Gregory Lee Johnson
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Gregory Lee Johnson is a political activist best known as the defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court flag-burning case Texas v. Johnson, which affirmed flag desecration as protected free speech under the First Amendment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gregory Lee Johnson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1440182 — 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: Gregory Lee Johnson Context triple: [opinion in Texas v. Johnson, party, Gregory Lee Johnson]
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A.
James Ingo Freed
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B.
John H. Lawrence
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C.
Ordell Robbie
Ordell Robbie is a ruthless and manipulative gunrunner in Quentin Tarantino’s film "Jackie Brown," known for his charismatic yet menacing demeanor.
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D.
Blazes Boylan
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E.
Christopher Wallace
Christopher Wallace is an American journalist and television news anchor known for his incisive political interviews and long career at major U.S. networks.
- 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: Gregory Lee Johnson Target entity description: Gregory Lee Johnson is a political activist best known as the defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court flag-burning case Texas v. Johnson, which affirmed flag desecration as protected free speech under the First Amendment.
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A.
James Ingo Freed
James Ingo Freed was a prominent American architect known for major public works such as the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Air Force Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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B.
John H. Lawrence
John H. Lawrence was an American physician and physicist known as a pioneer of nuclear medicine for his early use of radioactive isotopes in diagnosis and treatment.
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C.
Ordell Robbie
Ordell Robbie is a ruthless and manipulative gunrunner in Quentin Tarantino’s film "Jackie Brown," known for his charismatic yet menacing demeanor.
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D.
Blazes Boylan
Blazes Boylan is a charismatic and womanizing Dublin music promoter best known as Molly Bloom’s lover in James Joyce’s novel "Ulysses."
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E.
Christopher Wallace
Christopher Wallace is an American journalist and television news anchor known for his incisive political interviews and long career at major U.S. networks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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political activist ⓘ |
| areaOfActivism |
anti-war protest
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civil liberties ⓘ left-wing political activism ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
United States constitutional law
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surface form:
First Amendment jurisprudence
flag desecration controversy in the United States ⓘ |
| cause |
First Amendment to the United States Constitution
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surface form:
First Amendment rights
free speech rights ⓘ right to desecrate the U.S. flag as political protest ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfLegalCase | United States of America ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasLegalRightAffirmed | burning the U.S. flag as symbolic speech ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | activist ⓘ |
| influenced |
U.S. flag desecration laws
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subsequent Supreme Court case United States v. Eichman ⓘ |
| knownFor |
opinion in Texas v. Johnson
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surface form:
Texas v. Johnson
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| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legalCaseOutcome | U.S. Supreme Court held that flag burning is protected speech under the First Amendment ⓘ |
| legalStatusInCase |
convicted under Texas flag desecration statute (initially)
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conviction overturned by U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ |
| movement | political activism ⓘ |
| notableEvent | arrest for burning an American flag during a political demonstration ⓘ |
| notableWork |
opinion in Texas v. Johnson
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surface form:
Texas v. Johnson (U.S. Supreme Court case)
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| participantIn | 1984 Republican National Convention protest in Dallas, Texas ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| roleIn | defendant in Texas v. Johnson ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
opinion in Texas v. Johnson
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surface form:
Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989)
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gregory Lee Johnson Description of subject: Gregory Lee Johnson is a political activist best known as the defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court flag-burning case Texas v. Johnson, which affirmed flag desecration as protected free speech under the First Amendment.
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