Lincoln Gordon
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Lincoln Gordon was an American diplomat, economist, and academic best known for his influential role in U.S.–Latin American relations during the Cold War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lincoln Gordon canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8359051 — 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: Lincoln Gordon Context triple: [United States ambassador to Brazil, officeHoldersInclude, Lincoln Gordon]
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A.
Herbert H. Lehman
Herbert H. Lehman was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of New York and later as a U.S. senator, known for his advocacy of social welfare and liberal policies.
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B.
Joseph J. Katz
Joseph J. Katz was an American chemist known for his work on nuclear chemistry and his contributions to the Manhattan Project and later research at Argonne National Laboratory.
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C.
Alfred N. Goldsmith
Alfred N. Goldsmith was an American electrical engineer and radio pioneer who played a key role in the early development and professionalization of radio engineering.
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D.
Everett Riskin
Everett Riskin was an American film producer active during Hollywood’s studio era, known for his work on popular comedies and mystery films.
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E.
Rufus W. Peckham
Rufus W. Peckham was a U.S. Supreme Court Justice best known for authoring the opinion in Lochner v. New York and for his strong support of economic liberty and limited government regulation during the Lochner era.
- 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: Lincoln Gordon Target entity description: Lincoln Gordon was an American diplomat, economist, and academic best known for his influential role in U.S.–Latin American relations during the Cold War.
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A.
Herbert H. Lehman
Herbert H. Lehman was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of New York and later as a U.S. senator, known for his advocacy of social welfare and liberal policies.
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B.
Joseph J. Katz
Joseph J. Katz was an American chemist known for his work on nuclear chemistry and his contributions to the Manhattan Project and later research at Argonne National Laboratory.
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C.
Alfred N. Goldsmith
Alfred N. Goldsmith was an American electrical engineer and radio pioneer who played a key role in the early development and professionalization of radio engineering.
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D.
Everett Riskin
Everett Riskin was an American film producer active during Hollywood’s studio era, known for his work on popular comedies and mystery films.
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E.
Rufus W. Peckham
Rufus W. Peckham was a U.S. Supreme Court Justice best known for authoring the opinion in Lochner v. New York and for his strong support of economic liberty and limited government regulation during the Lochner era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American diplomat
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economist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University ⓘ |
| employer |
Brookings Institution
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Harvard University ⓘ Johns Hopkins University ⓘ |
| familyName | Gordon ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
U.S.–Latin American relations
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foreign policy ⓘ international economics ⓘ |
| genre | non-fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Lincoln ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Lincoln Gordon ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence on U.S. policy toward Brazil in the 1960s
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involvement in Alliance for Progress policies ⓘ role in U.S.–Latin American relations during the Cold War ⓘ |
| notableWork | books and articles on international economics and foreign policy ⓘ |
| occupation |
diplomat
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economist ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs
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President of Johns Hopkins University ⓘ United States Ambassador to Brazil ⓘ
linked to:
United States ambassador to Brazil
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| workLocation |
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
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: Lincoln Gordon Description of subject: Lincoln Gordon was an American diplomat, economist, and academic best known for his influential role in U.S.–Latin American relations during the Cold War.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.