John Gordon Sinclair
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John Gordon Sinclair is a Scottish actor best known for his roles in films such as "Gregory's Girl" and various British television and stage productions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John Gordon Sinclair canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5513767 — 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 Gordon Sinclair Context triple: [Eric the Viking, stars, John Gordon Sinclair]
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A.
Gordon Sinclair
Gordon Sinclair was a Canadian journalist, radio and television commentator, and author best known for his long career with the CBC and his patriotic broadcast "The Americans."
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B.
Gordon Drummond
Gordon Drummond was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served as Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada and played a key leadership role in the War of 1812.
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C.
Alexander Jonathan Gordon
Alexander Jonathan Gordon is the full given name of Alex Gordon, a former professional baseball outfielder best known for his career with the Kansas City Royals.
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D.
Gordon Gill
Gordon Gill is a prominent American architect known for his work on sustainable, high-performance skyscrapers and as a founding partner of the firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture.
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E.
Gordon Cowans
Gordon Cowans is a former English midfielder best known for his influential role in Aston Villa’s successful early-1980s side, including their 1980–81 league title and 1982 European Cup triumph.
- 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 Gordon Sinclair Target entity description: John Gordon Sinclair is a Scottish actor best known for his roles in films such as "Gregory's Girl" and various British television and stage productions.
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A.
Gordon Sinclair
Gordon Sinclair was a Canadian journalist, radio and television commentator, and author best known for his long career with the CBC and his patriotic broadcast "The Americans."
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B.
Gordon Drummond
Gordon Drummond was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served as Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada and played a key leadership role in the War of 1812.
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C.
Alexander Jonathan Gordon
Alexander Jonathan Gordon is the full given name of Alex Gordon, a former professional baseball outfielder best known for his career with the Kansas City Royals.
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D.
Gordon Gill
Gordon Gill is a prominent American architect known for his work on sustainable, high-performance skyscrapers and as a founding partner of the firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture.
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E.
Gordon Cowans
Gordon Cowans is a former English midfielder best known for his influential role in Aston Villa’s successful early-1980s side, including their 1980–81 league title and 1982 European Cup triumph.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
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human ⓘ novelist ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1970s ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1962-02-04 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Glasgow
NERFINISHED
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Scotland ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Scotland
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Glasgow Youth Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Sinclair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | crime fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild | daughter ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | John Gordon Sinclair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| notableRole |
Gregory Underwood in Gregory's Girl
NERFINISHED
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Gregory Underwood in Gregory's Two Girls ⓘ roles in British television comedies ⓘ |
| notableWork |
An Actor's Life For Me
NERFINISHED
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Blood Whispers NERFINISHED ⓘ Britannia Hospital NERFINISHED ⓘ Erik the Viking NERFINISHED ⓘ Gregory's Girl NERFINISHED ⓘ Gregory's Two Girls NERFINISHED ⓘ Local Hero NERFINISHED ⓘ Mad About Alice NERFINISHED ⓘ Rab C. Nesbitt NERFINISHED ⓘ Seventy Times Seven NERFINISHED ⓘ She Loves Me NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ladykillers NERFINISHED ⓘ The Producers NERFINISHED ⓘ The Secret Policeman's Ball NERFINISHED ⓘ The Silence of the Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ World War Z NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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novelist ⓘ |
| residence |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Shauna McKeon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: John Gordon Sinclair Description of subject: John Gordon Sinclair is a Scottish actor best known for his roles in films such as "Gregory's Girl" and various British television and stage productions.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.