Nico Jacobellis
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Nico Jacobellis was a film exhibitor whose prosecution for showing the French film "Les Amants" led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court obscenity case Jacobellis v. Ohio.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nico Jacobellis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22275479 — 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: Nico Jacobellis Context triple: [Jacobellis v. Ohio, petitioner, Nico Jacobellis]
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A.
Billy Jacobs
Billy Jacobs was an early 20th-century American child actor who appeared in silent films.
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B.
Tom Dumont
Tom Dumont is an American guitarist and songwriter best known as a longtime member of the rock band No Doubt.
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C.
Pete Candoli
Pete Candoli was an American jazz trumpeter renowned for his work in big bands and studio sessions during the mid-20th century.
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D.
Frank De Kova
Frank De Kova was an American character actor best known for his numerous supporting roles in mid-20th-century film and television, often playing tough or ethnic characters in Westerns and historical dramas.
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E.
Ronald Sossi
Ronald Sossi is an American theater director and producer best known as the founder and longtime artistic director of the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble in Los Angeles.
- 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: Nico Jacobellis Target entity description: Nico Jacobellis was a film exhibitor whose prosecution for showing the French film "Les Amants" led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court obscenity case Jacobellis v. Ohio.
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A.
Billy Jacobs
Billy Jacobs was an early 20th-century American child actor who appeared in silent films.
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B.
Tom Dumont
Tom Dumont is an American guitarist and songwriter best known as a longtime member of the rock band No Doubt.
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C.
Pete Candoli
Pete Candoli was an American jazz trumpeter renowned for his work in big bands and studio sessions during the mid-20th century.
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D.
Frank De Kova
Frank De Kova was an American character actor best known for his numerous supporting roles in mid-20th-century film and television, often playing tough or ethnic characters in Westerns and historical dramas.
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E.
Ronald Sossi
Ronald Sossi is an American theater director and producer best known as the founder and longtime artistic director of the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble in Los Angeles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.