John Pearson
E1017076
John Pearson is the son of renowned English actress Dame Gladys Cooper.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John Pearson canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12971175 — 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: John Pearson Context triple: [Gladys Cooper, child, John Pearson]
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A.
John Pearson
John Pearson was a 17th-century English theologian and scholar, best known for his influential work "An Exposition of the Creed" and his prominence within the Church of England.
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B.
John Pearson
John Pearson was a British author and biographer best known for his works on the Kray twins and other true-crime and historical subjects.
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C.
Mike Parker Pearson
Mike Parker Pearson is a prominent British archaeologist and professor best known for his influential research on Stonehenge and its surrounding prehistoric landscape.
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D.
Richard Pearson
Richard Pearson is a film editor best known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the superhero ensemble film "Justice League."
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E.
Richard Pearson
Richard Pearson was a British naval officer best known for commanding HMS Serapis in its famous 1779 engagement against John Paul Jones during the Battle of Flamborough Head.
- 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: John Pearson Target entity description: John Pearson is the son of renowned English actress Dame Gladys Cooper.
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A.
John Pearson
John Pearson was a British author and biographer best known for his works on the Kray twins and other true-crime and historical subjects.
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B.
John Pearson
John Pearson was a 17th-century English theologian and scholar, best known for his influential work "An Exposition of the Creed" and his prominence within the Church of England.
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C.
Mike Parker Pearson
Mike Parker Pearson is a prominent British archaeologist and professor best known for his influential research on Stonehenge and its surrounding prehistoric landscape.
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D.
Richard Pearson
Richard Pearson is a film editor best known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the superhero ensemble film "Justice League."
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E.
Richard Pearson
Richard Pearson was a British naval officer best known for commanding HMS Serapis in its famous 1779 engagement against John Paul Jones during the Battle of Flamborough Head.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (10)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actress
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person ⓘ |
| child | John Pearson ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Dame ⓘ |
| mother | Gladys Cooper ⓘ |
| parent | Gladys Cooper ⓘ |
| sexOrGender |
female
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male ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: John Pearson Description of subject: John Pearson is the son of renowned English actress Dame Gladys Cooper.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
John Pearson