Samuel Lipman
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Samuel Lipman was one of the Russian-born Jewish anarchists prosecuted in the 1919 U.S. Supreme Court case Abrams v. United States for distributing anti-war leaflets during World War I.
All labels observed (1)
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| Samuel Lipman canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Lipman Context triple: [Abrams v. United States, defendants, Samuel Lipman]
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Sidney Wolinsky
Sidney Wolinsky is a Canadian-American film and television editor best known for his work on acclaimed projects such as the Oscar-winning film "The Shape of Water" and the series "The Sopranos."
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B.
Louis Finkelstein
Louis Finkelstein was a prominent American Conservative rabbi and scholar who served as a long-time leader and chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
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C.
Avram Finkelstein
Avram Finkelstein is an American artist, writer, and activist best known as a founding member of the AIDS activist collective Gran Fury and for co-creating the iconic "Silence = Death" poster.
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D.
Edmund Meisel
Edmund Meisel was a German composer best known for his pioneering, politically charged film scores for silent cinema, particularly his work on Soviet montage films.
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E.
Irving Rosenfeld
Irving Rosenfeld is the charismatic, small-time con artist at the center of the crime drama film "American Hustle."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Lipman Target entity description: Samuel Lipman was one of the Russian-born Jewish anarchists prosecuted in the 1919 U.S. Supreme Court case Abrams v. United States for distributing anti-war leaflets during World War I.
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A.
Sidney Wolinsky
Sidney Wolinsky is a Canadian-American film and television editor best known for his work on acclaimed projects such as the Oscar-winning film "The Shape of Water" and the series "The Sopranos."
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B.
Louis Finkelstein
Louis Finkelstein was a prominent American Conservative rabbi and scholar who served as a long-time leader and chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
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C.
Avram Finkelstein
Avram Finkelstein is an American artist, writer, and activist best known as a founding member of the AIDS activist collective Gran Fury and for co-creating the iconic "Silence = Death" poster.
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D.
Edmund Meisel
Edmund Meisel was a German composer best known for his pioneering, politically charged film scores for silent cinema, particularly his work on Soviet montage films.
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E.
Irving Rosenfeld
Irving Rosenfeld is the charismatic, small-time con artist at the center of the crime drama film "American Hustle."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anarchist
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defendant ⓘ immigrant ⓘ person ⓘ political activist ⓘ |
| activity | helped distribute leaflets printed in English and Yiddish ⓘ |
| associatedMovement | Jewish anarchist movement in the United States ⓘ |
| citizenshipStatusDuringCase | non-citizen resident of the United States ⓘ |
| coDefendant |
Hyman Lachowsky
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Jacob Abrams ⓘ Jacob Schwartz ⓘ Mollie Steimer ⓘ |
| convictedUnder |
Espionage Act of 1917 as amended by the Sedition Act of 1918
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linked to:
Espionage Act of 1917
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| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Red Scare in the United States
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World War I ⓘ |
| ideology | anarchism ⓘ |
| languageOfLeaflets |
English
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Yiddish ⓘ |
| legalCharge |
conspiracy to violate the Espionage Act
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violation of the 1918 Sedition Act ⓘ |
| legalOutcome | convicted in federal court and conviction affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court in Abrams v. United States ⓘ |
| legalProceeding |
Abrams v. United States, 250 U.S. 616 (1919)
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linked to:
Abrams v. United States
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| notableFor |
being a defendant in Abrams v. United States
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distributing anti-war leaflets during World War I ⓘ opposition to U.S. intervention in the Russian Civil War ⓘ |
| opposedPolicy |
U.S. intervention in Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution
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U.S. war effort in World War I ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Abrams v. United States
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distribution of anti-war leaflets in New York City in 1918 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| politicalPosition | opposed U.S. military intervention against the Bolshevik government ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residenceDuringCase | New York City ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Samuel Lipman Description of subject: Samuel Lipman was one of the Russian-born Jewish anarchists prosecuted in the 1919 U.S. Supreme Court case Abrams v. United States for distributing anti-war leaflets during World War I.
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