John Grote
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John Grote was a 19th-century English philosopher and Anglican clergyman known for his work in moral philosophy and his influence within the Cambridge intellectual community.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Grote canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6738185 — 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 Grote Context triple: [Conversazione Society, founder, John Grote]
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A.
Edmund Ball
Edmund Ball was an American industrialist and member of the Ball family who helped build Ball Corporation into a major manufacturer of glass jars and packaging products.
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B.
William Humphrey
William Humphrey was an American actor and director of the silent film era, known for his character roles in early 20th-century cinema.
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C.
John Ball
John Ball was a radical English priest and social agitator known for his influential role in inspiring and leading the Peasants' Revolt of 1381.
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D.
John Ball
John Ball was a prominent 19th-century Grand Rapids businessman and landowner whose donated property became the site of the John Ball Zoo.
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E.
John Ball
John Ball was an American novelist best known for creating the character Virgil Tibbs in his crime novel "In the Heat of the Night," which was adapted into the acclaimed 1967 film.
- 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 Grote Target entity description: John Grote was a 19th-century English philosopher and Anglican clergyman known for his work in moral philosophy and his influence within the Cambridge intellectual community.
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A.
Edmund Ball
Edmund Ball was an American industrialist and member of the Ball family who helped build Ball Corporation into a major manufacturer of glass jars and packaging products.
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B.
William Humphrey
William Humphrey was an American actor and director of the silent film era, known for his character roles in early 20th-century cinema.
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C.
John Ball
John Ball was a radical English priest and social agitator known for his influential role in inspiring and leading the Peasants' Revolt of 1381.
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D.
John Ball
John Ball was a prominent 19th-century Grand Rapids businessman and landowner whose donated property became the site of the John Ball Zoo.
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E.
John Ball
John Ball was an American novelist best known for creating the character Virgil Tibbs in his crime novel "In the Heat of the Night," which was adapted into the acclaimed 1967 film.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglican priest
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human ⓘ moral philosopher ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Trinity College, Cambridge
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University of Cambridge ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridge University
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| employer |
University of Cambridge
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linked to:
Cambridge University
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| fieldOfWork |
ethics
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moral philosophy ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| influenced |
British moral philosophy
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Cambridge intellectual community ⓘ
linked to:
University of Cambridge community
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| knownFor |
contributions to moral philosophy
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critique of utilitarianism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
University of Cambridge
ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridge University
|
| movement | British idealism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
An Examination of the Utilitarian Philosophy
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Exploratio Philosophica ⓘ |
| occupation |
Anglican clergyman
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philosopher ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy ⓘ |
| religion | Anglicanism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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: John Grote Description of subject: John Grote was a 19th-century English philosopher and Anglican clergyman known for his work in moral philosophy and his influence within the Cambridge intellectual community.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.