Oleta O’Connor Yates
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Oleta O’Connor Yates was an American Communist Party organizer and political activist best known as a defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Yates v. United States, which limited the scope of the Smith Act.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Oleta O’Connor Yates canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11633751 — 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: Oleta O’Connor Yates Context triple: [Yates v. United States, parties, Oleta O’Connor Yates]
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A.
Geraldine Laybourne
Geraldine Laybourne is an American media executive best known for her pioneering leadership at Nickelodeon and for co-founding and leading the women-focused cable network Oxygen.
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B.
Nancy Fields O’Connor
Nancy Fields O’Connor was an American actress and philanthropist best known as the longtime wife and estate executor of actor Carroll O’Connor, with whom she was active in charitable and arts-related causes.
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C.
Evelyn O'Neill
Evelyn O'Neill is a film producer best known for her work on acclaimed independent movies such as the coming-of-age drama "Lady Bird."
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D.
Emily Munroe McNair
Emily Munroe McNair was the first wife of American actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr., with whom she had two children before her early death in 1950.
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E.
Elizabeth McDowell
Elizabeth McDowell was the wife of American Regionalist painter and muralist Thomas Hart Benton.
- 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: Oleta O’Connor Yates Target entity description: Oleta O’Connor Yates was an American Communist Party organizer and political activist best known as a defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Yates v. United States, which limited the scope of the Smith Act.
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A.
Geraldine Laybourne
Geraldine Laybourne is an American media executive best known for her pioneering leadership at Nickelodeon and for co-founding and leading the women-focused cable network Oxygen.
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B.
Nancy Fields O’Connor
Nancy Fields O’Connor was an American actress and philanthropist best known as the longtime wife and estate executor of actor Carroll O’Connor, with whom she was active in charitable and arts-related causes.
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C.
Evelyn O'Neill
Evelyn O'Neill is a film producer best known for her work on acclaimed independent movies such as the coming-of-age drama "Lady Bird."
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D.
Emily Munroe McNair
Emily Munroe McNair was the first wife of American actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr., with whom she had two children before her early death in 1950.
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E.
Elizabeth McDowell
Elizabeth McDowell was the wife of American Regionalist painter and muralist Thomas Hart Benton.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (17)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American communist
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Communist Party organizer ⓘ human ⓘ political activist ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being a defendant in Yates v. United States
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opposition to the Smith Act prosecutions ⓘ |
| memberOf | Communist Party USA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
American communist movement
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left-wing politics in the United States ⓘ |
| notableWork | Yates v. United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
party organizer
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political activist ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Smith Act trials
NERFINISHED
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Yates v. United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | leader in the Communist Party USA (California) ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Oleta O’Connor Yates Description of subject: Oleta O’Connor Yates was an American Communist Party organizer and political activist best known as a defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Yates v. United States, which limited the scope of the Smith Act.
Referenced by (1)
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