Morris Cohen
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Morris Cohen was an American-born Soviet spy who, along with his wife Lona, played a key role in passing U.S. atomic and military secrets to the USSR during the mid-20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Morris Cohen canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7433252 — 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: Morris Cohen Context triple: [Soviet atomic bomb project (indirectly, via espionage), notableSpy, Morris Cohen]
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A.
Herman Cohen
Herman Cohen was an American film producer best known for his low-budget horror and exploitation films of the 1950s and 1960s.
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B.
Samuel Cohen
Samuel Cohen, better known as Sammy Cahn, was an American lyricist renowned for his Academy Award–winning songs and collaborations with artists like Frank Sinatra.
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C.
Benjamin Rapoport
Benjamin Rapoport is a neurosurgeon and entrepreneur best known as one of the co-founders of the brain–computer interface company Neuralink.
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D.
Max Rosenberg
Max Rosenberg was a relative of the renowned British intelligence officer Vera Atkins, who served in the Special Operations Executive during World War II.
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E.
J. Sholom Ehrlich
J. Sholom Ehrlich is a notable individual recognized as a significant bearer of the Ehrlich surname, likely distinguished in religious, scholarly, or communal contexts.
- 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: Morris Cohen Target entity description: Morris Cohen was an American-born Soviet spy who, along with his wife Lona, played a key role in passing U.S. atomic and military secrets to the USSR during the mid-20th century.
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A.
Herman Cohen
Herman Cohen was an American film producer best known for his low-budget horror and exploitation films of the 1950s and 1960s.
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B.
Samuel Cohen
Samuel Cohen, better known as Sammy Cahn, was an American lyricist renowned for his Academy Award–winning songs and collaborations with artists like Frank Sinatra.
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C.
Benjamin Rapoport
Benjamin Rapoport is a neurosurgeon and entrepreneur best known as one of the co-founders of the brain–computer interface company Neuralink.
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D.
Max Rosenberg
Max Rosenberg was a relative of the renowned British intelligence officer Vera Atkins, who served in the Special Operations Executive during World War II.
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E.
J. Sholom Ehrlich
J. Sholom Ehrlich is a notable individual recognized as a significant bearer of the Ehrlich surname, likely distinguished in religious, scholarly, or communal contexts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American-born Soviet spy
ⓘ
person ⓘ spy ⓘ |
| activityPeriod | 1930s–1960s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Peter John Kroger
ⓘ
linked to:
Peter Kroger
Peter John Kroger (alias) ⓘ Peter Kroger ⓘ |
| arrestedIn | 1961 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Moscow ⓘ |
| conflict | Spanish Civil War ⓘ |
| convictedOf | espionage ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Soviet Union
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| countryOfConviction | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1910-07-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1995-06-23 ⓘ |
| employer |
GRU
ⓘ
Soviet military intelligence ⓘ
linked to:
Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)
|
| event | prisoner exchange between the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| ideology | communism ⓘ |
| intelligenceService |
Soviet military intelligence (GRU)
ⓘ
linked to:
Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)
|
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Communist Party USA ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Abraham Lincoln Brigade
ⓘ
linked to:
Lincoln Battalion
|
| name | Morris Cohen ⓘ |
| nationalityAtBirth | American ⓘ |
| notableEvent | exposure as part of the Portland Spy Ring in the UK ⓘ |
| notableFor |
handling microfilm of classified documents
ⓘ
operating under deep-cover identities in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| notableWork |
espionage for the Soviet Union in the United States
ⓘ
passing U.S. atomic secrets to the USSR ⓘ passing U.S. military secrets to the USSR ⓘ |
| occupation |
courier
ⓘ
radio engineer ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Cold War espionage
ⓘ
Soviet atomic espionage in the United States ⓘ |
| placeOfArrest | Ruislip, Middlesex, England ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New York City ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| releasedIn | 1969 ⓘ |
| relocatedTo | Moscow ⓘ |
| residence | Moscow ⓘ |
| sentence | 25 years imprisonment ⓘ |
| spouse | Lona Cohen ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Klaus Fuchs
ⓘ
Lona Cohen ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Morris Cohen Description of subject: Morris Cohen was an American-born Soviet spy who, along with his wife Lona, played a key role in passing U.S. atomic and military secrets to the USSR during the mid-20th century.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.