Jon Finch
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Jon Finch was an English actor best known for his intense performances in films such as Roman Polanski’s "Macbeth," Alfred Hitchcock’s "Frenzy," and various British horror and science fiction productions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jon Finch canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5043113 — 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: Jon Finch Context triple: [The Final Programme, starring, Jon Finch]
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A.
Quentin Jacobsen
Quentin Jacobsen is the introspective teenage protagonist of John Green’s novel "Paper Towns," whose search for his enigmatic neighbor Margo Roth Spiegelman drives the story’s coming-of-age journey.
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B.
Ethan Winthrop
Ethan Winthrop is a central romantic lead and conflicted attorney in the American soap opera "Passions," known for his tumultuous relationships and family drama.
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C.
Guy Chambers
Guy Chambers is a British songwriter, musician, and producer best known for co-writing many of Robbie Williams' biggest hits.
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D.
Matt Sullivan
Matt Sullivan is the celibate-pledging protagonist of the romantic comedy film "40 Days and 40 Nights," whose vow of abstinence drives the movie’s central plot and comedic conflicts.
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E.
Elias Pearce
Elias Pearce was the mountaineer credited with making the first recorded ascent of Mount Shasta in California.
- 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: Jon Finch Target entity description: Jon Finch was an English actor best known for his intense performances in films such as Roman Polanski’s "Macbeth," Alfred Hitchcock’s "Frenzy," and various British horror and science fiction productions.
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A.
Quentin Jacobsen
Quentin Jacobsen is the introspective teenage protagonist of John Green’s novel "Paper Towns," whose search for his enigmatic neighbor Margo Roth Spiegelman drives the story’s coming-of-age journey.
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B.
Ethan Winthrop
Ethan Winthrop is a central romantic lead and conflicted attorney in the American soap opera "Passions," known for his tumultuous relationships and family drama.
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C.
Guy Chambers
Guy Chambers is a British songwriter, musician, and producer best known for co-writing many of Robbie Williams' biggest hits.
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D.
Matt Sullivan
Matt Sullivan is the celibate-pledging protagonist of the romantic comedy film "40 Days and 40 Nights," whose vow of abstinence drives the movie’s central plot and comedic conflicts.
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E.
Elias Pearce
Elias Pearce was the mountaineer credited with making the first recorded ascent of Mount Shasta in California.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
ⓘ
human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2000s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1960s ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1942-03-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2012-12-28 ⓘ |
| education | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (informal association; auditioned but did not complete training) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Finch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
horror film
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science fiction film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| givenName | Jon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNationality | British ⓘ |
| knownFor |
intense screen performances
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roles in British horror films ⓘ roles in British science fiction films ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| militaryService | British Army ⓘ |
| name | Jon Finch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Death on the Nile (1978 film)
NERFINISHED
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Frenzy (1972 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ King Lear (1983 TV film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Macbeth (1971 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Final Programme NERFINISHED ⓘ The Horror of Frankenstein NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tragedy of Macbeth (stage and screen roles) NERFINISHED ⓘ Vampire Lovers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Caterham
NERFINISHED
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England ⓘ Surrey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
East Sussex
NERFINISHED
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England ⓘ Hastings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayed |
Jerry Cornelius
NERFINISHED
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Macbeth NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Blaney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Hastings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Alfred Hitchcock
NERFINISHED
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Roman Polanski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Jon Finch Description of subject: Jon Finch was an English actor best known for his intense performances in films such as Roman Polanski’s "Macbeth," Alfred Hitchcock’s "Frenzy," and various British horror and science fiction productions.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.