Arthur Goldhammer
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Arthur Goldhammer is an American translator and scholar best known for his acclaimed English translations of major French works in history, politics, and literature.
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| Arthur Goldhammer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arthur Goldhammer Context triple: [Democracy in America, hasEnglishTranslator, Arthur Goldhammer]
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Arthur J. Altmeyer
Arthur J. Altmeyer was a key architect of the U.S. Social Security system and a prominent public administrator in the development of American social welfare policy.
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B.
George Bruns
George Bruns was an American composer and arranger best known for his work on numerous Disney films and theme park attractions, including iconic scores for animated classics and rides.
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C.
Gustavus W. Smith
Gustavus W. Smith was a Confederate major general and briefly acting commander of the Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War.
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D.
Albert Guilbert
Albert Guilbert was an architect known for designing the Municipal Theatre of Rio de Janeiro, one of Brazil’s most iconic and historically significant opera houses.
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E.
Francis Newton Gifford
Francis Newton Gifford was a prominent American football player and Hall of Famer who became widely known as a longtime sportscaster on ABC’s Monday Night Football.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arthur Goldhammer Target entity description: Arthur Goldhammer is an American translator and scholar best known for his acclaimed English translations of major French works in history, politics, and literature.
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A.
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Arthur J. Altmeyer was a key architect of the U.S. Social Security system and a prominent public administrator in the development of American social welfare policy.
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B.
George Bruns
George Bruns was an American composer and arranger best known for his work on numerous Disney films and theme park attractions, including iconic scores for animated classics and rides.
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C.
Gustavus W. Smith
Gustavus W. Smith was a Confederate major general and briefly acting commander of the Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War.
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D.
Albert Guilbert
Albert Guilbert was an architect known for designing the Municipal Theatre of Rio de Janeiro, one of Brazil’s most iconic and historically significant opera houses.
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E.
Francis Newton Gifford
Francis Newton Gifford was a prominent American football player and Hall of Famer who became widely known as a longtime sportscaster on ABC’s Monday Night Football.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
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scholar ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| affiliation | Center for European Studies at Harvard University ⓘ |
| areaOfExpertise |
French intellectual history
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French politics ⓘ contemporary France ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
MIT
ⓘ
linked to:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
|
| employer | Harvard University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
French history
ⓘ
French literature ⓘ French politics ⓘ translation ⓘ |
| genre |
history
ⓘ
literary translation ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ political science ⓘ |
| hasAcademicBackgroundIn |
humanities
ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ |
| hasRole | commentator on French politics in American media ⓘ |
| hasWonAward |
American Literary Translators Association award
ⓘ
French-American Foundation Translation Prize ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| notableTranslationOf |
works by Alexis de Tocqueville
ⓘ
works by François Furet ⓘ works by Pierre Rosanvallon ⓘ works by Thomas Piketty ⓘ |
| notableWork | English translations of major French works in history, politics, and literature ⓘ |
| occupation |
scholar
ⓘ
translator ⓘ |
| placeOfResidence | Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| translatedFromLanguage | French ⓘ |
| translatedToLanguage | English ⓘ |
| writesFor | French Politics blog ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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