John III
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John III was a 14th-century Emperor of Trebizond who ruled the Byzantine successor state on the Black Sea coast.
All labels observed (1)
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20439358 — 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 III Context triple: [John III of Trebizond, regnalName, John III]
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Charles Ferdinand Vasa
Charles Ferdinand Vasa was a Polish prince of the Vasa dynasty who served as a Catholic bishop and influential noble in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the 17th century.
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Alexander Charles Vasa
Alexander Charles Vasa was a Polish prince of the Vasa dynasty, son of King Sigismund III Vasa, who held various noble titles within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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John III of Sweden
John III of Sweden was a 16th-century King of Sweden from the House of Vasa, known for his attempts to reconcile Lutheranism and Catholicism and for his role in the complex dynastic politics of Northern Europe.
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John III of Nassau-Beilstein
John III of Nassau-Beilstein was a late medieval German nobleman of the House of Nassau who ruled the small County of Nassau-Beilstein within the Holy Roman Empire.
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Gustav of Vasa
Gustav of Vasa was a 19th-century Swedish prince and pretender to the Swedish throne, known as the exiled son of deposed King Gustav IV Adolf.
- 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 III Target entity description: John III was a 14th-century Emperor of Trebizond who ruled the Byzantine successor state on the Black Sea coast.
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A.
Charles Ferdinand Vasa
Charles Ferdinand Vasa was a Polish prince of the Vasa dynasty who served as a Catholic bishop and influential noble in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the 17th century.
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B.
Alexander Charles Vasa
Alexander Charles Vasa was a Polish prince of the Vasa dynasty, son of King Sigismund III Vasa, who held various noble titles within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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C.
John III of Sweden
John III of Sweden was a 16th-century King of Sweden from the House of Vasa, known for his attempts to reconcile Lutheranism and Catholicism and for his role in the complex dynastic politics of Northern Europe.
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D.
John III of Nassau-Beilstein
John III of Nassau-Beilstein was a late medieval German nobleman of the House of Nassau who ruled the small County of Nassau-Beilstein within the Holy Roman Empire.
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E.
Gustav of Vasa
Gustav of Vasa was a 19th-century Swedish prince and pretender to the Swedish throne, known as the exiled son of deposed King Gustav IV Adolf.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.