Rod Johnson
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Rod Johnson is a software engineer and entrepreneur best known for creating the Spring Framework for Java.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rod Johnson canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14439610 — 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: Rod Johnson Context triple: [Spring Framework, originalAuthor, Rod Johnson]
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A.
Wil Johnson
Wil Johnson is a British actor known for his work in television dramas such as "Waking the Dead," "Waterloo Road," and "Emmerdale."
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B.
Cliff Martinez
Cliff Martinez is an American film composer and former drummer known for his atmospheric, minimalist scores for directors like Steven Soderbergh and Nicolas Winding Refn.
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C.
Christopher James Berman
Christopher James Berman is a longtime ESPN sportscaster best known for his energetic NFL coverage and signature catchphrases.
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D.
Martin Ballinger
Martin Ballinger was a British businessman best known as the founder and first chief executive of the Go-Ahead Group, one of the UK’s major public transport operators.
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E.
Bruce Straley
Bruce Straley is an American video game director and designer best known for his longtime work at Naughty Dog on acclaimed titles such as the Uncharted series and The Last of Us.
- 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: Rod Johnson Target entity description: Rod Johnson is a software engineer and entrepreneur best known for creating the Spring Framework for Java.
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A.
Wil Johnson
Wil Johnson is a British actor known for his work in television dramas such as "Waking the Dead," "Waterloo Road," and "Emmerdale."
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B.
Cliff Martinez
Cliff Martinez is an American film composer and former drummer known for his atmospheric, minimalist scores for directors like Steven Soderbergh and Nicolas Winding Refn.
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C.
Christopher James Berman
Christopher James Berman is a longtime ESPN sportscaster best known for his energetic NFL coverage and signature catchphrases.
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D.
Martin Ballinger
Martin Ballinger was a British businessman best known as the founder and first chief executive of the Go-Ahead Group, one of the UK’s major public transport operators.
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E.
Bruce Straley
Bruce Straley is an American video game director and designer best known for his longtime work at Naughty Dog on acclaimed titles such as the Uncharted series and The Last of Us.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Spring