Alexander Chisholm
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Alexander Chisholm was the executor of a South Carolina merchant’s estate who became historically significant as the named plaintiff in the landmark early U.S. Supreme Court case Chisholm v. Georgia, which helped prompt the adoption of the Eleventh Amendment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alexander Chisholm canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5099691 — 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: Alexander Chisholm Context triple: [Chisholm v. Georgia (Supreme Court decision), plaintiff, Alexander Chisholm]
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A.
William McGillivray
William McGillivray was a prominent Canadian fur trader and businessman who became a leading figure in the North West Company during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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B.
James Anthony Carmichael
James Anthony Carmichael is an American record producer and arranger best known for his work with Motown artists such as Commodores and Lionel Richie.
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C.
Alexander McDougall
Alexander McDougall was a Scottish-born American merchant, political leader, and Revolutionary War officer who became a prominent patriot voice in New York before and during the American Revolution.
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D.
William Ross
William Ross is an American composer, orchestrator, and conductor known for his work on numerous film scores and collaborations with major Hollywood productions.
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E.
Alexander Tilloch
Alexander Tilloch was a Scottish inventor, printer, and editor best known for his influential role in early 19th-century scientific publishing.
- 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: Alexander Chisholm Target entity description: Alexander Chisholm was the executor of a South Carolina merchant’s estate who became historically significant as the named plaintiff in the landmark early U.S. Supreme Court case Chisholm v. Georgia, which helped prompt the adoption of the Eleventh Amendment.
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A.
William McGillivray
William McGillivray was a prominent Canadian fur trader and businessman who became a leading figure in the North West Company during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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B.
James Anthony Carmichael
James Anthony Carmichael is an American record producer and arranger best known for his work with Motown artists such as Commodores and Lionel Richie.
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C.
Alexander McDougall
Alexander McDougall was a Scottish-born American merchant, political leader, and Revolutionary War officer who became a prominent patriot voice in New York before and during the American Revolution.
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D.
William Ross
William Ross is an American composer, orchestrator, and conductor known for his work on numerous film scores and collaborations with major Hollywood productions.
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E.
Alexander Tilloch
Alexander Tilloch was a Scottish inventor, printer, and editor best known for his influential role in early 19th-century scientific publishing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical figure
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
ⓘ
South Carolina merchant’s estate ⓘ United States Supreme Court ⓘ
linked to:
Supreme Court of the United States
|
| causeOfEffect | helped prompt the drafting of the Eleventh Amendment ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| fieldOfActivity |
estate administration
ⓘ
law ⓘ |
| hasNameInCaseTitle | Chisholm v. Georgia ⓘ |
| hasSignificantEvent | involvement in the Supreme Court case Chisholm v. Georgia ⓘ |
| historicalImpact | triggered political and constitutional response limiting federal judicial power over states ⓘ |
| influenced | adoption of the Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | South Carolina ⓘ |
| legalAction | sued the State of Georgia in the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
state sovereign immunity
ⓘ
suit by a citizen against a state in federal court ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the named plaintiff in Chisholm v. Georgia ⓘ |
| occupation | executor ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
State of Georgia
ⓘ
linked to:
Georgia
|
| partyTo | Chisholm v. Georgia ⓘ |
| role | executor of a South Carolina merchant’s estate ⓘ |
| significance | central figure in an early U.S. Supreme Court sovereign immunity case ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early history of the United States ⓘ |
| typeOfPlaintiff | individual citizen suing a state ⓘ |
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: Alexander Chisholm Description of subject: Alexander Chisholm was the executor of a South Carolina merchant’s estate who became historically significant as the named plaintiff in the landmark early U.S. Supreme Court case Chisholm v. Georgia, which helped prompt the adoption of the Eleventh Amendment.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.