Alfred Emanuel Smith
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Alfred Emanuel Smith was an American politician who served four terms as governor of New York and was the Democratic Party’s nominee for president in 1928.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alfred E. Smith | 7 |
| Alfred Emanuel Smith canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T257077 — 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: Alfred Emanuel Smith Context triple: [Al Smith, birthName, Alfred Emanuel Smith]
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A.
Alfred N. Goldsmith
Alfred N. Goldsmith was an American electrical engineer and radio pioneer who played a key role in the early development and professionalization of radio engineering.
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B.
Robert F. Wagner
Robert F. Wagner was a prominent U.S. senator from New York known for championing New Deal labor reforms and workers’ rights.
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C.
Wallace Harrison
Wallace Harrison was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for leading major modernist projects in New York City, including significant civic and cultural landmarks.
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D.
Adlai E. Stevenson I
Adlai E. Stevenson I was an American politician who served as the 23rd vice president of the United States under President Grover Cleveland.
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E.
Charles Warren Fairbanks
Charles Warren Fairbanks was an American politician who served as the 26th vice president of the United States under President Theodore Roosevelt from 1905 to 1909.
- 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: Alfred Emanuel Smith Target entity description: Alfred Emanuel Smith was an American politician who served four terms as governor of New York and was the Democratic Party’s nominee for president in 1928.
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A.
Alfred N. Goldsmith
Alfred N. Goldsmith was an American electrical engineer and radio pioneer who played a key role in the early development and professionalization of radio engineering.
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B.
Robert F. Wagner
Robert F. Wagner was a prominent U.S. senator from New York known for championing New Deal labor reforms and workers’ rights.
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C.
Wallace Harrison
Wallace Harrison was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for leading major modernist projects in New York City, including significant civic and cultural landmarks.
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D.
Adlai E. Stevenson I
Adlai E. Stevenson I was an American politician who served as the 23rd vice president of the United States under President Grover Cleveland.
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E.
Charles Warren Fairbanks
Charles Warren Fairbanks was an American politician who served as the 26th vice president of the United States under President Theodore Roosevelt from 1905 to 1909.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American politician
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Al Smith
ⓘ
Alfred E. Smith ⓘ
linked to:
Alfred Emanuel Smith
|
| candidateInElection | 1928 United States presidential election ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer |
State of New York
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. state of New York
|
| ethnicGroup |
Irish American
ⓘ
Italian American ⓘ |
| familyName | Smith ⓘ |
| givenName | Alfred ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | working-class background ⓘ |
| hasHonor |
Al Smith Dinner
ⓘ
Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Catherine Ann Dunn ⓘ |
| influenced |
Franklin D. Roosevelt
ⓘ
linked to:
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
|
| isSubjectOf | biographies on American political history ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leadership of New York state government in the 1920s
ⓘ
urban, anti-Prohibition political stance ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Democratic Party ⓘ |
| middleName |
Emanuel
ⓘ
linked to:
Emmanuel
|
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | President of the United States ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the first Roman Catholic major-party nominee for President of the United States
ⓘ
serving four terms as Governor of New York ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 5 ⓘ |
| numberOfTermsInOffice | 4 ⓘ |
| occupation |
governor
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| opposed | Prohibition ⓘ |
| partOf | history of the Democratic Party in the United States ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Manhattan
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New York City ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
Democratic Party urban liberal wing
ⓘ
linked to:
Democratic Party
|
| positionHeld | Governor of New York ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| represented | interests of urban immigrants in U.S. politics ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| stateOfBirth | New York ⓘ |
| stateOfDeath | New York ⓘ |
| supported | progressive social policies ⓘ |
| workedOn | social welfare reforms in New York ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Albany, New York
ⓘ
linked to:
Albany
New York City ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Alfred Emanuel Smith Description of subject: Alfred Emanuel Smith was an American politician who served four terms as governor of New York and was the Democratic Party’s nominee for president in 1928.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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