Bob Ford
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Bob Ford was the outlaw and gang member historically known for killing the infamous American bandit Jesse James.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bob Ford canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1956190 — 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: Bob Ford Context triple: [Jesse James (1939 film), featuresCharacter, Bob Ford]
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A.
Benson Ford
Benson Ford was an American businessman and prominent member of the Ford family who held executive roles at Ford Motor Company in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Jack Ford
Jack Ford is the nickname of John Ford, the legendary American film director renowned for his influential Westerns and multiple Academy Awards.
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C.
William Clay Ford Jr.
William Clay Ford Jr. is an American businessman and great-grandson of Henry Ford who has served as executive chairman of Ford Motor Company and is known for promoting sustainability and innovation within the company.
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D.
William Clay Ford Sr.
William Clay Ford Sr. was an American businessman and member of the Ford family who owned the Detroit Lions and held various leadership roles within the Ford Motor Company.
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E.
Edsel Ford
Edsel Ford was an American business executive and the only son of Henry Ford, best known for serving as president of the Ford Motor Company during the early 20th 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: Bob Ford Target entity description: Bob Ford was the outlaw and gang member historically known for killing the infamous American bandit Jesse James.
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A.
Benson Ford
Benson Ford was an American businessman and prominent member of the Ford family who held executive roles at Ford Motor Company in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Jack Ford
Jack Ford is the nickname of John Ford, the legendary American film director renowned for his influential Westerns and multiple Academy Awards.
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C.
William Clay Ford Jr.
William Clay Ford Jr. is an American businessman and great-grandson of Henry Ford who has served as executive chairman of Ford Motor Company and is known for promoting sustainability and innovation within the company.
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D.
William Clay Ford Sr.
William Clay Ford Sr. was an American businessman and member of the Ford family who owned the Detroit Lions and held various leadership roles within the Ford Motor Company.
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E.
Edsel Ford
Edsel Ford was an American business executive and the only son of Henry Ford, best known for serving as president of the Ford Motor Company during the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
gang member
ⓘ
outlaw ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeIn | 19th-century American Old West ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1862-01-31 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Ray County, Missouri, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Ray County, Missouri
|
| causeOfDeath | gunshot wounds ⓘ |
| co-conspirator | Charles Ford ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfEvent | 1882-04-03 ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1892-06-08 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Creede, Colorado, United States ⓘ |
| ethnicity | white American ⓘ |
| fullName | Robert Newton Ford ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| governorInvolved | Thomas Crittenden ⓘ |
| historicalReputation |
notorious for shooting an outlaw from behind
ⓘ
traitor who betrayed Jesse James ⓘ |
| killed | Jesse James ⓘ |
| killedBy | Edward Capehart O’Kelley ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalOutcome |
charged with the murder of Jesse James
ⓘ
convicted of murder of Jesse James ⓘ pardoned by Missouri Governor Thomas Crittenden ⓘ sentenced to death for murder of Jesse James ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | homicide ⓘ |
| memberOf | James–Younger Gang ⓘ |
| methodOfKilling | shooting Jesse James in the back of the head ⓘ |
| nickname | Bob Ford ⓘ |
| notableFor | killing Jesse James ⓘ |
| occupation |
outlaw
ⓘ
saloonkeeper ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Missouri, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfEvent |
St. Joseph, Missouri, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Joseph, Missouri
|
| portrayedBy | Casey Affleck ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford ⓘ |
| relationship | gang associate of Jesse James ⓘ |
| sibling | Charles Ford ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
American folk songs and ballads
ⓘ
numerous books about Jesse James and his gang ⓘ |
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: Bob Ford Description of subject: Bob Ford was the outlaw and gang member historically known for killing the infamous American bandit Jesse James.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.