President Harry S. Truman

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President of the United States human

President Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States, known for making the decision to use atomic bombs in World War II, implementing the Marshall Plan, and shaping early Cold War policy.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Harry S. Truman	390
President Harry S. Truman canonical	17
Truman	7
Harry S. Truman (biography)	2
Harry Truman	2
Harry S. Truman (as Vice President)	1
Harry S. Truman administration	1
Harry S. Truman in Give ’em Hell, Harry!	1
Harry S. Truman presidency	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T113 — 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: President Harry S. Truman
Context triple: [Science, The Endless Frontier, submittedTo, President Harry S. Truman]

A. President Franklin D. Roosevelt
President Franklin D. Roosevelt was the 32nd president of the United States, who led the nation through the Great Depression and most of World War II and implemented the transformative New Deal reforms.
B. Vannevar Bush
American electrical engineer and science administrator (1890~1974)
C. Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist who led the expansion of the U.S. steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of history’s most prominent benefactors of education and science.
D. Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States, serving as the nation’s political center and home to its federal government institutions.
E. Sally Kornbluth
Sally Kornbluth is an American cell biologist and academic leader who became the 18th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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: President Harry S. Truman
Target entity description: President Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States, known for making the decision to use atomic bombs in World War II, implementing the Marshall Plan, and shaping early Cold War policy.

A. President Franklin D. Roosevelt
President Franklin D. Roosevelt was the 32nd president of the United States, who led the nation through the Great Depression and most of World War II and implemented the transformative New Deal reforms.
B. Vannevar Bush
American electrical engineer and science administrator (1890~1974)
C. Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist who led the expansion of the U.S. steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of history’s most prominent benefactors of education and science.
D. Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States, serving as the nation’s political center and home to its federal government institutions.
E. Sally Kornbluth
Sally Kornbluth is an American cell biologist and academic leader who became the 18th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	President of the United States ⓘ human ⓘ
birthDate	1884-05-08 ⓘ
birthPlace	Lamar, Missouri, United States ⓘ
child	Margaret Truman ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
createdOrganization	Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ Department of Defense of the United States ⓘ linked to: National Military Establishment United States Air Force ⓘ
deathDate	1972-12-26 ⓘ
deathPlace	Kansas City, Missouri, United States ⓘ
education	Independence High School ⓘ
familyName	Truman ⓘ linked to: President Harry S. Truman
givenName	Harry ⓘ
hasMonument	Harry S. Truman National Historic Site ⓘ Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum ⓘ
honorificSuffix	S. ⓘ linked to: Douglas
implementedPolicy	Fair Deal ⓘ Marshall Plan ⓘ Point Four Program ⓘ Truman Doctrine ⓘ containment policy ⓘ desegregation of the U.S. armed forces ⓘ recognition of the State of Israel ⓘ
leftOffice	1953-01-20 ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Army ⓘ
militaryRank	Captain ⓘ
notableDecision	authorization of atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ⓘ
notableEvent	Berlin Airlift ⓘ Korean War ⓘ end of World War II in the Pacific ⓘ start of the Cold War ⓘ
occupation	farmer ⓘ haberdasher ⓘ politician ⓘ
positionHeld	33rd President of the United States ⓘ 34th Vice President of the United States ⓘ Captain in the United States Army ⓘ United States Senator from Missouri ⓘ
predecessor	Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ linked to: President Franklin D. Roosevelt
religion	Baptist ⓘ
residence	Independence, Missouri, United States ⓘ
signedInstrument	National Security Act of 1947 ⓘ North Atlantic Treaty ⓘ
spouse	Bess Truman ⓘ
successor	Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
supportedOrganization	North Atlantic Treaty Organization ⓘ linked to: NATO
tookOffice	1945-04-12 ⓘ
vicePresident	Alben W. Barkley ⓘ

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Referenced by (422)

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

Science, The Endless Frontier → submittedTo → President Harry S. Truman ⓘ

Franklin D. Roosevelt → vicePresident → Harry S. Truman ⓘ

subject linked to: President Franklin D. Roosevelt