Lee Harvey Oswald
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Lee Harvey Oswald was a former U.S. Marine who is widely believed to have shot and killed President John F. Kennedy in Dallas in 1963, though his guilt has remained the subject of extensive controversy and conspiracy theories.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lee Harvey Oswald canonical | 40 |
| June Lee Oswald | 2 |
| Robert Edward Lee Oswald | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T210162 — 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: Lee Harvey Oswald Context triple: [Assassination of John F. Kennedy, allegedAssassin, Lee Harvey Oswald]
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A.
George Bannerman Dealey
George Bannerman Dealey was a prominent Dallas newspaper publisher and civic leader whose influence on the city led to several landmarks, including Dealey Plaza, bearing his name.
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B.
John Wilkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor and Confederate sympathizer best known for assassinating President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
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C.
Sirhan Sirhan
Sirhan Sirhan is a Palestinian immigrant who became infamous for assassinating U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy in Los Angeles in 1968.
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D.
George "Machine Gun" Kelly
George "Machine Gun" Kelly was a notorious American gangster and Prohibition-era kidnapper whose high-profile crimes made him one of the early public enemies of the 1930s.
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E.
JFK
JFK is John F. Kennedy International Airport, a major international air travel hub serving New York City.
- 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: Lee Harvey Oswald Target entity description: Lee Harvey Oswald was a former U.S. Marine who is widely believed to have shot and killed President John F. Kennedy in Dallas in 1963, though his guilt has remained the subject of extensive controversy and conspiracy theories.
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A.
George Bannerman Dealey
George Bannerman Dealey was a prominent Dallas newspaper publisher and civic leader whose influence on the city led to several landmarks, including Dealey Plaza, bearing his name.
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B.
John Wilkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor and Confederate sympathizer best known for assassinating President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
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C.
Sirhan Sirhan
Sirhan Sirhan is a Palestinian immigrant who became infamous for assassinating U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy in Los Angeles in 1968.
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D.
George "Machine Gun" Kelly
George "Machine Gun" Kelly was a notorious American gangster and Prohibition-era kidnapper whose high-profile crimes made him one of the early public enemies of the 1930s.
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E.
JFK
JFK is John F. Kennedy International Airport, a major international air travel hub serving New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
assassin
ⓘ
former United States Marine ⓘ human ⓘ |
| allegedCrime |
assassination of John F. Kennedy
ⓘ
murder of Dallas police officer J. D. Tippit ⓘ |
| arrestDate | 1963-11-22 ⓘ |
| arrestedOnChargeOf |
murder of J. D. Tippit
ⓘ
Assassination of John F. Kennedy ⓘ
surface form:
murder of John F. Kennedy
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| attemptedDefectionTo | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| brother | Robert Oswald ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | gunshot wound ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1939-10-18 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1963-11-24 ⓘ |
| deniedInvolvementIn | assassination of John F. Kennedy ⓘ |
| detainedBy | Dallas Police Department ⓘ |
| education | attended various public schools in New Orleans and New York City ⓘ |
| employer | Texas School Book Depository ⓘ |
| eventParticipatedIn | assassination of John F. Kennedy ⓘ |
| familyName | Oswald ⓘ |
| fullName | Lee Harvey Oswald self-link ⓘ |
| givenName | Lee ⓘ |
| ideology |
Marxism
ⓘ
pro-Castro sympathies ⓘ |
| killedBy | Jack Ruby ⓘ |
| knownFor | allegedly assassinating U.S. President John F. Kennedy ⓘ |
| livedIn | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | homicide ⓘ |
| middleName | Harvey ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Private First Class ⓘ |
| mother | Marguerite Frances Claverie ⓘ |
| notableWork | Fair Play for Cuba Committee leafleting in New Orleans ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation | warehouse worker ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
New Orleans
ⓘ
surface form:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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| placeOfBurial | Shannon Rose Hill Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Texas, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Dallas, Texas
ⓘ
surface form:
Dallas, Texas, United States
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| religion | raised nominally Protestant ⓘ |
| residence |
Dallas, Texas
ⓘ
surface form:
Dallas, Texas, United States
Minsk ⓘ
surface form:
Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
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| returnedTo | United States in 1962 ⓘ |
| selfDescription | "a patsy" ⓘ |
| serviceEnd | 1959 ⓘ |
| serviceStart | 1956 ⓘ |
| spouse |
Marina Nikolayevna Prusakova
ⓘ
Marina Oswald ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
United States House Select Committee on Assassinations
ⓘ
surface form:
United States House Select Committee on Assassinations investigation
Warren Commission ⓘ
surface form:
Warren Commission Report
numerous conspiracy theories regarding the Kennedy assassination ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lee Harvey Oswald Description of subject: Lee Harvey Oswald was a former U.S. Marine who is widely believed to have shot and killed President John F. Kennedy in Dallas in 1963, though his guilt has remained the subject of extensive controversy and conspiracy theories.
Referenced by (43)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Elm Street (Dallas)
subject surface form:
Jack Ruby
subject surface form:
Shannon Rose Hill Memorial Park
this entity surface form:
June Lee Oswald
this entity surface form:
June Lee Oswald
this entity surface form:
Robert Edward Lee Oswald