Jacob Schwartz
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Jacob Schwartz was one of the Russian Jewish immigrant anarchists prosecuted in the 1919 U.S. Supreme Court case Abrams v. United States for distributing anti-war leaflets during World War I.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jacob Schwartz canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2533130 — 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: Jacob Schwartz Context triple: [Abrams v. United States, defendants, Jacob Schwartz]
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A.
Charles Schoenbaum
Charles Schoenbaum was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous Hollywood films during the mid-20th century.
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B.
Guy Rothblum
Guy Rothblum is a theoretical computer scientist known for his work in cryptography and complexity theory.
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C.
Theodore Shapiro
Theodore Shapiro is an American film composer known for his work on numerous Hollywood comedies and dramas, including scores for major studio films.
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D.
David L. Rabinowitz
David L. Rabinowitz is an American astronomer known for his role in the discovery of several trans-Neptunian objects and dwarf planets, including Eris.
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E.
Irving Brecher
Irving Brecher was an American screenwriter best known for his work on Marx Brothers comedies and classic Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
- 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: Jacob Schwartz Target entity description: Jacob Schwartz was one of the Russian Jewish immigrant anarchists prosecuted in the 1919 U.S. Supreme Court case Abrams v. United States for distributing anti-war leaflets during World War I.
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A.
Charles Schoenbaum
Charles Schoenbaum was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous Hollywood films during the mid-20th century.
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B.
Guy Rothblum
Guy Rothblum is a theoretical computer scientist known for his work in cryptography and complexity theory.
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C.
Theodore Shapiro
Theodore Shapiro is an American film composer known for his work on numerous Hollywood comedies and dramas, including scores for major studio films.
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D.
David L. Rabinowitz
David L. Rabinowitz is an American astronomer known for his role in the discovery of several trans-Neptunian objects and dwarf planets, including Eris.
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E.
Irving Brecher
Irving Brecher was an American screenwriter best known for his work on Marx Brothers comedies and classic Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Russian Jewish immigrant
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anarchist ⓘ defendant ⓘ person ⓘ political activist ⓘ |
| activity | distributing anti-war leaflets ⓘ |
| caseOutcome | convicted at trial ⓘ |
| caseReviewedBy | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| charge | violating the Espionage Act of 1917 ⓘ |
| coDefendantWith |
Hyman Lachowsky
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Jacob Abrams ⓘ Mollie Steimer ⓘ Samuel Lipman ⓘ |
| defendantIn | Abrams v. United States ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | World War I ⓘ |
| immigrationTo |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| languageOfLeaflets |
English
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Yiddish ⓘ |
| legalContext | Espionage Act era prosecutions ⓘ |
| name | Jacob Schwartz self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Russian ⓘ |
| notableFor | being a defendant in Abrams v. United States ⓘ |
| opposed |
American military intervention in Russia
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United States involvement in World War I ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology | anarchism ⓘ |
| prosecutedBy | United States government ⓘ |
| relatedLegalDoctrine |
The Right of Free Speech
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surface form:
First Amendment free speech jurisprudence
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| relatedTo |
Abrams v. United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Holmes dissent in Abrams v. United States
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jacob Schwartz Description of subject: Jacob Schwartz was one of the Russian Jewish immigrant anarchists prosecuted in the 1919 U.S. Supreme Court case Abrams v. United States for distributing anti-war leaflets during World War I.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.