John
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John is the given name of John Vlissides, a software engineer best known as one of the “Gang of Four” authors of the influential book *Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software*.
All labels observed (1)
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| John canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7665004 — 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: John Context triple: [John Vlissides, givenName, John]
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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 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 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."
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John
John is the given name of John B. Watson, the influential American psychologist who founded behaviorism.
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John
John is the given first name of the American blues-rock guitarist and singer Johnny Winter.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: John Target entity description: John is the given name of John Vlissides, a software engineer best known as one of the “Gang of Four” authors of the influential book *Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software*.
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John
John is the given first name of the influential British computer scientist Robin Milner, known for his pioneering work in programming language theory and process calculi.
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John
John is the given name of John McCarthy, the American computer scientist who coined the term "artificial intelligence" and was a pioneer in the field.
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John
John is the given name of John Perry Barlow, the American poet, essayist, and co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation known for his advocacy of digital rights.
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John
John is the given name of the renowned British mathematician John H. Conway, known for his work in group theory, number theory, and the invention of the Game of Life.
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John
John is the given name of John Venn, the English logician and philosopher best known for introducing Venn diagrams.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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software engineer ⓘ |
| coAuthorWith |
Erich Gamma
NERFINISHED
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Ralph Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Helm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Vlissides NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
object-oriented software design
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software engineering ⓘ |
| genre | computer science literature ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole | Gang of Four author ⓘ |
| influencedField |
object-oriented programming practices
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software architecture ⓘ |
| knownFor | Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Gang of Four NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableConcept | software design patterns ⓘ |
| notableWork | Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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computer scientist ⓘ software engineer ⓘ |
| workFocus |
reusable object-oriented software
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software design reuse ⓘ |
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: John Description of subject: John is the given name of John Vlissides, a software engineer best known as one of the “Gang of Four” authors of the influential book *Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software*.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.