John
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John is the given name of John H. Surratt, a historical figure known for his involvement in the conspiracy surrounding the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
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 T22954549 — 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 H. Surratt, givenName, John]
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John
John is the given name of John J. Pershing, the famed American general who led the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I.
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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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John
John is the given first name of Johnny Kilbane, an American featherweight boxing champion from the early 20th century.
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John
John is the given name of John Albert William Spencer-Churchill, a British aristocrat and 10th Duke of Marlborough.
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John
John is the given name of John Williams Walker, an early 19th-century American politician and U.S. Senator from Alabama.
- 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 H. Surratt, a historical figure known for his involvement in the conspiracy surrounding the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
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John
John is the given name of John Henry Kagi, an American abolitionist who served as a key lieutenant to John Brown during the raid on Harpers Ferry.
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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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C.
John
John is the given name of John G. Nicolay, who served as President Abraham Lincoln’s private secretary and later co-authored a seminal biography of Lincoln.
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D.
John
John is the given name of the infamous American bank robber and Depression-era outlaw John Dillinger.
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E.
John
John is the given name of the historical figure known as Tuscarora Jack.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.