Ken Taylor
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Ken Taylor was the Canadian ambassador to Iran who played a key role in secretly sheltering and helping American diplomats escape Tehran during the 1979–1980 hostage crisis.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ken Taylor canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5693351 — 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.
Target entity: Ken Taylor Context triple: [Canadian Caper, hasParticipant, Ken Taylor]
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A.
Kent Taylor
Kent Taylor was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in Westerns and crime dramas during the mid-20th century.
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B.
Don Taylor
Don Taylor was an American actor and later film and television director known for roles in classic films such as "Stalag 17" and for directing movies like "Escape from the Planet of the Apes."
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C.
Jim Taylor
Jim Taylor is an American film producer and screenwriter best known for his long-time collaboration with director Alexander Payne on acclaimed films such as "Sideways" and "Election."
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D.
John Edward Taylor
John Edward Taylor was a 19th-century British journalist and businessman best known for establishing the influential newspaper that became The Guardian.
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E.
Vaughn Taylor
Vaughn Taylor was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in mid-20th-century film and television, often portraying mild-mannered or officious professionals.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Ken Taylor Target entity description: Ken Taylor was the Canadian ambassador to Iran who played a key role in secretly sheltering and helping American diplomats escape Tehran during the 1979–1980 hostage crisis.
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A.
Kent Taylor
Kent Taylor was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in Westerns and crime dramas during the mid-20th century.
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B.
Don Taylor
Don Taylor was an American actor and later film and television director known for roles in classic films such as "Stalag 17" and for directing movies like "Escape from the Planet of the Apes."
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C.
Jim Taylor
Jim Taylor is an American film producer and screenwriter best known for his long-time collaboration with director Alexander Payne on acclaimed films such as "Sideways" and "Election."
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D.
John Edward Taylor
John Edward Taylor was a 19th-century British journalist and businessman best known for establishing the influential newspaper that became The Guardian.
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E.
Vaughn Taylor
Vaughn Taylor was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in mid-20th-century film and television, often portraying mild-mannered or officious professionals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ambassador
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diplomat ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Congressional Gold Medal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Order of Canada ⓘ |
| causeOfNotability | helping six American diplomats escape Iran in 1980 ⓘ |
| coordinatedWith |
United States Central Intelligence Agency
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1934-10-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2015-10-15 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Toronto ⓘ |
| employer |
Department of External Affairs (Canada)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Government of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
diplomacy
ⓘ
international relations ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Kenneth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| helpedRescue | American diplomats in Tehran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honouredBy |
Government of Canada
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | international news during and after the Iran hostage crisis ⓘ |
| name | Kenneth Douglas Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Canadian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
organizing escape of American diplomats from Iran
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role in the 1979–1980 Iran hostage crisis ⓘ sheltering American diplomats in Tehran ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil servant
ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Canadian Caper
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iran hostage crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Calgary, Alberta, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York City
ⓘ
surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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| portrayedAs | key figure in the Canadian Caper ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | film "Argo" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Canadian ambassador to Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| represented | Canada in Iran ⓘ |
| residence |
Canada
ⓘ
Tehran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| risked |
Canada–Iran diplomatic relations
ⓘ
personal safety during Iran hostage crisis ⓘ |
| spouse | Patricia Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Iran
NERFINISHED
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Tehran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Ken Taylor Description of subject: Ken Taylor was the Canadian ambassador to Iran who played a key role in secretly sheltering and helping American diplomats escape Tehran during the 1979–1980 hostage crisis.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.