Gregory Hess
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Gregory Hess was an American protester whose conviction for disorderly conduct during an antiwar demonstration led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court free speech case Hess v. Indiana.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gregory Hess canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7582016 — 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: Gregory Hess Context triple: [Hess v. Indiana, petitioner, Gregory Hess]
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A.
Gregory Perler
Gregory Perler is a film editor best known for his work on major animated features, including the movie "Rio 2."
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B.
John Eisendrath
John Eisendrath is a television writer and producer best known for his work on series such as "The Blacklist" and "Alias."
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C.
Gregory Jarvis
Gregory Jarvis was an American engineer and astronaut who served as a payload specialist on the ill-fated Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-51-L.
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D.
Kevin Hageman
Kevin Hageman is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on animated and family films and television series, including contributions to The Lego Movie franchise.
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E.
Gregory Bourke
Gregory Bourke is an American LGBTQ+ rights activist known for his role as a lead plaintiff in the landmark same-sex marriage case Love v. Beshear.
- 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: Gregory Hess Target entity description: Gregory Hess was an American protester whose conviction for disorderly conduct during an antiwar demonstration led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court free speech case Hess v. Indiana.
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A.
Gregory Perler
Gregory Perler is a film editor best known for his work on major animated features, including the movie "Rio 2."
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B.
John Eisendrath
John Eisendrath is a television writer and producer best known for his work on series such as "The Blacklist" and "Alias."
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C.
Gregory Jarvis
Gregory Jarvis was an American engineer and astronaut who served as a payload specialist on the ill-fated Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-51-L.
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D.
Kevin Hageman
Kevin Hageman is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on animated and family films and television series, including contributions to The Lego Movie franchise.
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E.
Gregory Bourke
Gregory Bourke is an American LGBTQ+ rights activist known for his role as a lead plaintiff in the landmark same-sex marriage case Love v. Beshear.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
ⓘ
U.S. Supreme Court case ⓘ person ⓘ |
| appliesLaw | First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| associatedWith | antiwar movement in the United States ⓘ |
| caseOutcomeForSubject | conviction reversed by U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| concerns |
disorderly conduct statute
ⓘ
incitement to illegal action ⓘ |
| constitutionalRightImplicated | First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| convictedOf | disorderly conduct ⓘ |
| convictionJurisdiction | Indiana ⓘ |
| countryOfLegalCase |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasLegalRepresentative | defense counsel in Hess v. Indiana ⓘ |
| involvedIn | free speech controversy ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| knownFor | role in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court free speech case ⓘ |
| legalCase | Hess v. Indiana ⓘ |
| legalIssue | limits of incitement and disorderly conduct statutes ⓘ |
| legalSubject | freedom of speech ⓘ |
| notableFor | Hess v. Indiana ⓘ |
| occupation | protester ⓘ |
| originatedFrom | Indiana state court conviction ⓘ |
| participantIn | antiwar demonstration ⓘ |
| party | Gregory Hess ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Indiana ⓘ |
| roleInCase |
defendant in Hess v. Indiana
ⓘ
linked to:
Hess v. Indiana
|
| speechRelatedTo | anti–Vietnam War protest ⓘ |
| subjectOf | First Amendment jurisprudence ⓘ |
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: Gregory Hess Description of subject: Gregory Hess was an American protester whose conviction for disorderly conduct during an antiwar demonstration led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court free speech case Hess v. Indiana.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Gregory Hess