J. and A. McLean (first collected edition of The Federalist Papers)
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J. and A. McLean were the New York publishers who issued the first collected book edition of The Federalist Papers in the late 18th century.
All labels observed (1)
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| J. and A. McLean (first collected edition of The Federalist Papers) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7486125 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. and A. McLean (first collected edition of The Federalist Papers) Context triple: [The Federalist No. 31, collectionPublisher, J. and A. McLean (first collected edition of The Federalist Papers)]
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A.
The Federalist Papers
The Federalist Papers is a landmark collection of essays by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay that argued for the ratification of the U.S. Constitution and shaped American political theory.
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B.
Poor's Publishing
Poor's Publishing was a pioneering American financial publishing firm that produced influential investment manuals and credit reports, which later became part of the foundation for Standard & Poor's.
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C.
Anti-Federalist Papers
The Anti-Federalist Papers are a collection of essays written in the late 1780s that argued against ratifying the U.S. Constitution and warned about the dangers of a strong central government.
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D.
United States Congressional Serial Set
The United States Congressional Serial Set is a comprehensive, multi-volume collection of U.S. congressional documents and reports published since the early 19th century, serving as a key historical record of the legislative branch’s activities.
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E.
The Works of John Adams (editor)
The Works of John Adams is a multi-volume edited collection of the writings, correspondence, and papers of U.S. Founding Father and second president John Adams, compiled and annotated in the 19th century.
- 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: J. and A. McLean (first collected edition of The Federalist Papers) Target entity description: J. and A. McLean were the New York publishers who issued the first collected book edition of The Federalist Papers in the late 18th century.
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A.
The Federalist Papers
The Federalist Papers is a landmark collection of essays by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay that argued for the ratification of the U.S. Constitution and shaped American political theory.
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B.
Poor's Publishing
Poor's Publishing was a pioneering American financial publishing firm that produced influential investment manuals and credit reports, which later became part of the foundation for Standard & Poor's.
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C.
Anti-Federalist Papers
The Anti-Federalist Papers are a collection of essays written in the late 1780s that argued against ratifying the U.S. Constitution and warned about the dangers of a strong central government.
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D.
United States Congressional Serial Set
The United States Congressional Serial Set is a comprehensive, multi-volume collection of U.S. congressional documents and reports published since the early 19th century, serving as a key historical record of the legislative branch’s activities.
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E.
The Works of John Adams (editor)
The Works of John Adams is a multi-volume edited collection of the writings, correspondence, and papers of U.S. Founding Father and second president John Adams, compiled and annotated in the 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical publisher
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publishing firm ⓘ |
| activityStartTime | 1788 ⓘ |
| associatedWith | The Federalist Papers ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | ratification debate over the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| formatPublished | book ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | post-American Revolutionary era ⓘ |
| industry | book publishing ⓘ |
| languageOfPublishedWork | English ⓘ |
| location | New York City ⓘ |
| notableFor | issuing the first collected edition of The Federalist Papers ⓘ |
| notableWorkPublished |
The Federalist (first collected edition)
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linked to:
The Federalist Papers
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| occupation | publisher ⓘ |
| printedWorkGenre | political essays ⓘ |
| printedWorkSubject | United States Constitution ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| publicationPlace | New York ⓘ |
| publicationType | collected edition ⓘ |
| published |
The Federalist
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linked to:
The Federalist Papers
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| publishedForAuthors |
Alexander Hamilton
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James Madison ⓘ John Jay ⓘ |
| regionServed | New York ⓘ |
| role | first collected book publisher of The Federalist Papers ⓘ |
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: J. and A. McLean (first collected edition of The Federalist Papers) Description of subject: J. and A. McLean were the New York publishers who issued the first collected book edition of The Federalist Papers in the late 18th century.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
The Federalist No. 31
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collectionPublisher
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J. and A. McLean (first collected edition of The Federalist Papers)
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