Hylton
E48941
Hylton is the defendant in the landmark 1796 U.S. Supreme Court case Ware v. Hylton, which addressed the supremacy of federal treaties over conflicting state laws.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hylton canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T375575 — 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: Hylton Context triple: [Ware v. Hylton, defendant, Hylton]
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A.
Addlestone
Addlestone is a suburban town in southeast England known for its residential character and proximity to London.
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B.
Godalming
Godalming is a historic market town in southeast England known for its picturesque streets, riverside setting, and role as a commuter hub for London.
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C.
Dudley
Dudley is a masculine given name of English origin that has been borne by various notable figures in literature, politics, and entertainment.
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D.
Molesey
Molesey is a suburban town in south-east England situated on the River Thames, known for its proximity to Hampton Court Palace and its residential character within the London commuter belt.
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E.
Baguley
Baguley is a suburban area in Wythenshawe, south Manchester, England, known primarily as a residential district with local transport links and amenities.
- 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: Hylton Target entity description: Hylton is the defendant in the landmark 1796 U.S. Supreme Court case Ware v. Hylton, which addressed the supremacy of federal treaties over conflicting state laws.
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A.
Addlestone
Addlestone is a suburban town in southeast England known for its residential character and proximity to London.
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B.
Godalming
Godalming is a historic market town in southeast England known for its picturesque streets, riverside setting, and role as a commuter hub for London.
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C.
Dudley
Dudley is a masculine given name of English origin that has been borne by various notable figures in literature, politics, and entertainment.
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D.
Molesey
Molesey is a suburban town in south-east England situated on the River Thames, known for its proximity to Hampton Court Palace and its residential character within the London commuter belt.
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E.
Baguley
Baguley is a suburban area in Wythenshawe, south Manchester, England, known primarily as a residential district with local transport links and amenities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. Supreme Court case
ⓘ
historical legal figure ⓘ |
| caseYear | 1796 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionYear | 1796 ⓘ |
| hasOpposingParty | Ware ⓘ |
| held | federal treaties override conflicting state laws ⓘ |
| involvedInJurisdiction | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| involvedInLegalIssue |
conflict between state statutes and international treaties
ⓘ
supremacy of federal treaties over state laws ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| legalSubject |
conflict of laws
ⓘ
treaty supremacy ⓘ |
| locatedInJurisdiction | Virginia ⓘ |
| originatingState | Virginia ⓘ |
| party |
Hylton
ⓘ
Ware ⓘ |
| partyTo | Ware v. Hylton ⓘ |
| roleInCase | defendant ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Hylton Description of subject: Hylton is the defendant in the landmark 1796 U.S. Supreme Court case Ware v. Hylton, which addressed the supremacy of federal treaties over conflicting state laws.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.