John Walker Lindh
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John Walker Lindh is an American who became widely known as the “American Taliban” after being captured in Afghanistan in 2001 and later convicted for aiding the Taliban.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John Walker Lindh canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11306704 — 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: John Walker Lindh Context triple: [Marin Catholic High School, hasNotableAlumni, John Walker Lindh]
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A.
David Hicks
David Hicks is an Australian man who was detained by the United States at Guantánamo Bay and became widely known for challenging his detention in landmark legal cases related to the War on Terror.
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B.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is a Kyrgyz-American convicted terrorist best known as one of the perpetrators of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.
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C.
Ramzi Yousef
Ramzi Yousef is a Kuwaiti-born militant Islamist and convicted terrorist best known as the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in New York City.
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D.
Nidal Ayyad
Nidal Ayyad is a Kuwaiti-born chemical engineer and Islamist militant who was convicted for his role in planning and carrying out the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in New York City.
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E.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev
Tamerlan Tsarnaev was a Kyrgyzstani-born American resident and Islamist extremist who, along with his younger brother Dzhokhar, carried out the deadly 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.
- 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: John Walker Lindh Target entity description: John Walker Lindh is an American who became widely known as the “American Taliban” after being captured in Afghanistan in 2001 and later convicted for aiding the Taliban.
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A.
David Hicks
David Hicks is an Australian man who was detained by the United States at Guantánamo Bay and became widely known for challenging his detention in landmark legal cases related to the War on Terror.
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B.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is a Kyrgyz-American convicted terrorist best known as one of the perpetrators of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.
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C.
Ramzi Yousef
Ramzi Yousef is a Kuwaiti-born militant Islamist and convicted terrorist best known as the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in New York City.
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D.
Nidal Ayyad
Nidal Ayyad is a Kuwaiti-born chemical engineer and Islamist militant who was convicted for his role in planning and carrying out the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in New York City.
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E.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev
Tamerlan Tsarnaev was a Kyrgyzstani-born American resident and Islamist extremist who, along with his younger brother Dzhokhar, carried out the deadly 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American citizen
ⓘ
Islam convert ⓘ convicted criminal ⓘ human ⓘ |
| allegiance | Taliban ⓘ |
| captureDate | 2001-11 ⓘ |
| capturedDuring | War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ |
| chargedWith |
carrying explosives during the commission of a felony
ⓘ
supplying services to the Taliban ⓘ |
| combatZone |
Kunduz, Afghanistan
ⓘ
linked to:
Kunduz
|
| convertedToReligion | Islam ⓘ |
| convertedToReligionDate | 1990s ⓘ |
| convictedOf |
carrying explosives during the commission of a felony
ⓘ
supplying services to the Taliban ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1981-02-09 ⓘ |
| education |
Tamalpais High School (did not graduate)
ⓘ
linked to:
Tamalpais High School
|
| familyName | Lindh ⓘ |
| fullName | John Walker Lindh ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | John ⓘ |
| incarceratedAt |
Federal Correctional Institution Terre Haute
ⓘ
Federal Correctional Institution Victorville II ⓘ |
| involvedInEvent | Battle of Qala-i-Jangi ⓘ |
| joinedOrganization | Taliban ⓘ |
| joinedOrganizationDate | 2001 ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | extensive U.S. and international media attention after capture ⓘ |
| militaryGroupSupported | Taliban ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| nickname | American Taliban ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being known as the American Taliban
ⓘ
capture in Afghanistan in 2001 ⓘ prosecution in the United States for aiding the Taliban ⓘ |
| parent |
Frank Lindh
ⓘ
Marilyn Walker ⓘ |
| paroleOrSupervisedReleaseTerm | 3 years ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| plea | guilty ⓘ |
| pleaAgreementDate | 2002-07 ⓘ |
| raisedIn |
Marin County, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Marin County
|
| releaseDate | 2019-05-23 ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholicism
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
Islam ⓘ |
| sentenceDate | 2002-10 ⓘ |
| sentencedTo | 20 years in federal prison ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Pakistan
ⓘ
Yemen ⓘ |
| subjectOf | United States v. John Walker Lindh ⓘ |
| wasCapturedIn | Afghanistan ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: John Walker Lindh Description of subject: John Walker Lindh is an American who became widely known as the “American Taliban” after being captured in Afghanistan in 2001 and later convicted for aiding the Taliban.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.