James Shields (senator)
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James Shields (senator) was a 19th-century American politician and military officer notable for uniquely serving as a U.S. Senator from three different states: Illinois, Minnesota, and Missouri.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Shields (senator) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8177312 — 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: James Shields (senator) Context triple: [Shields, hasNotableBearer, James Shields (senator)]
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A.
Benjamin Franklin Shibe
Benjamin Franklin Shibe was an American sporting goods magnate and baseball executive best known as a co-owner of the Philadelphia Athletics and namesake of Shibe Park.
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B.
U.S. Senator James Guthrie
U.S. Senator James Guthrie was a 19th-century American politician from Kentucky who served as a U.S. senator and as Secretary of the Treasury under President Franklin Pierce.
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C.
Samuel S. Hinds
Samuel S. Hinds was an American actor and former lawyer best known for his supporting roles in classic 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films, including "It's a Wonderful Life."
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D.
Vance Gerry
Vance Gerry was an American storyboard artist, writer, and designer best known for his influential story work on numerous classic Walt Disney animated films.
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E.
James G. Robinson
James G. Robinson is an American film producer and co-founder of Morgan Creek Productions, known for backing numerous major Hollywood films.
- 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: James Shields (senator) Target entity description: James Shields (senator) was a 19th-century American politician and military officer notable for uniquely serving as a U.S. Senator from three different states: Illinois, Minnesota, and Missouri.
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A.
Benjamin Franklin Shibe
Benjamin Franklin Shibe was an American sporting goods magnate and baseball executive best known as a co-owner of the Philadelphia Athletics and namesake of Shibe Park.
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B.
U.S. Senator James Guthrie
U.S. Senator James Guthrie was a 19th-century American politician from Kentucky who served as a U.S. senator and as Secretary of the Treasury under President Franklin Pierce.
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C.
Samuel S. Hinds
Samuel S. Hinds was an American actor and former lawyer best known for his supporting roles in classic 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films, including "It's a Wonderful Life."
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D.
Vance Gerry
Vance Gerry was an American storyboard artist, writer, and designer best known for his influential story work on numerous classic Walt Disney animated films.
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E.
James G. Robinson
James G. Robinson is an American film producer and co-founder of Morgan Creek Productions, known for backing numerous major Hollywood films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States senator
ⓘ
human ⓘ military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1806-05-06 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Altmore, County Tyrone, Ireland ⓘ |
| burialPlace | St. Mary’s Cemetery, Carrollton, Missouri ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Ireland
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1879-06-01 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Ottumwa, Iowa, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Ottumwa, Iowa
|
| education | studied law in the United States ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish American ⓘ |
| familyName | Shields ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| honor | statue in the National Statuary Hall Collection ⓘ |
| immigratedTo | United States of America ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryConflict |
American Civil War
ⓘ
Mexican–American War ⓘ |
| militaryRank | brigadier general ⓘ |
| name | James Shields ⓘ |
| notableEvent | wounded at the Battle of Cerro Gordo in the Mexican–American War ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the only person to serve as a U.S. Senator from three different states ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| partyAffiliation | Democratic Party ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Commissioner of the U.S. General Land Office
ⓘ
linked to:
Commissioner of the General Land Office
Illinois State Auditor ⓘ Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ United States Senator from Illinois ⓘ United States Senator from Minnesota ⓘ United States Senator from Missouri ⓘ member of the Illinois House of Representatives ⓘ |
| represented |
Illinois in the United States Senate
ⓘ
Minnesota in the United States Senate ⓘ Missouri in the United States Senate ⓘ |
| servedIn |
Illinois state government
ⓘ
linked to:
Government of Illinois
Minnesota state government ⓘ
linked to:
Government of Minnesota
Missouri state government ⓘ |
| stateOfHonor |
Illinois
ⓘ
Minnesota ⓘ |
| termEnd |
1855-03-03
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1859-03-03 ⓘ 1879-03-03 ⓘ |
| termStart |
1849-03-04
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1858-05-11 ⓘ 1879-01-27 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: James Shields (senator) Description of subject: James Shields (senator) was a 19th-century American politician and military officer notable for uniquely serving as a U.S. Senator from three different states: Illinois, Minnesota, and Missouri.
Referenced by (1)
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