John
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John is the given name of John Bell Hood, a Confederate general known for his aggressive command during the American Civil War.
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 T5552040 — 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 Bell Hood, 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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B.
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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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 given name of John Bell Hood, a Confederate general known for his aggressive command during the American Civil War.
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John
John is the given name of John C. Pemberton, a Confederate general best known for his role in the American Civil War, particularly the Siege of Vicksburg.
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John
John is the given name of John Alexander Logan, a prominent 19th-century American Civil War general and influential politician.
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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 Sir John Moore, the renowned British Army general noted for his leadership during the Napoleonic Wars.
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John
John is the given name of John Gill Shorter, who served as the 17th Governor of Alabama during the American Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| allegiance | Confederate States of America ⓘ |
| birthName | John Bell Hood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Hood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | military leadership ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMiddleName | Bell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Confederate States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
aggressive leadership style
ⓘ
willingness to launch frontal assaults ⓘ |
| notableCommand | Army of Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | severe wounds resulting in the loss of the use of an arm and a leg ⓘ |
| notableFor | aggressive command during the American Civil War ⓘ |
| notableWork | command of the Army of Tennessee ⓘ |
| occupation |
Confederate general
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military officer ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
American Civil War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Atlanta Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Antietam NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Chickamauga NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Gettysburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Franklin–Nashville Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sideInConflict | Confederacy 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
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 given name of John Bell Hood, a Confederate general known for his aggressive command during the American Civil War.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.