Professor Edward Johnston
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Professor Edward Johnston is a central character in the science fiction film "Timeline," portrayed as a historian and archaeologist whose disappearance in medieval France prompts a time-travel rescue mission by his students.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Professor Edward Johnston canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20929265 — 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: Professor Edward Johnston Context triple: [Timeline (film), mainCharacter, Professor Edward Johnston]
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A.
Sidney Lee
Sidney Lee was a British biographer and literary scholar best known for his extensive work on the Dictionary of National Biography and his influential studies of William Shakespeare.
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B.
Geoffrey W. Petrie
Geoffrey W. Petrie is a New Zealand archaeologist and academic known for his contributions to the study of Pacific prehistory and material culture.
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C.
Fred Jowett
Fred Jowett was a British socialist politician and early Labour Party figure who served as MP for Bradford and helped shape the party’s formative policies and organization.
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D.
Cyril J. Mockridge
Cyril J. Mockridge was a British-born American film composer and arranger best known for his extensive work scoring Hollywood films for 20th Century Fox during the mid-20th century.
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E.
Clarence Odbody
Clarence Odbody is the bumbling yet wise guardian angel in the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life," sent to help George Bailey understand the value of his life.
- 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: Professor Edward Johnston Target entity description: Professor Edward Johnston is a central character in the science fiction film "Timeline," portrayed as a historian and archaeologist whose disappearance in medieval France prompts a time-travel rescue mission by his students.
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A.
Sidney Lee
Sidney Lee was a British biographer and literary scholar best known for his extensive work on the Dictionary of National Biography and his influential studies of William Shakespeare.
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B.
Geoffrey W. Petrie
Geoffrey W. Petrie is a New Zealand archaeologist and academic known for his contributions to the study of Pacific prehistory and material culture.
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C.
Fred Jowett
Fred Jowett was a British socialist politician and early Labour Party figure who served as MP for Bradford and helped shape the party’s formative policies and organization.
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D.
Cyril J. Mockridge
Cyril J. Mockridge was a British-born American film composer and arranger best known for his extensive work scoring Hollywood films for 20th Century Fox during the mid-20th century.
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E.
Clarence Odbody
Clarence Odbody is the bumbling yet wise guardian angel in the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life," sent to help George Bailey understand the value of his life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.