John
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John is the given name of John F. Reynolds, a Union Army general who served during the American Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7923678 — 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 Context triple: [John F. Reynolds, givenName, John]
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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 the influential American jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrane.
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John
John is the given name of John Stevens Henslow, the 19th-century English clergyman, botanist, and mentor to Charles Darwin.
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E.
John
John is the birth name of American character actor Jack Warden, known for his prolific film and television career in the mid-20th century.
- 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 Target entity description: John is the given name of John F. Reynolds, a Union Army general who served during the American Civil War.
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John
John is the given name of John Bell Hood, a Confederate general known for his aggressive command during the American Civil War.
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John
John is the given name of John Alexander Logan, a prominent 19th-century American Civil War general and influential politician.
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John
John is the given name of John J. Pershing, the famed American general who led the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I.
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John
John is the given name of John C. Pemberton, a Confederate general best known for his role in the American Civil War, particularly the Siege of Vicksburg.
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John
John is the given name of John W. Vessey Jr., a U.S. Army general who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Union Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Lancaster Cemetery, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| commanded | I Corps (Union Army) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Battle of Gettysburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | United States Military Academy ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Reynolds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Reynolds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | major general ⓘ |
| notableFor | service in the Union Army during the American Civil War ⓘ |
| notableWork | leadership of Union forces on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ |
| occupation | military officer ⓘ |
| participantIn | American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceNumberOrID | Union Army officer ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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 Description of subject: John is the given name of John F. Reynolds, a Union Army general who served during the American Civil War.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.