Lynn Johnston
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Lynn Johnston is a Canadian cartoonist best known for creating the long-running, family-centered comic strip "For Better or For Worse."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lynn Johnston canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13008829 — 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)
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Target entity: Lynn Johnston Context triple: [For Better or For Worse, creator, Lynn Johnston]
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A.
Marla Frazee
Marla Frazee is an American children's book author and illustrator known for her expressive, humorous artwork in acclaimed picture books such as "The Boss Baby."
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B.
Susan Toth
Susan Toth is known as the former spouse of acclaimed American speculative fiction writer Harlan Ellison.
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C.
Laura Bond
Laura Bond was the wife of Robert Laird Borden, the eighth prime minister of Canada.
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D.
Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Aline Kominsky-Crumb was an influential American underground cartoonist and graphic memoirist known for her raw, confessional, and feminist comics, as well as her collaborations with her husband, Robert Crumb.
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E.
Joanna Lohman
Joanna Lohman is an American former professional soccer player and LGBTQ+ advocate known for her long career in women’s soccer and her work promoting equality and inclusion in sports.
- 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: Lynn Johnston Target entity description: Lynn Johnston is a Canadian cartoonist best known for creating the long-running, family-centered comic strip "For Better or For Worse."
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A.
Marla Frazee
Marla Frazee is an American children's book author and illustrator known for her expressive, humorous artwork in acclaimed picture books such as "The Boss Baby."
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B.
Susan Toth
Susan Toth is known as the former spouse of acclaimed American speculative fiction writer Harlan Ellison.
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C.
Laura Bond
Laura Bond was the wife of Robert Laird Borden, the eighth prime minister of Canada.
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D.
Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Aline Kominsky-Crumb was an influential American underground cartoonist and graphic memoirist known for her raw, confessional, and feminist comics, as well as her collaborations with her husband, Robert Crumb.
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E.
Joanna Lohman
Joanna Lohman is an American former professional soccer player and LGBTQ+ advocate known for her long career in women’s soccer and her work promoting equality and inclusion in sports.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian cartoonist
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cartoonist ⓘ comic strip ⓘ comics artist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeIn |
newspaper comics
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syndicated comic strips ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Order of Canada
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Reuben Award ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Canada ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Collingwood, Ontario, Canada
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linked to:
Collingwood, Ontario
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| countryOfCitizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| creator | Lynn Johnston ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1947-05-28 ⓘ |
| familyName | Johnston ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cartooning
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comic strips ⓘ |
| genre |
comic strips
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family comic strip ⓘ |
| givenName | Lynn ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Aaron Johnston
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Katie Johnston ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | family-oriented comic strips ⓘ |
| hasWork | For Better or For Worse ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Lynn Johnston ⓘ |
| nationality | Canadian ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | one of the first women to receive the Reuben Award ⓘ |
| notableFor | creating the comic strip For Better or For Worse ⓘ |
| notableWork | For Better or For Worse ⓘ |
| occupation |
cartoonist
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comics artist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Collingwood, Ontario, Canada
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linked to:
Collingwood, Ontario
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| publication |
For Better or For Worse collections
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linked to:
For Better or For Worse
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| residence |
Ontario, Canada
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linked to:
Ontario, Canada (periodically reported)
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| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Rod Johnston ⓘ |
| style | realistic family storytelling in comics ⓘ |
| subjectOf | interviews about family life and cartooning ⓘ |
| website | https://www.fborfw.com ⓘ |
| workLocation | Canada ⓘ |
| workPeriod |
early 21st century
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late 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lynn Johnston Description of subject: Lynn Johnston is a Canadian cartoonist best known for creating the long-running, family-centered comic strip "For Better or For Worse."
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.