⓘ |
| influencedBy | progressive era reformers ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-founding the American Civil Liberties Union
ⓘ
leadership of the American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Civil Liberties Union
ⓘ
National Civil Liberties Bureau ⓘ
linked to:
American Civil Liberties Union
|
| militaryStatus | conscientious objector during World War I ⓘ |
| movement |
civil liberties movement
ⓘ
civil rights movement in the United States ⓘ |
| name | Roger Nash Baldwin ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork | founding and leadership of the American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil rights activist
ⓘ
nonprofit executive ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Wellesley, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New Jersey
ⓘ
linked to:
New Jersey, United States
|
| politicalIdeology |
civil libertarianism
ⓘ
liberalism ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of the American Civil Liberties Union
ⓘ
executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ |
| religion | Unitarian ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| spouse |
Madeleine Zabriskie Doty
ⓘ
Ruth Baldwin ⓘ |
| wrote |
A New Slavery: Forced Labor in the United States
ⓘ
Liberty Under the Soviets ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Roger Baldwin Description of subject: Roger Baldwin was an American civil liberties advocate best known as a co-founder and long-time leader of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
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