John Patrick
E28037
John Patrick was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for works like "The Teahouse of the August Moon" and his contributions to mid-20th-century film and theater.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John Patrick canonical | 35 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T173177 — 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 Patrick Context triple: [High Society, screenwriter, John Patrick]
-
A.
Jack Barry
Jack Barry was a prominent American baseball coach and former Major League infielder best known for managing the College of the Holy Cross to the 1952 College World Series championship.
-
B.
John Sullivan
John Sullivan was an American general and political leader who played a prominent role in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
-
C.
Sam Kennedy
Sam Kennedy is a Major League Baseball executive best known for serving as the president and CEO of the Boston Red Sox.
-
D.
John Curran
John Curran is an American film director and screenwriter known for character-driven dramas such as "Chappaquiddick," "We Don't Live Here Anymore," and "The Painted Veil."
-
E.
Gerry Cardinale
Gerry Cardinale is an American investor and founder of the private investment firm RedBird Capital Partners, known for major sports, media, and entertainment investments.
- 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 Patrick Target entity description: John Patrick was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for works like "The Teahouse of the August Moon" and his contributions to mid-20th-century film and theater.
-
A.
Jack Barry
Jack Barry was a prominent American baseball coach and former Major League infielder best known for managing the College of the Holy Cross to the 1952 College World Series championship.
-
B.
John Sullivan
John Sullivan was an American general and political leader who played a prominent role in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
-
C.
Sam Kennedy
Sam Kennedy is a Major League Baseball executive best known for serving as the president and CEO of the Boston Red Sox.
-
D.
John Curran
John Curran is an American film director and screenwriter known for character-driven dramas such as "Chappaquiddick," "We Don't Live Here Anymore," and "The Painted Veil."
-
E.
Gerry Cardinale
Gerry Cardinale is an American investor and founder of the private investment firm RedBird Capital Partners, known for major sports, media, and entertainment investments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American playwright
ⓘ
American screenwriter ⓘ dramatist ⓘ person ⓘ play ⓘ play ⓘ play ⓘ play ⓘ playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| author |
John Patrick
ⓘ
John Patrick ⓘ John Patrick ⓘ John Patrick ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film
ⓘ
playwriting ⓘ screenwriting ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributions to mid-20th-century American film
ⓘ
contributions to mid-20th-century American theatre ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Curious Savage
ⓘ
The Hasty Heart ⓘ The Teahouse of the August Moon ⓘ The World of Suzie Wong ⓘ |
| occupation |
dramatist
ⓘ
playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| workPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| wrote |
The Curious Savage
ⓘ
The Hasty Heart ⓘ The Teahouse of the August Moon ⓘ The World of Suzie Wong ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: John Patrick Description of subject: John Patrick was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for works like "The Teahouse of the August Moon" and his contributions to mid-20th-century film and theater.
Referenced by (35)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
John Patrick
subject linked to:
John Patrick
subject linked to:
John Patrick
subject linked to:
John Patrick
subject linked to:
film Three Coins in the Fountain