Jesse James
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Jesse James was a notorious 19th-century American outlaw and bank robber who became a legendary figure of the Wild West.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jesse James canonical | 46 |
| Jesse James (character) | 2 |
| Jesse Edward James | 1 |
| Jesse Woodson James | 1 |
| outlaw Jesse James | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2198486 — 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: Jesse James Context triple: [The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, mainCharacter, Jesse James]
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A.
Jesse James
Jesse James is a classic 1939 Western film dramatizing the life of the infamous American outlaw, starring Tyrone Power in the title role.
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B.
Jesse James
Jesse James is a traditional American folk ballad about the infamous 19th-century outlaw, often performed and recorded in various folk and roots music contexts.
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C.
Frank James
Frank James was a 19th-century American outlaw and older brother of Jesse James, known for his role in the James–Younger Gang’s bank and train robberies.
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D.
Clyde Barrow
Clyde Barrow was an American outlaw and bank robber of the early 1930s, best known as one half of the infamous criminal duo Bonnie and Clyde.
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E.
Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid is a 1938 ballet by American composer Aaron Copland that evokes the mythic atmosphere of the American Wild West through folk-inspired orchestral music.
- 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: Jesse James Target entity description: Jesse James was a notorious 19th-century American outlaw and bank robber who became a legendary figure of the Wild West.
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A.
Jesse James
Jesse James is a classic 1939 Western film dramatizing the life of the infamous American outlaw, starring Tyrone Power in the title role.
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B.
Jesse James
Jesse James is a traditional American folk ballad about the infamous 19th-century outlaw, often performed and recorded in various folk and roots music contexts.
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C.
Frank James
Frank James was a 19th-century American outlaw and older brother of Jesse James, known for his role in the James–Younger Gang’s bank and train robberies.
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D.
Clyde Barrow
Clyde Barrow was an American outlaw and bank robber of the early 1930s, best known as one half of the infamous criminal duo Bonnie and Clyde.
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E.
Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid is a 1938 ballet by American composer Aaron Copland that evokes the mythic atmosphere of the American Wild West through folk-inspired orchestral music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American folk hero
ⓘ
bank robber ⓘ human ⓘ outlaw ⓘ train robber ⓘ |
| activityPeriod |
1860s
ⓘ
1870s ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Kearney, Missouri ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | gunshot wound ⓘ |
| child |
Jesse Edward James
ⓘ
linked to:
Jesse James
Mary Susan James ⓘ Twins who died in infancy ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1847-09-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1882-04-03 ⓘ |
| dateOfMarriage | 1874-04-24 ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | James ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Jesse ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Cole Younger ⓘ |
| killedBy | Robert Ford ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | assassination ⓘ |
| memberOf | James–Younger Gang ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Confederate guerrillas
ⓘ
linked to:
Confederate cavalry
|
| militaryUnit |
Bloody Bill Anderson's guerrilla band
ⓘ
Quantrill's Raiders ⓘ
linked to:
Quantrill's Raid
|
| name |
Jesse Woodson James
ⓘ
linked to:
Jesse James
|
| notableEvent |
1866 Clay County Savings Association robbery in Liberty, Missouri
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1873 Rock Island Railroad train robbery near Adair, Iowa ⓘ 1876 Northfield, Minnesota raid ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bank robberies in the American Midwest
ⓘ
becoming a legendary figure of the American Old West ⓘ train robberies in the American Midwest ⓘ |
| notableWork |
James–Younger Gang robberies
ⓘ
linked to:
James–Younger Gang
|
| occupation |
bank robber
ⓘ
gang leader ⓘ outlaw ⓘ train robber ⓘ |
| parent |
Robert Sallee James
ⓘ
Zerelda Cole James ⓘ
linked to:
Zerelda Cobb James
|
| participatedIn | American Civil War ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Clay County, Missouri
ⓘ
near Kearney, Missouri ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | St. Joseph, Missouri ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007 film) ⓘ |
| religion | Baptist (raised) ⓘ |
| sibling | Frank James ⓘ |
| spouse | Zerelda Mimms ⓘ |
| subjectOf | numerous dime novels and legends about the Wild West ⓘ |
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: Jesse James Description of subject: Jesse James was a notorious 19th-century American outlaw and bank robber who became a legendary figure of the Wild West.
Referenced by (51)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Jesse James
linked to: Jesse James
linked to: Jesse James
linked to: Jesse James
subject linked to:
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (novel)
subject linked to:
Annie Ralston James
subject linked to:
Mary Susan James