Max Mallowan
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Max Mallowan was a prominent British archaeologist, particularly known for his work in the Middle East and for being married to mystery writer Agatha Christie.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Max Mallowan canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8448190 — 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: Max Mallowan Context triple: [Agatha Christie, spouse, Max Mallowan]
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A.
Mr. Arabin
Mr. Arabin is a clergyman and academic who becomes a central romantic interest in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Barchester Towers."
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B.
Hamar Greenwood
Hamar Greenwood was a British politician and the last Chief Secretary for Ireland, known for his controversial role during the Irish War of Independence and the Anglo-Irish Treaty period.
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C.
Hugo Carmody
Hugo Carmody is a charming, somewhat hapless young gentleman from P. G. Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle stories, often embroiled in romantic entanglements and comic misadventures.
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D.
Beale Farange
Beale Farange is a central figure in Henry James's novel "What Maisie Knew," portrayed as Maisie's selfish and irresponsible father whose bitter divorce and neglect shape her troubled upbringing.
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E.
Ellis Spear
Ellis Spear was a Union Army officer and later brevet brigadier general in the American Civil War, best known for his service with the 20th Maine at the Battle of Gettysburg and his subsequent career as a lawyer and public official.
- 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: Max Mallowan Target entity description: Max Mallowan was a prominent British archaeologist, particularly known for his work in the Middle East and for being married to mystery writer Agatha Christie.
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A.
Mr. Arabin
Mr. Arabin is a clergyman and academic who becomes a central romantic interest in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Barchester Towers."
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B.
Hamar Greenwood
Hamar Greenwood was a British politician and the last Chief Secretary for Ireland, known for his controversial role during the Irish War of Independence and the Anglo-Irish Treaty period.
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C.
Hugo Carmody
Hugo Carmody is a charming, somewhat hapless young gentleman from P. G. Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle stories, often embroiled in romantic entanglements and comic misadventures.
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D.
Beale Farange
Beale Farange is a central figure in Henry James's novel "What Maisie Knew," portrayed as Maisie's selfish and irresponsible father whose bitter divorce and neglect shape her troubled upbringing.
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E.
Ellis Spear
Ellis Spear was a Union Army officer and later brevet brigadier general in the American Civil War, best known for his service with the 20th Maine at the Battle of Gettysburg and his subsequent career as a lawyer and public official.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeologist
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human ⓘ |
| areaOfActivity | Mesopotamian archaeology ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Agatha Christie’s archaeological-themed novels
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British Museum expeditions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | knighthood ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1904-05-06 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | St Mary’s Church, Cholsey, Oxfordshire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1978-08-19 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Lancing College
NERFINISHED
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New College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Institute of Archaeology, London
NERFINISHED
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University of London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Mallowan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Near Eastern archaeology
NERFINISHED
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archaeology ⓘ |
| fullName | Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWriting | archaeological publications ⓘ |
| givenName | Max NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | study of ancient Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Sir ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| marriageStart | 1930 ⓘ |
| memberOf | British School of Archaeology in Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Max Mallowan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
archaeological excavations in the Middle East
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marriage to mystery writer Agatha Christie ⓘ popularizing archaeological life through Agatha Christie’s writings ⓘ |
| notableStudentOrAssociate | Agatha Christie (as excavation participant) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
excavations at Arpachiyah
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excavations at Chagar Bazar ⓘ excavations at Nimrud ⓘ excavations at Tell Brak ⓘ |
| occupation | archaeologist ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of Western Asiatic Archaeology ⓘ |
| spouse | Agatha Christie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouseName | Agatha Christie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouseNationality | British ⓘ |
| spouseOccupation | crime novelist ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Iraq
NERFINISHED
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Middle East NERFINISHED ⓘ Syria 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: Max Mallowan Description of subject: Max Mallowan was a prominent British archaeologist, particularly known for his work in the Middle East and for being married to mystery writer Agatha Christie.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.