John Sheppard
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John Sheppard is a fictional U.S. Air Force officer and adventurous military leader who serves as the central protagonist of the science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John Sheppard canonical | 12 |
| Lt. Colonel John Sheppard | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7288383 — 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 Sheppard Context triple: [Stargate Atlantis, mainCharacter, John Sheppard]
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A.
John Sheppard
John Sheppard, better known as Jack Sheppard, was an infamous early 18th-century English thief and prison escape artist whose daring breakouts made him a legendary folk figure.
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B.
Timothy McGee
Timothy McGee is a technically skilled and intelligent NCIS special agent known for his computer expertise, analytical mind, and evolution from timid rookie to confident investigator on the TV series "NCIS."
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C.
John Hurley
John Hurley is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
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D.
Matt Kowalski
Matt Kowalski is a veteran NASA astronaut and spacewalker featured as a central character in the science fiction film "Gravity."
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E.
Kai Dugan
Kai Dugan is the son of American actress Jennifer Connelly, known primarily for his connection to his famous mother.
- 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 Sheppard Target entity description: John Sheppard is a fictional U.S. Air Force officer and adventurous military leader who serves as the central protagonist of the science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis.
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A.
John Sheppard
John Sheppard, better known as Jack Sheppard, was an infamous early 18th-century English thief and prison escape artist whose daring breakouts made him a legendary folk figure.
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B.
Timothy McGee
Timothy McGee is a technically skilled and intelligent NCIS special agent known for his computer expertise, analytical mind, and evolution from timid rookie to confident investigator on the TV series "NCIS."
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C.
John Hurley
John Hurley is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
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D.
Matt Kowalski
Matt Kowalski is a veteran NASA astronaut and spacewalker featured as a central character in the science fiction film "Gravity."
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E.
Kai Dugan
Kai Dugan is the son of American actress Jennifer Connelly, known primarily for his connection to his famous mother.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Stargate Atlantis character
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ military officer ⓘ television character ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Atlantis Expedition
ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Stargate Atlantis
ⓘ
Stargate franchise ⓘ
linked to:
Stargate
|
| basedOnWork | Stargate SG-1 continuity ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
adventurous
ⓘ
courageous ⓘ loyal ⓘ rebellious ⓘ |
| combatStyle | small-team tactics ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| fictionalUniverse |
Stargate universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Stargate Universe
|
| follows | orders of Stargate Command ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasAlly |
Elizabeth Weir
ⓘ
Rodney McKay ⓘ Ronon Dex ⓘ Teyla Emmagan ⓘ |
| hasEnemy |
Genii
ⓘ
Wraith ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeFunction | exploration of Pegasus Galaxy ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium | television series ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
Lieutenant Colonel
ⓘ
Major ⓘ |
| militarySpecialty |
combat leadership
ⓘ
pilot ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
hero
ⓘ
team commander ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
strong sense of duty
ⓘ
willingness to take risks ⓘ |
| notableFor | leading missions from Atlantis ⓘ |
| occupation | U.S. Air Force officer ⓘ |
| partOf |
Atlantis military contingent
ⓘ
linked to:
Atlantis base
|
| portrayedIn | live-action television ⓘ |
| position | military leader ⓘ |
| role |
central protagonist
ⓘ
team leader ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity |
Pegasus Galaxy
ⓘ
city of Atlantis ⓘ |
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 Sheppard Description of subject: John Sheppard is a fictional U.S. Air Force officer and adventurous military leader who serves as the central protagonist of the science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Todd the Wraith in Stargate Atlantis
subject linked to:
Todd the Wraith in Stargate Atlantis
subject linked to:
Todd the Wraith in Stargate Atlantis
linked to: John Sheppard