Joseph Jefferson Jackson
E142087
Joseph Jefferson "Shoeless Joe" Jackson was an American Major League Baseball outfielder renowned as one of the greatest natural hitters in the sport’s history and controversially linked to the 1919 Black Sox Scandal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Joseph Jefferson Jackson canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1245210 — 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: Joseph Jefferson Jackson Context triple: [Shoeless Joe Jackson, fullName, Joseph Jefferson Jackson]
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A.
James Jackson
James Jackson was an early 19th-century American physician best known as a co-founder and pioneering leader of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
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B.
James Wood Johnson
James Wood Johnson was an American businessman and co-founder of the healthcare and consumer goods company Johnson & Johnson.
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C.
Leslie Lynch King Jr.
Leslie Lynch King Jr. is the birth name of Gerald Ford, the 38th president of the United States.
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D.
Charles Sherrod
Charles Sherrod was a prominent civil rights activist and SNCC organizer who played a key leadership role in desegregation efforts in Albany, Georgia.
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E.
Holton D. Robinson
Holton D. Robinson was an American civil engineer noted for his work on major suspension bridges in the early 20th century.
- 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: Joseph Jefferson Jackson Target entity description: Joseph Jefferson "Shoeless Joe" Jackson was an American Major League Baseball outfielder renowned as one of the greatest natural hitters in the sport’s history and controversially linked to the 1919 Black Sox Scandal.
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A.
James Jackson
James Jackson was an early 19th-century American physician best known as a co-founder and pioneering leader of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
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B.
James Wood Johnson
James Wood Johnson was an American businessman and co-founder of the healthcare and consumer goods company Johnson & Johnson.
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C.
Leslie Lynch King Jr.
Leslie Lynch King Jr. is the birth name of Gerald Ford, the 38th president of the United States.
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D.
Charles Sherrod
Charles Sherrod was a prominent civil rights activist and SNCC organizer who played a key leadership role in desegregation efforts in Albany, Georgia.
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E.
Holton D. Robinson
Holton D. Robinson was an American civil engineer noted for his work on major suspension bridges in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
ⓘ
Major League Baseball outfielder ⓘ baseball player ⓘ human ⓘ |
| bannedBy |
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
ⓘ
surface form:
Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis
|
| bannedFor | involvement in the Black Sox Scandal ⓘ |
| bannedFrom | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| bats | left ⓘ |
| battingAverageIn1919WorldSeries | .375 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Woodlawn Memorial Park, Greenville, South Carolina, United States ⓘ |
| careerBattingAverage | .356 ⓘ |
| careerHits | 1772 ⓘ |
| careerHomeRuns | 54 ⓘ |
| careerOnBasePlusSlugging | .940 ⓘ |
| careerRunsBattedIn | 792 ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| culturalDepiction |
character in the film Field of Dreams
ⓘ
subject of the novel Shoeless Joe ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1887-07-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1951-12-05 ⓘ |
| familyName | Jackson ⓘ |
| finalMLBGame | 1920-09-27 ⓘ |
| finalMLBTeam | Chicago White Sox ⓘ |
| givenName | Joseph ⓘ |
| hallOfFameStatus | ineligible for National Baseball Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
1919 World Series
ⓘ
1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
surface form:
Black Sox Scandal
|
| middleName | Jefferson ⓘ |
| MLBDebut | 1908-08-25 ⓘ |
| MLBDebutTeam | Philadelphia Athletics ⓘ |
| nickname |
Shoeless Joe Jackson
ⓘ
surface form:
Shoeless Joe
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| notableFor |
being one of the greatest natural hitters in baseball history
ⓘ
involvement in the 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ |
| occupation | professional baseball player ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Pickens County, South Carolina
ⓘ
surface form:
Pickens County, South Carolina, United States
|
| placeOfDeath |
Greenville, South Carolina
ⓘ
surface form:
Greenville, South Carolina, United States
|
| playedFor |
Chicago White Sox
ⓘ
Cleveland Indians ⓘ Cleveland Indians ⓘ
surface form:
Cleveland Naps
Philadelphia Athletics ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | outfielder ⓘ |
| residence |
Greenville, South Carolina
ⓘ
surface form:
Greenville, South Carolina, United States
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| team |
Chicago White Sox
ⓘ
surface form:
1917 Chicago White Sox
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| throws | right ⓘ |
| WorldSeriesChampion | 1917 ⓘ |
| yearOfBan | 1921 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Joseph Jefferson Jackson Description of subject: Joseph Jefferson "Shoeless Joe" Jackson was an American Major League Baseball outfielder renowned as one of the greatest natural hitters in the sport’s history and controversially linked to the 1919 Black Sox Scandal.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.