Kermit Gosnell
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Kermit Gosnell is an American former physician and abortion provider convicted of murder and other crimes related to illegal and unsafe medical practices at his Philadelphia clinic.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kermit Gosnell canonical | 2 |
| Gosnell | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6040991 — 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: Kermit Gosnell Context triple: [Kermit, hasNotableBearer, Kermit Gosnell]
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A.
Raja Gosnell
Raja Gosnell is an American film director and editor best known for helming broad family and comedy films such as the live-action Scooby-Doo movies, Never Been Kissed, and Big Momma's House.
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B.
Robert M. Latimer
Robert M. Latimer was an American chemist known for co-discovering the synthetic element lawrencium.
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C.
Christopher Ferguson
Christopher Ferguson is a retired U.S. Navy captain and NASA astronaut best known for commanding STS-135, the final mission of the Space Shuttle program.
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D.
John Christie
John Christie was a British landowner and music patron best known for establishing the Glyndebourne Festival Opera at his country estate.
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E.
James Carroll Beckwith
James Carroll Beckwith was an American portrait and genre painter of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his refined academic style and contributions to the New York art scene.
- 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: Kermit Gosnell Target entity description: Kermit Gosnell is an American former physician and abortion provider convicted of murder and other crimes related to illegal and unsafe medical practices at his Philadelphia clinic.
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A.
Raja Gosnell
Raja Gosnell is an American film director and editor best known for helming broad family and comedy films such as the live-action Scooby-Doo movies, Never Been Kissed, and Big Momma's House.
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B.
Robert M. Latimer
Robert M. Latimer was an American chemist known for co-discovering the synthetic element lawrencium.
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C.
Christopher Ferguson
Christopher Ferguson is a retired U.S. Navy captain and NASA astronaut best known for commanding STS-135, the final mission of the Space Shuttle program.
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D.
John Christie
John Christie was a British landowner and music patron best known for establishing the Glyndebourne Festival Opera at his country estate.
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E.
James Carroll Beckwith
James Carroll Beckwith was an American portrait and genre painter of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his refined academic style and contributions to the New York art scene.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abortion provider
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convicted murderer ⓘ human ⓘ physician ⓘ |
| citizenship | American ⓘ |
| convictedOf |
conspiracy
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corruption of minors ⓘ drug trafficking-related offenses ⓘ involuntary manslaughter ⓘ murder ⓘ operating a corrupt organization ⓘ performing illegal late-term abortions ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| criminalCharge |
conspiracy
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corruption of minors ⓘ drug offenses ⓘ manslaughter ⓘ murder ⓘ obstruction ⓘ operating a corrupt organization ⓘ performing illegal abortions ⓘ violations of abortion law ⓘ |
| familyName |
Gosnell
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linked to:
Kermit Gosnell
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| givenName | Kermit ⓘ |
| hasEthicalControversy |
illegal late-term abortions
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poor sanitary conditions at his clinic ⓘ unsafe medical practices ⓘ violation of medical standards ⓘ |
| name | Kermit Gosnell ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being at the center of a high-profile criminal trial involving abortion practices
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conviction related to the death of a patient at his clinic ⓘ convictions related to the deaths of infants born alive during abortion procedures ⓘ operating an unsafe abortion clinic in Philadelphia ⓘ |
| notableWork | operation of the Women’s Medical Society abortion clinic in Philadelphia ⓘ |
| occupation |
abortion provider
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medical director ⓘ physician ⓘ |
| placeOfWork |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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linked to:
Philadelphia
Women’s Medical Society ⓘ |
| practicedIn |
Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia ⓘ |
| residence |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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linked to:
Philadelphia
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
media coverage about illegal abortion practices in the United States
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public debate on abortion regulation and clinic oversight ⓘ |
| workField |
abortion services
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medicine ⓘ obstetrics and gynecology ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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linked to:
Philadelphia
|
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: Kermit Gosnell Description of subject: Kermit Gosnell is an American former physician and abortion provider convicted of murder and other crimes related to illegal and unsafe medical practices at his Philadelphia clinic.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kermit Gosnell