John
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John is the given name of John Courtenay, the 15th Earl of Devon, a British peer.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21829703 — 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 Context triple: [John Courtenay, 15th Earl of Devon, givenName, John]
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John
John Vassall Jr. was a British civil servant who became notorious as a Soviet spy during the Cold War.
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B.
John
John is the given name of John A. Roebling II, an American civil engineer and philanthropist from the prominent Roebling family associated with major bridge construction.
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C.
John
John is the given first name of Johnny Kilbane, an American featherweight boxing champion from the early 20th century.
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D.
John
John is the given name of John Albert William Spencer-Churchill, a British aristocrat and 10th Duke of Marlborough.
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E.
John
John is the given name of John George Graves, a notable British mail-order entrepreneur and philanthropist from Sheffield.
- 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 Target entity description: John is the given name of John Courtenay, the 15th Earl of Devon, a British peer.
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John
John is the given name of John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland, a British peer and soldier of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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B.
John
John is the given name of John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, an 18th-century British statesman and nobleman.
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C.
John
John is the given name of John Stewart, Earl of Mar, a Scottish nobleman and political figure.
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D.
John
John is the given name of John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley, a prominent 19th-century British Liberal politician and statesman.
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E.
John
John is the given name of John Dudley, 2nd Earl of Warwick, a prominent English nobleman and political figure of the 16th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.