John
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John is the birth name of actor Sam Neill, a New Zealand performer best known for his roles in films such as "Jurassic Park."
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 T5071133 — 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: [Sam Neill, givenName, John]
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John
John is traditionally regarded as the author of the New Testament’s Book of Revelation, a prophetic and apocalyptic text in Christian scripture.
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John
John is the given first name of J. Edgar Hoover, the long-serving and influential first director of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
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C.
John
John is the given first name of the legendary American professional golfer Byron Nelson, one of the sport’s early great champions.
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John
John is the given name of John H. Hammond Jr., the influential American record producer and talent scout known for discovering and promoting numerous major jazz, blues, and rock musicians.
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E.
John
John is the given name of the late American comedian and actor John Belushi, famed for his work on "Saturday Night Live" and in films like "Animal House" and "The Blues Brothers."
- 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 birth name of actor Sam Neill, a New Zealand performer best known for his roles in films such as "Jurassic Park."
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John
John is the birth name of American actor and filmmaker Jack Nicholson, one of cinema’s most acclaimed and iconic performers.
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John
John is the given name of British actor and producer John Boyega, known for his role as Finn in the Star Wars sequel trilogy.
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John
John is the given name of Welsh actor John Rhys-Davies, best known for his roles in the Indiana Jones and The Lord of the Rings film series.
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John
John is the given name of American actor John Goodman, renowned for his roles in film, television, and theater.
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John
John is the given name of English actor and musician John Simm, known for roles in series such as "Life on Mars" and "Doctor Who."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Zealander
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director ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ producer ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Nigel John Dermot Neill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Ireland
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New Zealand ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1947-09-14 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Christ's College, Christchurch
NERFINISHED
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University of Canterbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Neill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film
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television ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Elena Neill
NERFINISHED
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Tim Neill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Sam Neill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | New Zealander ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Dead Calm
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Event Horizon NERFINISHED ⓘ In the Mouth of Madness NERFINISHED ⓘ Jurassic Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Jurassic Park III NERFINISHED ⓘ Merlin NERFINISHED ⓘ Omen III: The Final Conflict NERFINISHED ⓘ Peaky Blinders NERFINISHED ⓘ Possession NERFINISHED ⓘ The Hunt for Red October NERFINISHED ⓘ The Piano NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tudors NERFINISHED ⓘ Thor: Ragnarok NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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director ⓘ film producer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Central Otago, New Zealand
NERFINISHED
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Sydney, Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stageName | Sam Neill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1970s–present ⓘ |
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 Description of subject: John is the birth name of actor Sam Neill, a New Zealand performer best known for his roles in films such as "Jurassic Park."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.