James W. Jackson
E1440830
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James W. Jackson was a Confederate sympathizer and Virginia innkeeper known for killing Union officer Elmer E. Ellsworth during the American Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James W. Jackson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20619370 — 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 W. Jackson Context triple: [Elmer E. Ellsworth, killedBy, James W. Jackson]
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A.
George Lewis Ruffin
George Lewis Ruffin was a pioneering African American lawyer, judge, and politician in Boston, recognized as one of the first Black graduates of Harvard Law School and a prominent civil rights advocate in the 19th century.
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B.
James Price Johnson
James Price Johnson was an influential American pianist and composer, widely regarded as a pioneer of the stride piano style in early jazz.
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C.
Marcellus E. Foster
Marcellus E. Foster was an American journalist and newspaper editor best known as the founder of the Houston Chronicle.
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D.
Augustus F. Hawkins
Augustus F. Hawkins was a pioneering African American U.S. Congressman from California known for his leadership on civil rights, labor, and full-employment legislation.
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E.
Charles Remond Douglass
Charles Remond Douglass was an African American civil rights activist, soldier, and government clerk, and the youngest son of abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
- 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 W. Jackson Target entity description: James W. Jackson was a Confederate sympathizer and Virginia innkeeper known for killing Union officer Elmer E. Ellsworth during the American Civil War.
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A.
George Lewis Ruffin
George Lewis Ruffin was a pioneering African American lawyer, judge, and politician in Boston, recognized as one of the first Black graduates of Harvard Law School and a prominent civil rights advocate in the 19th century.
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B.
James Price Johnson
James Price Johnson was an influential American pianist and composer, widely regarded as a pioneer of the stride piano style in early jazz.
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C.
Marcellus E. Foster
Marcellus E. Foster was an American journalist and newspaper editor best known as the founder of the Houston Chronicle.
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D.
Augustus F. Hawkins
Augustus F. Hawkins was a pioneering African American U.S. Congressman from California known for his leadership on civil rights, labor, and full-employment legislation.
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E.
Charles Remond Douglass
Charles Remond Douglass was an African American civil rights activist, soldier, and government clerk, and the youngest son of abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.