John
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John is the given name of John B. Floyd, a 19th-century American politician who served as U.S. Secretary of War under President James Buchanan.
All labels observed (1)
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| John canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21893713 — 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 B. Floyd, givenName, John]
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John
John is the nickname of John Riggins, a former American football running back best known for his Hall of Fame career with the Washington Redskins in the NFL.
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John
John is the given name of John Reith, the influential first Director-General of the BBC who shaped early public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom.
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John
John is the given name of the American composer John Luther Adams, known for his works inspired by nature and environmental themes.
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John
John is the given name of John Adams, the prominent American minimalist and post-minimalist composer known for works like "Nixon in China" and "Short Ride in a Fast Machine."
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John
John is the given name of actor John Cho, a Korean American performer known for roles in the "Harold & Kumar" films and the "Star Trek" reboot series.
- 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 B. Floyd, a 19th-century American politician who served as U.S. Secretary of War under President James Buchanan.
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John
John is the given name of John Slidell, a 19th-century American politician and diplomat involved in key events leading up to the U.S. Civil War.
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John
John is the given name of John B. Gordon, a prominent Confederate general and later U.S. senator and governor of Georgia during the 19th century.
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John
John is the given name of John Watson Foster, an American diplomat and U.S. Secretary of State in the late 19th century.
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John
John is the given name of John Alexander Logan, a prominent 19th-century American Civil War general and influential politician.
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E.
John
John is the given name of John F. Lehman, a former U.S. Secretary of the Navy and influential defense policy figure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.