Samuel Roth
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Samuel Roth was an American publisher and bookseller best known for his role in landmark obscenity and free-speech legal battles, including the Supreme Court case Roth v. United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Samuel Roth canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5851246 — 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: Samuel Roth Context triple: [Roth v. United States, petitioner, Samuel Roth]
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A.
Leon Golub
Leon Golub was an American painter known for his large-scale, politically charged figurative works that confronted themes of violence, power, and oppression.
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B.
Fred Lebensold
Fred Lebensold was a prominent Canadian architect best known for designing major cultural and performing arts venues across Canada.
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C.
Ibram Lassaw
Ibram Lassaw was an American abstract sculptor known for his openwork, welded metal constructions and his role in the New York School of Abstract Expressionism.
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D.
Raymond Hains
Raymond Hains was a French artist and photographer known for his pioneering work with torn posters and urban visual culture, making him a key figure in the Nouveau Réalisme movement.
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E.
Harry Kurnitz
Harry Kurnitz was an American playwright, novelist, and screenwriter known for his witty crime and mystery scripts in mid-20th-century Hollywood.
- 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: Samuel Roth Target entity description: Samuel Roth was an American publisher and bookseller best known for his role in landmark obscenity and free-speech legal battles, including the Supreme Court case Roth v. United States.
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A.
Leon Golub
Leon Golub was an American painter known for his large-scale, politically charged figurative works that confronted themes of violence, power, and oppression.
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B.
Fred Lebensold
Fred Lebensold was a prominent Canadian architect best known for designing major cultural and performing arts venues across Canada.
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C.
Ibram Lassaw
Ibram Lassaw was an American abstract sculptor known for his openwork, welded metal constructions and his role in the New York School of Abstract Expressionism.
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D.
Raymond Hains
Raymond Hains was a French artist and photographer known for his pioneering work with torn posters and urban visual culture, making him a key figure in the Nouveau Réalisme movement.
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E.
Harry Kurnitz
Harry Kurnitz was an American playwright, novelist, and screenwriter known for his witty crime and mystery scripts in mid-20th-century Hollywood.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bookseller
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obscenity case litigant ⓘ person ⓘ publisher ⓘ |
| causeOfNotability | being a defendant in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court obscenity case ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Jewish people
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linked to:
Jews
|
| fieldOfWork |
bookselling
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literature ⓘ obscenity law ⓘ publishing ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
controversial literature
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erotic literature ⓘ |
| hasLegalIssue | obscenity prosecution in the United States ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of the U.S. Supreme Court obscenity standard
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later First Amendment jurisprudence on obscenity ⓘ |
| knownFor |
challenging U.S. postal obscenity regulations
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mailing and distributing allegedly obscene materials ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalArea |
First Amendment law
ⓘ
obscenity regulation ⓘ |
| legalCase | Roth v. United States ⓘ |
| movement | free speech movement in the United States ⓘ |
| name | Samuel Roth ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Roth v. United States
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free speech legal battles ⓘ obscenity law controversies ⓘ publishing controversial literature ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Banned in Boston
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Jews Must Live ⓘ |
| occupation |
bookseller
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publisher ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Roth v. United States
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United States obscenity law litigation ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
bookstore owner
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magazine publisher ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
historical studies of American censorship
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scholarship on free speech and obscenity law ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Samuel Roth Description of subject: Samuel Roth was an American publisher and bookseller best known for his role in landmark obscenity and free-speech legal battles, including the Supreme Court case Roth v. United States.
Referenced by (2)
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