Marion Robert Morrison
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Marion Robert Morrison was the birth name of American film icon John Wayne, a legendary actor known for his roles in Westerns and war movies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marion Robert Morrison canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7007719 — 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: Marion Robert Morrison Context triple: [John Wayne, birthName, Marion Robert Morrison]
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A.
Thomas David Morrison
Thomas David Morrison, better known as Tommy Morrison, was an American professional heavyweight boxer and occasional actor who gained fame in the 1990s.
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B.
James Markham Marshall
James Markham Marshall was an American lawyer and jurist who briefly served as a United States federal judge in the early 19th century.
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C.
Moray Watson
Moray Watson was an English character actor known for his work in British television dramas and comedies from the mid-20th century onward.
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D.
Arthur Howey Ross
Arthur Howey "Art" Ross was a prominent early 20th-century Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and executive best known for his influential role in shaping the modern NHL and for the Art Ross Trophy named in his honor.
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E.
William Norrie
William Norrie was a Canadian politician who served as the long-time mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
- 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: Marion Robert Morrison Target entity description: Marion Robert Morrison was the birth name of American film icon John Wayne, a legendary actor known for his roles in Westerns and war movies.
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A.
Thomas David Morrison
Thomas David Morrison, better known as Tommy Morrison, was an American professional heavyweight boxer and occasional actor who gained fame in the 1990s.
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B.
James Markham Marshall
James Markham Marshall was an American lawyer and jurist who briefly served as a United States federal judge in the early 19th century.
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C.
Moray Watson
Moray Watson was an English character actor known for his work in British television dramas and comedies from the mid-20th century onward.
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D.
Arthur Howey Ross
Arthur Howey "Art" Ross was a prominent early 20th-century Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and executive best known for his influential role in shaping the modern NHL and for the Art Ross Trophy named in his honor.
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E.
William Norrie
William Norrie was a Canadian politician who served as the long-time mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeYearsInFilm | 1926–1976 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Duke
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Wayne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Actor
ⓘ
Golden Globe Award ⓘ |
| birthName | Marion Robert Morrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthNameOf | John Wayne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Pacific View Memorial Park, Corona del Mar, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stomach cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1907-05-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1979-06-11 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Southern California ⓘ |
| genre |
Western film
ⓘ
war film ⓘ |
| hasSignature | signature of John Wayne ⓘ |
| hasStarOn | Hollywood Walk of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| height | 193 cm ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Republican Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Republican Party (United States)
|
| militaryService | United Service Organizations (USO) supporter ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Rio Bravo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sands of Iwo Jima NERFINISHED ⓘ Stagecoach NERFINISHED ⓘ The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance NERFINISHED ⓘ The Quiet Man NERFINISHED ⓘ The Searchers NERFINISHED ⓘ True Grit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 7 ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
director ⓘ film producer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Winterset, Iowa, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | conservatism in the United States ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | Newport Beach, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Esperanza Baur
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Josephine Alicia Saenz NERFINISHED ⓘ Pilar Pallete NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Howard Hawks
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Marion Robert Morrison Description of subject: Marion Robert Morrison was the birth name of American film icon John Wayne, a legendary actor known for his roles in Westerns and war movies.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.